.Virginia Foxx and Rep Josh Gottheimer aim to restrict federal funding to colleges that boycott Israel, Marc Rod and Emily Jacobs report. ji.news/3zna4

Notable quotable, from Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) -- on an anti-Israel podcast. Slotkin: "I was the first Jew elected to the Senate that was not endorsed by any Jewish group -- AIPAC, J Street" (via Jewish Insider -- Emily Jacobs / Marc Rod) jewishinsider.com/2025/07/sen-sl…

⚡Representatives Virginia Foxx and Rep Josh Gottheimer introduced bipartisan legislation to combat the antisemitic BDS movement on American college campuses. — Marc Rod and Emily Jacobs for Jewish Insider

Well, that explains the last month in Congress.

We're two months out from the DC shooting and the Boulder attack. In the intervening time, momentum on the Hill to get results on antisemitism appears to have waned: the Antisemitism Awareness Act is stuck with no clear path forward, and major security $ increases look unlikely.

Tillis votes NO on Joe Kent, all other R's support

The Senate is voting now on the first of two Sanders resolutions on blocking aid to Israel, this one on assault rifles. 27, More than half of Senate Dems are supporting so far. New flips include Reed, Blunt Rochester, Baldwin, Klobuchar, Duckworth, Alsobrooks, Whitehouse.

Ossoff, Warnock, King and Shaheen, who flipped to vote no on the last round of votes in April, are back to supporting.

Other yes votes Kaine, Merkley, Van Hollen, Welch, Durbin, Merkley, Murray, Schatz, Warren, Heinrich, Kim, Murphy, Smith, Hirono, Ossoff and Lujan.

.Senator Thom Tillis votes with Dems against Joe Kent for top counterterrorism job, Marc Rod and Emily Jacobs reports. ji.news/3zstk

how to deal with new york times - bring up hamas

The newly declassified appendix to the Durham report is game-changing. It showed that the CIA believed Russian intelligence memos, which analyzed hacked emails and alleged a Clinton Plan to vilify Trump by linking him to Russia, were credible. "The CIA prepared a written

I find it odd that Arab leaders are calling for Hamas to disarm and accept safe passage out of Gaza while European leaders are threatening to recognize a Palestinian state if Israel doesn’t accept a ceasefire. To our friends in Europe, you’re enticing Hamas to stay in the fight.

My latest for The Atlantic: Hamas Actually Wants a Famine "Hamas actually wants a famine in Gaza. Producing mass death from hunger is the group’s final play, its last hope for ending the war in a way that advances its goals." theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Pleased to report that this gal is already into the FO stage of the equation, thanks to prompt and decisive action by Florida State University! 🤨

At a time when Jewish students don’t feel safe on college campuses, it is unconscionable to halt the vital work of the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights. I am vehemently opposed to any efforts to prevent this office from taking enforcement action against schools

I'd like to set the record straight. Children in Gaza aren't going hungry because of Israel. They're suffering because Hamas uses food and aid as a weapon to stay in power.

Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana responds to tweet from Majlis Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf calling him a "disgrace to humanity"