Government & Politics

Congressman probes White House communications with anti-Israel group Rep. Issa seeks info on Biden admin's partnership with Council on American-Islamic Relations

(Free Beacon) A Republican in Congress is probing the Biden administration’s communications with an anti-Israel group that is known to promulgate anti-Semitic propaganda and whose leader celebrated Hamas’s Oct. 7 terror attack on Israel, the Washington Free Beacon has learned. Rep. Darrell […]

Government & Politics

Veterans Affairs investigates employee who mocked Israel’s efforts to secure hostages Shekeba Morrad posted and deleted video deriding Israeli calls for Hamas to release hostages

(Free Beacon) The Department of Veterans Affairs is investigating an employee who posted a video to social media mocking Israel’s efforts to secure the release of hostages being held by the terror group Hamas, the agency told the Washington Free Beacon on […]

Context

Member of Iranian influence network visited Biden White House five times Meetings indicate alleged members of Iranian gov’t group including former Malley colleague Ali Vaez had access to top Biden officials

(Free Beacon) An alleged member of a secret Iranian government influence network visited the Biden White House at least five times for high-level meetings with senior U.S. officials, according to visitor logs. Ali Vaez, an Iran analyst with the International Crisis Group, […]

Government & Politics

Iranian spies have infiltrated the American government, lawmakers warn Leaks constitute 'a significant security breach of U.S. government property by a foreign adversary'

(Free Beacon) The Iranian government has infiltrated the Biden administration and obtained access to sensitive U.S. government information, according to a coalition of Republican lawmakers who are investigating the matter. Iran has repeatedly demonstrated in the past several months that it has […]

Government & Politics

McCarthy blocks Rashida Tlaib’s anti-Semitic congressional event 'As long as I’m speaker, we are going to support Israel’s right to self-determination and self-defense'

(Free Beacon) House Speaker Kevin McCarthy moved on Tuesday evening to block Michigan’s Democratic congresswoman Rashida Tlaib from hosting an anti-Semitic congressional event planned for Wednesday, the speaker’s office confirmed to the Washington Free Beacon. McCarthy told the Free Beacon that he […]

Government & Politics

Rashida Tlaib will host congressional event to mourn ‘catastrophe’ of Israel’s founding Anti-Semitic Democrat will cohost event with radical groups that defend terrorists

(Free Beacon) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) will host a congressional event this week to mourn Israel’s founding alongside an array of anti-Israel groups, some of which have defended terrorism. The Wednesday event marks the “Nakba,” a Palestinian term for the creation […]

Academics & Education

Princeton faculty member brags about death threats against Trump admin envoy University Middle East expert [Hossein] Mousavian was a former Iranian official

(Free Beacon) A former Iranian official who is a faculty member at Princeton University recently bragged in an interview about how his hardline government’s death threats against a former top Trump administration official had him and his family “trembling” with fear. [Hossein] […]

Government & Politics

Progressive groups push Biden to tap accused Iranian lobbyist for top national-security role As an Iranian national, Trita Parsi probably cannot get security clearance, say experts

(Free Beacon) A coalition of progressive foreign-policy groups is pressing President-elect Joe Biden to hire an Iranian national accused of lobbying for the Islamist regime for a senior administration role that a non-U.S. citizen would likely be ineligible to hold. As Biden […]

Academics & Education

Legal group: Zoom and California university in violation of U.S. law for hosting forum with terrorist Lawfare Project petitions DOJ to investigate school, meeting platform over event with PFLP member

(Free Beacon) Lawyers petitioned the Trump administration to penalize the Zoom meeting platform and a San Francisco university for hosting an upcoming event with a Palestinian terrorist, a forum that they say violates American laws. San Francisco State University is scheduled to […]

Government & Politics

More than 120 members of Congress issue letters of support to leading anti-Israel group Congressional support for CAIR likely to generate concern in pro-Israel community

(Free Beacon) More than 120 members of Congress privately issued letters of support to a controversial Islamic-American advocacy group known for its involvement in one of America’s most prominent terrorism financing cases, according to a copy of these official communications obtained by […]

Government & Politics

Ilhan Omar named 2019 anti-Semite of the year

(Free Beacon) Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) was named the 2019 anti-Semite of the year by an organization that seeks to combat the spread of anti-Jewish bias. The organization StopAntiSemitism.org chose Omar, who has repeatedly spread anti-Israel and anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, following […]