(Politico) U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand apologized to Zohran Mamdani on Monday after she falsely claimed in a radio interview that the presumptive Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City had made “references to global jihad.” The junior senator and the mayoral […]
(Algemeiner) Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) has condemned presumptive New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani for his defense of the controversial phrase “globalize the intifada.” During a Thursday appearance on Brian Lehrer’s WNYC radio show, Gillibrand called on Mamdani to distance […]
(NY Post) Congress is poised to pass a new law aimed at making it easier for families of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to extract financial damages from countries accused of sponsoring terrorism — including Saudi Arabia. The bi-partisan legislation […]
(Al-Jazeera) US President Joe Biden has nominated the first Muslim-American woman to be a judge on a federal court in the United States, the White House said on Wednesday, as it announced a list of diverse judicial nominees. If confirmed by the […]
(Hill) Democratic senators on Monday urged Facebook to take action against anti-Muslim bigotry spreading on its platform. The letter sent to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg followed a recently released report by a Muslim advocacy group that concluded the social media giant enables global […]
(JTA) Two U.S. senators want to know if kosher and halal food is being included in the Department of Agriculture’s efforts to help alleviate food insecurity during the coronavirus crisis. The senators, Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., who represent large […]
(Forward) Every year at the end of the AIPAC Policy Conference, members of Congress meet with visiting members of the pro-Israel lobby from their districts who advocate for various bills and resolutions. But Rep. Ilhan Omar will not be among them. AIPAC […]
(Times of Israel) One of American Jewry’s most senior leaders lashed out at US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib on Monday, accusing the young lawmaker of making anti-Semitic remarks. “I am very disturbed. I do believe Tlaib has made anti-Semitic comments,” Malcolm Hoenlein, the […]
(Daily Wire) On Tuesday, New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind, who is Jewish, condemned New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand for associating with anti-Semitic Women’s March organizer Linda Sarsour. Last Thursday, Sarsour introduced Gillibrand at a “#CancelKavanaugh” rally. Hikind was furious. He started […]
(Breitbart) New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s continued association with anti-Israel radical Linda Sarsour is “appalling,” while the politician’s seeming turn against Israel “is certainly not what New Yorkers support,” declared Gillibrand’s Republican challenger, Chele Farley. “We absolutely cannot have that,” stated Farley […]
(Free Beacon) Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D., N.Y.) spoke Thursday outside the Supreme Court at a rally hosted by prominent Women’s March organizers and anti-Israel activists Linda Sarsour and Tamika Mallory. Sarsour and Mallory hosted the rally to show […]
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