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Nosrat signed the Hospitality for Humanity pledge in 2023, which committed signers to “not purchasing, using, or promoting Israeli agricultural or food products ....
As the SacredCovenant we signed in Atlanta declared, 'The Black-Jewish covenant cannot be sustained by nostalgia alone. Sacred memory must become present responsibility.' ....
Mamdani faces mounting criticism from his political left after an ICE shooting prompted calls to fire Jessica Tisch, days after pro-Palestinian activists disrupted an October 7 peace vigil ....
The subpoena seeks any notes and other documents in the mayor's office about a meeting in March 2025 between Deegan and Hayward when Hayward raised concerns about JTA... Deegan said she invited Hayward to discuss her concerns about JTA.
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Israel announced it closed down British Consulate operations in East Jerusalem, forcing the departure of 20 diplomats from a mission that has operated for nearly 200 years ... .
Pro-Palestinian protests commemorating the third anniversary of Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks on Israel were competing for attention with other domestic issues across Europe... .
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said on Thursday he was “proud to attend” the previous night’s Oct. 7 vigil held by Israelis for Peace, where pro-Palestinian protesters swarmed and called him a “traitor” to the movement ... .
Pro-Palestinian rallies in France were dwarfed by mass protests against deteriorating school conditions, drawing hundreds of thousands to the streets and sparking thousands of arrests ....
Mamdani was “proud to attend last night’s vigil, as I did last year, to listen to testimonies from family members of those who were killed on Oct. 7, and those who’ve been killed in the years since." ....
MichiganDemocratAbdul El-Sayed was asked multiple times by a debate moderator on Thursday which country he considers a bigger threat to the U.S.. Iran or Israel... .