Biden administration

FBI subpoenaed Kash Patel and Susie Wiles phone records during Trump probe

Patel portrayed the seizing of his phone records by the FBI and efforts to conceal them as an example of overreach by unelected government officials under Biden.

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: Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on September 16, 2025 in Washington, DC.
The logo for the Democratic National Convention is displayed on the scoreboard at the United Center during a media walkthrough in Chicago, Jan. 18, 2024.

The Democrats need a nominee with a backbone on Israel issues - editorial

The Democratic Party faces a decision point. It can choose to separate itself from activists and elected voices who demand maximalist rhetoric on Israel, or it can keep trying to appease them.

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A PRO-PALESTINIAN demonstrator holds a sign that reads, ‘Glory to the martyrs, victory to the resistance,’ on Columbia University campus, on the first anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel.

Jewish students warn against politicizing campus antisemitism at Civil Rights Commission meeting

The commission, which has the power to issue subpoenas, is appointed by Congress and the president and currently has a narrow Democratic majority.

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Democratic presidential nominee US Vice President Kamala Harris campaigns in Atlanta, Georgia, October 19, 2024

Gaza war policy cost Kamala Harris victory in 2024 US elections, DNC research shows - report

According to Axios, DNC officials met with activists from the IMEU Policy Project, who told the Democrats that former US president Joe Biden's administration's support for Israel "drained support."

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Biden receives hundreds of reports that US weapons caused 'unnecessary harm' in Gaza - report

A US State Department spokesperson said that it is “reasonable” to assess that Israel may have violated international law but that reaching such a conclusion is “incredibly difficult.”

OCTOBER 31, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
U.S. President Joe Biden, flanked by Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, makes a statement to the news media ahead of a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 2, 2023.

Through the looking glass, Israel is on the right side, the US in the wrong - opinion

Israel’s war is America’s war. The US should be aiding Israel without condition or reservation. And if there are conditions and reservations, they should be expressed behind closed doors. 

OCTOBER 27, 2024BySHAWN A. WEISS
A man opens a store adorned with the flags of Israel and the United States in the Florentin neighbourhood of Tel Aviv, Israel, May 12, 2024

Trump says he needed 'the kind of generals that Hitler had'

Former White House Chief of Staff John Kelley said that he believes Trump falls into the "general defenition" of a facist.

OCTOBER 24, 2024ByCORINNE BAUM
REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL nominee and former US president Donald Trump attends a rally .

Bibi was right: How Israel’s recent military successes boost his leadership – editorial

Israel's recent military successes have boosted Netanyahu's popularity, allowing him to continue to play the political game.

OCTOBER 22, 2024ByJPOST EDITORIAL
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu visits IDF soldiers in Rafah, in July. What form would victory assume? In Gaza, victory means the end of Hamas as the governing entity, the writer asserts.

Want Israel to win the war? Don't vote for Harris – opinion

Democrats seem more interested in appealing to voters by publicly condemning Israel than upholding the ironclad American commitment to Israel.

OCTOBER 22, 2024BySHEILA NAZARIAN
US VICE President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris attends a Get Out The Vote event in Detroit, last Saturday. She and President Joe Biden delayed Israel’s invasion of Rafah in order to pick up votes in Arab-majority Dearborn, Michigan, the writer argues.

Trump slams Biden administration: 'If I were president, we wouldn't have had October 7'

“If I were president, that war would have never started. We wouldn’t have had October 7,” Trump told Al Arabiya.

OCTOBER 21, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL nominee and former US president Donald Trump makes a campaign speech in Savannah, Georgia, earlier this week. Trump expects to lose the election and is setting up the Jews to take the fall, the writer maintains.

Letters to the Editor, October 21, 2024: National taxes

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

OCTOBER 21, 2024ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters

Why Israel ignores international advice and focuses on its survival – opinion

Despite well-meaning Western advice, Israel remains focused on battling Iranain-backed threats to preserve the Jewish state.

OCTOBER 21, 2024ByNEVILLE TELLER
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the United Nations General Assembly last month.

How US and Israel can forge stability through war: Strategic lessons from the Middle East

Focusing on false timelines instead of victory plays to America’s counterproductive prescriptions for Israel, especially now that Israel is finally turning the tide of war in its favor.

OCTOBER 20, 2024ByERIC R. MANDEL
President Isaac Herzog meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Tel Aviv, in May. The Biden administration is focusing on false timelines instead of long-term victories, especially now that Israel is turning the tide of war in its favor, the writer argues.

Biden: Gaza ceasefire ‘harder’ to achieve as Blinken heads to region to discuss aftermath

Biden previously stated that now is the time to 'move on" towards a ceasefire.

OCTOBER 19, 2024ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
US President Joe Biden speaks to employees of the U.S. embassy at Berlin Brandenburg Airport, on the day he departs from Berlin, Germany, October 18, 2024.