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Ben Clerkin

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On Israel and the anti-Israel bigots, Joe Biden has miscalculated

Ben Clerkin analyses Biden’s choices

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Smoke billows over buildings following Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 27, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP) (Photo by SAID KHATIB/AFP via Getty Images)

UNC Chapel Hill students hold up the American flag during a campus protest on Tuesday when anti-Israel protesters replaced the American flag with the Palestinian one during the demonstration. (Parker Ali/The Daily Tar Heel)

How bad are things in the US? Well, frat boys are now the voice of reason

3 min read

Rashida Tlaib, pictured in 2018 (Photo: JNS/Shutterstock)

Is this the year that the ‘Squad’ are finally unseated?

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Pro-Palestinian protesters' encampment on the campus of Columbia University (Photo by LEONARDO MUNOZ/AFP via Getty Images)

The truth about the US campus protests is that the authorities agree with their students

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Republicans squeeze Biden over Israel and Iran

The US president acted against Iran, but was it too little too late?

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April 16, 2024 11:51

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 12: U.S. Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) speaks to reporters before a Senate luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on December 12, 2023 in Washington, DC. Fetterman spoke on military aid to Ukraine. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Why Trump turning on Netanyahu is actually bad for Biden

With this two-pronged strategy, Trump is outflanking the president on Israel

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April 10, 2024 11:41

CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - JUNE 27: Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump stands on stage after being introduced during the New Hampshire Federation of Republican Women's Lilac Luncheon on June 27, 2023 in Concord, New Hampshire. Republican presidential candidate, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is also holding a campaign event in New Hampshire today. (Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images)

Joe Lieberman, a mensch whose Jewish faith was key to his life

A brave and independent politician who nearly became the US’s first Jewish vice president

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April 2, 2024 14:18

Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore is joined by vice presidential candidate Joseph Lieberman on the stage of the Democratic National Convention at the Staples Center 17 August 2000 in Los Angeles, California. Gore and Lieberman accepted their party's nomination. AFP PHOTO/Luke FRAZZA (Photo by LUKE FRAZZA / AFP) (Photo by LUKE FRAZZA/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden and Harris throw Israel under the Gaza bus

Republican candidate seeks to exploit the Democrats’ weakening of support for war

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March 25, 2024 15:10

US President Joe Biden, with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, addresses the attacks in Israel from the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 7, 2023. Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a surprise large-scale attack against Israel Saturday, firing thousands of rockets from Gaza and sending fighters to kill or abduct people as Israel retaliated with devastating air strikes. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Schumer says out loud what Biden is thinking – and fearing about Netanyahu

The US’s most senior Jewish politician demanded that the Israeli PM quit because Democrats are worried about November

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March 19, 2024 15:21

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd-L) stands with US Senate leaders including Senator Charles Schumer (TIM SLOAN/AFP via Getty Images)

The NYPD’s oldest officer is an 88-year-old rabbi called Alvin

Rabbi Alvin Kass has served the New York Police Department for 58 years and has no thought of quitting

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March 13, 2024 10:01

Rabbi Alvin Kass in his NYPD uniform (Photo: Ben Clerkin)

Biden to announce US military will build new port in Gaza for aid

The aid operation will not be up and running for a few weeks

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March 8, 2024 08:40

The US has begun pushing for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza as Biden told reporters on Tuesday that negotiations are "in the hands of Hamas right now." (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Ceasefire protest vote spreads on Super Tuesday

Minnesota sees thousands of ‘uncommited’ votes

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March 7, 2024 14:03

Ilhan Omar (Minnesota), Representative for Minnesota

Harvard leaders accused of obstructing antisemitism investigation

Congressional committee has accused them of failing to comply with a subpoena

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March 6, 2024 12:03

Supporters of Palestine gather at Harvard University to show their support for Palestinians in Gaza at a rally in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on October 14, 2023. Thousands of Palestinians sought refuge on October 14 after Israel warned them to evacuate the northern Gaza Strip before an expected ground offensive against Hamas, one week on from the deadliest attack in Israeli history. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)

Jewish teachers terrorised by antisemitic pupils sue Brooklyn school

Students marched through the halls of Origins High School on October 28 waving a Palestinian flag and chanting “Death to Israel” and “Kill the Jews”

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March 4, 2024 17:12

Origins High School in Brooklyn New York (Google Streetview)

Jewish students ask Congress to force elite universities to take antisemitism seriously

The undergraduates at elite colleges shared their harrowing stories of antisemitism on campus

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March 1, 2024 10:41

Jewish students ask Congress to force elite universities to take antisemitism seriously

New York schools pushing anti-Zionism have Jewish teachers wondering if they have a future

‘Teachers are abusing their access to children to peddle their own agenda’

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February 27, 2024 17:11

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 24: Students attend class on the second to last day of school as New York City public schools prepare to wrap up the year at Yung Wing School P.S. 124 on June 24, 2022 in New York City. Approximately 75% of NYC public schools enrolled fewer students for the 2021/2022 school year due to the pandemic. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

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