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anti-semitism

Report shows disturbing rise in anti-Semitic activity on campus

With the start of the new academic term now just weeks away, there's at least one controversy that is certain to roil American college campuses again this fall: anti-Israel activism and anti-Semitism on campus. On the heels of a 2015-2016 school year in which campus activists sought to

Cambridge

Cambridge pro-Palestine activist group rips Markey over Israel

CAMBRIDGE — A Massachusetts-based pro-Palestinian group is looking to put pressure on U.S. Sen. Ed Markey over the lawmaker's apparent support of Israel, according to a recent press release from the group, Massachusetts Peace Action. The advocacy group in its letter rips Markey over the Malden Democrat'

Israel

As U.S. robustly debates Iran deal, Western Europe exhibits ‘fatigue’

Written by Alina Dain Sharon and Sean Savage The Iran nuclear deal has dominated the foreign policy debate in the U.S. this summer, with Congress in the midst of a 60-day period to review the agreement. But America is just one piece of the puzzle when it comes to

Barack Obama

State Dept. censored video on Iran nuke deal

WASHINGTON (AP) — A State Department official deliberately cut several minutes of videotape from a news briefing dealing with sensitive questions about U.S.-Iranian nuclear negotiations before posting the footage to its website and YouTube, the agency said Wednesday. In the Dec. 2, 2013, briefing, a reporter asked about the

Israel

Israeli delegate blasts WHO for ‘naming and shaming’ Israel

(CNSNews.com) – An Israeli delegate lashed out this week at the World Health Organization for politicizing its annual assembly by singling out his country – the only one on earth condemned at the meeting for violating health rights. Confronting what he called "the ritual of naming and shaming Israel,"

Democrats

Iran nuke deal pitched by group that also funded media

WASHINGTON (AP) — A group the White House recently identified as a key surrogate in selling the Iran nuclear deal gave National Public Radio $100,000 last year to help it report on the pact and related issues, according to the group's annual report. It also funded reporters and

Democrats

Poll: Liberal Democrats’ sympathies lean toward Palestinians

(CNSNews.com) – Liberal Democrats in America sympathize more with the Palestinians than with Israel in the Mideast conflict for the first time in 15 years of Pew Research Center polling on the issue. A recently-released, wide-ranging Pewpoll on America's place in the world found that 40 percent of

Immigration

Obama boosts Islamic State fight, asks Europe to do more

HANNOVER, Germany (AP) — Evoking history and appealing for solidarity, President Barack Obama on Monday cast his decision to send 250 more troops to Syria as a bid to keep up "momentum" in the campaign to dislodge Islamic State extremists. He pressed European allies to match the U.S.