White House religious liberty commission to hold first antisemitism hearing next month

Mamdani admits he can’t arrest Netanyahu

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani posted a video statement to X on Tuesday night under the caption “Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal,” in which he accused the Israeli prime minister of a litany of atrocities in Gaza, but ultimately admitted he would not be able to fulfill a campaign promise of arresting him... <a href="">Read More</a>

Senior WH official says Vance’s reported attempt to scuttle Netanyahu-Trump meeting is ‘completely false’

A senior White House official told Jewish Insider on Tuesday that a report claiming Vice President JD Vance was attempting to scuttle a potential White House meeting between President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was “completely false.” “The idea that the vice president’s team, or any official in the administration for that... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2014/06/daily-kickoff-eric-cantors-loss-stuns-jewish-insiders-react-j-street-donors-to-host-president-obama-today-rising-jewish-star-raises-millions/">Read More</a>

Trump takes aim at Pickaxe Mountain

President Trump warns of imminent strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities, while Congress debates war costs and diplomatic tensions rise involving Lebanon, Malaysia, and internal party conflicts regarding antisemitism.

Trump says U.S. will strike Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain ‘pretty soon’

President Donald Trump warned on Tuesday that the U.S. would “pretty soon” strike Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain, the underground facility suspected of housing components of Tehran’s nuclear program. The president made the comments from the Oval Office while welcoming Lebanese President Joseph Aoun for a meeting about the ongoing U.S.-led talks between Israel and Lebanon. Trump... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2026/07/trump-iran-strike-pickaxe-mountain-lebanon-joseph-aoun/lebanon-president-heads-to-washington-for-white-house-talks/">Read More</a>

House Democrats urge Rubio to pressure Malaysia to reverse plan to deport Israelis

A group of House Democrats urged Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday to pressure Malaysia to walk back plans to deport Israeli citizens by leveraging U.S. military assistance to the Southeast Asian nation. Malaysia’s prime minister said last week that the country, which does not recognize Israel and does not permit Israeli passport holders... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2020/02/warren-says-u-s-embassy-should-be-in-israeli-capital-after-negotiations/">Read More</a>