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AT A protest in support of Hamas activist Mahmoud Khalil, demonstrators call for a halt to all US funding of ‘Israeli apartheid,’ in Times Square. It’s not our job as Jews, currently the most maligned and imperiled minority group in America, to advocate on behalf of Khalil, the writer argues.

Jews are not obligated to defend Mahmoud Khalil or his civil liberties

By DAVID CHRISTOPHER KAUFMAN

U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff attends an interview after participating in a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, February 18, 2025.

Iran must stop and eliminate enrichment, weaponization program, Witkoff says

By REUTERS , AMICHAI STEIN

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in the Oval Office last week: Israeli officials responsible for trade with the US have no clue how the trade gap with the US can be abolished without damaging Israel’s economic interests, the writer maintains.

The Netanyahu-Trump meeting: Success or embarrassing failure?

By SUSAN HATTIS ROLEF

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump is assisted by the Secret Service after gunfire rang out during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, US, July 13, 2024.

Trump replaces Obama portrait with painting of assassination attempt

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Yehuda Kaploun and Donald Trump.

Trump taps Yehuda Kaploun as State Dept. antisemitism envoy

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A 3D-printed miniature model of Donald Trump and the U.S. and Iran flags are seen in this illustration taken January 15, 2025.

Trump must flip the script at Iran talks and demand concrete actions

By AIDIN PANAHI

Donald Trump. (Illustrative.)

Trump temporarily lowers tariffs for most countries, raises them for China

By REUTERS

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to be ambassador to Israel, testifies during his Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on March 25, 2025 in Washington, DC.

US Senate confirms staunch pro-Israel conservative Huckabee as Israel ambassador

By REUTERS , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

US President Donald Trump (R) meets with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 4, 2025.

Trump's friendship with Israel is a double-edged sword

By JPOST EDITORIAL

US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, April 7, 2025.

Trump: Owning Gaza would be good, why did Israel ever give it up?

By REUTERS , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

US President Donald Trump meets Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington DC, April 7, 2025

US to launch direct talks with Iran on hostage deal, Trump announces with Netanyahu

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a joint press conference in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 4, 2025.

Netanyahu's US visit: From Biden's cold shoulder to Trump's open door

US President Donald Trump gestures, before boarding Air Force One as he departs for Florida, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, March 28, 2025

Trump refuses to rule out third term, says he is 'pissed off' at Putin

By REUTERS

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump looks on as military strikes are launched against Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis, in this handout image released on March 15.

Beware: Trump’s Middle Eastern rhetoric echoes Obama

By AMOTZ ASA-EL

Kitty Dukakis, taking her father Harry Ellis Dickson's place, speaks to a crowd gathered at the Vilna Shul on Beacon Hill in Boston on Oct. 28, 1995, as part of the Combined Jewish Philanthropies commemoration of 16 historic Jewish buildings in Boston.

Kitty Dukakis, dead at 88, was the first Jewish spouse of a US presidential candidate

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and national security advisor Mike Waltz speak with the media following meetings with a Ukrainian delegation on Ukraine-Russia peace talks, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia March 11, 2025.

Trump backs national security adviser after Yemen war security breach

By REUTERS

U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz speaks with the media following meetings with a Ukrainian delegation in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, March 11, 2025.

Trump weighs firing Waltz over alleged leak of US Houthi strike plans

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Muslim protestors pray outside the main campus of Columbia University during a demonstration to denounce the immigration arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist who helped lead protests against Israel at the university, in New York City, U.S., March 14, 2025.

Trump administration abused immigration laws with Khalil's arrest, Democratic senators say

By REUTERS