President Joe Biden’s administration said on Wednesday it is canceling $1.2 billion worth of student loans for some 153,000 people who are eligible under a program used to make good on promises to increase loan forgiveness. Biden last year pledged to find other avenues for tackling debt relief after the Supreme Court in June blocked a broader plan to
Iran has provided Russia with a large number of powerful surface-to-surface ballistic missiles, six sources told Reuters, deepening the military cooperation between the two U.S.-sanctioned countries. Iran’s provision of around 400 missiles includes many from the Fateh-110 family of short-range ballistic weapons, such as the Zolfaghar, three Iranian sources said. This road-mobile missile is capable
J Street founder Jeremy Ben-Ami lobbied State Department to tamp down political activity in Jerusalem L: J Street founder Jeremy Ben-Ami (Twiter) R: President Joe Biden (Getty Images) The founder of J Street, a leading anti-Israel group, had an “open door” to the Biden State Department and coordinated with top administration officials—including former deputy secretary
Rep. Summer Lee’s (D., Pa.) primary opponent called on the “Squad” member to refund campaign contributions from Muslim activists known for pro-terrorist and anti-Semitic rhetoric. Bhavini Patel, Lee’s primary challenger in Pennsylvania’s 12th district, called on her to return “tainted” contributions from officials with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Students for Justice in Palestine,
Sidney Chalhoub pledged to support ‘Palestinian liberation’ as part of Harvard Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine Sidney Chalhoub (Dilma Rousseff/Wikimedia Commons), Harvard’s FSJP’s anti-Semitic cartoon (@harvardfsjp/Instagram) The chairman of Harvard University’s history department is a member of a faculty group, Harvard Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine, that posted an anti-Semitic cartoon
Federal authorities last week arrested a freelancer for a Michigan anti-Israel publication after he allegedly threatened to kill Jews. Jeffrey Stevens, who lives in Ft. Wayne, Ind., allegedly sent messages to both local police and the CIA saying he was going to kill Jews and American government officials who supported Israel, the Detroit News reported Monday, citing
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Tuesday that Israel would not pay any price for the return of hostages still held by Hamas amid ongoing negotiations to secure their release. Asked about the 134 hostages who remain in Gaza, Smotrich told Kan Radio that their return was “very important”