NEW Jewish Insider via Gabby Deutch: 'White House stands by plan to withhold arms to Israel over Rafah disagreement'

'Officials rebutted criticism that withholding military aid — & putting more pressure on Israel than Hamas — worsens the odds of a hostage deal'
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Fascinating story from Lahav Harkov 🎗️ today — interviewing Ukraine's ambassador to Israel about how both countries are reliant upon U.S. security assistance to fight their enemies
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👀SCOOP at Jewish Insider via ⁦Haley Cohen⁩: “Man convicted of manslaughter among Syracuse University anti-Israel protesters”

“Eural Warren Jr. served 17 years for his role in an altercation in which one person was killed” jewishinsider.com/2024/05/syracu…

SCOOP: A man convicted of manslaughter has been participating in an anti-Israel encampment in the middle of the Syracuse University campus for more than a week. A student reported the man to Syracuse DPS on Tuesday. By Thursday, she hadn’t heard a response.

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.Jason and Speaker Mike Johnson demand President Biden answer for holdup of Israeli weapons shipments, Emily Jacobs reports.

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Hundreds of Jewish Columbia students express pride for Israel and their Jewish faith in open letter, Haley Cohen reports.

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. AIPAC super PAC set to run TV ads blasting Thomas Massie’s Israel record, Marc Rod reports.

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Israel and Ukraine are fighting against the same ‘axis of evil,’ Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel Yevgen Korniychuk said in an interview with Lahav Harkov 🎗️.

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.President Biden ’s Israel threat slammed by pro-Israel lawmakers, mainstream Jewish groups, Marc Rod, Emily Jacobs and Melissa Weiss report.

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With a new book, Polish priest uncovers buried past of a Jewish community destroyed by Nazis, Lianne Kolirin reports.

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I spoke w Eliana Goldin, one of the authors of today’s pro-Israel open letter to the Columbia University community. 400+ students have signed on, declaring that they are “proud to be Zionists” while speaking out against the anti-Israel protesters engulfing campus.
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Israel, Ukraine fighting against the same ‘axis of evil,’ ambassador says. My latest for Jewish Insider jewishinsider.com/2024/05/israel…

SCOOP Jewish Insider via ⁦Marc Rod⁩: “AIPAC super PAC set to run TV ads blasting Thomas Massie’s Israel record”

Between the lines: Ad blitz is focused on preventing Massie from being a credible Senate contender in 2026. jewishinsider.com/2024/05/aipac-…

Biden threatens to withhold weapons to Israel if IDF launches major operation in Rafah, Gabby Deutch reports.

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Read today's #DailyKickoff :

Bipartisan backlash to Biden pressuring Israel

Full briefing 👇

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OU executive director of public policy Nathan Diament: 'The President is giving Hamas leverage and hope — by publicly threatening to withhold weapons and resources from Israel.
It puts a deal to free hostages — including American hostages — further out of reach and does the same…

American Jewish Committee CEO Ted Deutch: 'President Biden should not take steps that could impair Israel’s ability to prevent Hamas from attacking it again and again.'
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Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA): “How in the hell do you criticize Israel for being imprecise in its bombing and then refuse to deliver them what they’re willing to pay for to make the bombs precise?

I mean, my god.'
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Robert Satloff Moskowitz: “If Hamas is watching American television, which I guarantee you they are, they’re seeing more division and their power growing in this country, which means less pressure on Hamas.'

.Robert Satloff: 'It is not easy to come up with a lose-lose-lose-lose policy option but I fear this is it.”
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