According to a Pew Research Center survey, 73% of American adults say that spending time with their family is one of the most important things to them.
In Israel, as in the rest of the world, we see people chained to the circumference of the circle, unwilling to let go of hardened positions and allow the centripetal forces to bring them close.
Malamed says being a fresh face distinguishes himself from the other candidates in the race.
Malamed said if elected, he would support Israel, a stance he attributed to the influence of his grandmother, who emigrated from Russia to Israel before moving to the US in the 1960s.
US President Joe Biden and other key Democrats have taken sides in Israel’s internal debate. By doing so, they are compromising the prospects for compromise.
The issue has been in the national spotlight with the arrest last month of Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old low-ranking member of the Air National Guard accused of taking advantage of his clearance.
Not only must we call out antisemitism when we see it in others, but when we see it emanating from our political party, as well.
Israel must remain above the fray in the US and our leaders must do whatever they can to prevent Israel support from turning into a hot potato issue.
Biden declared last Friday he was running for re-election in 2024 but he has yet to formally launch his campaign.
In 2022, Kennedy suggested that Americans had fewer freedoms during the COVID pandemic than Jews living in Nazi Germany.
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