Democrats hoped to put their wrenching intraparty debate over anti-Semitism
to rest when they passed a catchall antibigotry resolution in the House
this month, but Senate Republicans, eager to court American Jews
outraged by the rise of anti-Semitism, have other plans.
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Democrats are finally getting wise to Republicans' antisemitism smears
At
first, it looked to be more of the same: another week, another rash of
false accusations of antisemitism launched by Republicans against one of
the two new Muslim-American congresswomen. This time it was Rashida
Tlaib who found herself under attack for comments she made on a Yahoo
News podcast.
Pompeo pledges not to wait for Britain’s elections to ‘push back’ against Corbyn and anti-Semitism
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo weighed in on British politics during a
closed-door meeting with Jewish leaders, saying he would not wait for
Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn to become prime minister of Britain to
“push back” against him or any future actions he might take against
Britain’s Jews.
In Hungary, a Freewheeling Trump Ambassador Undermines U.S. Diplomats
He has undermined efforts by career diplomats to deliver messages to
Washington about corruption and democratic backsliding in Hungary. And he has privately acted as a broker for Mr. Orban’s point of view, taking positions contrary to United States policy,
according to interviews with roughly two dozen current and former
American and foreign officials as well as others who have worked with
Mr. Cornstein.