As reported by Jewish Insider, a get out the vote operation is under way in the Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Borough Park to galvanize support for Donald Trump in the New York presidential primary on Tuesday.
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders accused front-runner Hillary Clinton of apparent campaign finance violations on Monday, ratcheting up the rhetoric against his rival one day before New York state\’s crucial primary elections.
Information that convicted American spy for Israel Jonathan Pollard provided to Israel 30 years ago is still classified as “top secret” and “secret” and its disclosure could harm U.S. national security, the U.S. director of national intelligence said.
Emily’s List’s President Stephanie Schriock on Sunday called AIPAC’s policy papers on Israel “shocking” as she described her work on congressional campaigns, going back to the early 1990′s, during a panel, “Pundits, Pollsters & Politicos: How Will Israel Play in the 2016 Elections?,” on the first day of J Street’s National Assembly in DC.
President Barack Obama met with a group of leaders of J Street and J Street U at the White House on Friday.
Republican presidential candidate John Kasich took his campaign to a Long Island synagogue on Saturday, talking about faith and hope, according to local media reports.
A flyer distributed in Yiddish on Monday calls on Orthodox Jewish voters to vote for Bernie Sanders in Tuesday’s New York presidential primary to dispel the notion that the ultra-Orthodox community supports the ‘Zionist’ agenda and the “extreme right-wing” Israeli government.
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz on Sunday endorsed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s call to recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights.
Bernie Sanders is not backing down on his claim that Israel used ‘disproportionate’ force against Hamas in the 2014 Gaza war.
Bernie Sanders wants to score an upset in New York. But his recent comments on Israel may have just done the opposite – drive up Jewish support for Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential primary on Tuesday.
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