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US Sen. Chuck Schumer to Release New Book ‘Antisemitism in America’
US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) holds a press conference in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, April 23, 2024. Photo: Annabelle Gordon / CNP/Sipa USA via Reuters Connect
US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in the federal government, announced on Wednesday that he will release a book on antisemitism.
Grand Central Publishing, a division of Hachette Book Group, released a statement saying that Schumer’s book, titled “Antisemitism in America: A Warning,” will be on shelves in February 2025.
The book will chronicle Schumer’s life in Brooklyn during the 1960s, his time at Harvard University, and his years in Congress. Schumer will also discuss the recent surge of antisemitic incidents across the US following Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre across southern Israel, amid the ensuing Israel-Hamas war.
“At its core, my book is a warning,” Schumer said in a statement. “If America fails to understand the context and history of antisemitism, if America’s darker impulses ultimately overwhelm its better angels, an age-old truth will prove true once again: that antisemitism inevitably leads to violence against Jews and a rise in bigotry in our society at large.”
“Jewish Americans never thought it could happen here in America. Now, for the first time, they’re worried it could,” Schumer wrote.
Schumer has traditionally been a strong supporter of the Jewish state. Speaking at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s annual conference in 2019, Schumer said, “You can be, all at once, completely Jewish, completely pro-Israel, and completely American.” Schumer also opposed the controversial 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, a policy championed by former President Barack Obama, and joined a 2017 resolution objecting to condemnations of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
In recent months, however, as the Democratic base has soured on Israel, Schumer has adopted a more adversarial posture toward the Jewish state. In March, while on the Senate floor, he called for new elections in Israel, stating that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “lost his way,” a nearly unprecedented statement by such a high ranking US official calling on the people of a close democratic ally to replace its leadership.
Schumer also hesitated to join Republican House leader Mike Johnson (LA) in extending an invitation to Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress. Although Schumer eventually joined the invitation and attended Netanyahu’s speech last month, he refused to shake the Israeli prime minister’s hand.
The announcement of Schumer’s book was met with significant skepticism among observers on both sides of the political aisle.
“Chuck Schumer saw Jewish students being blocked from attending college campuses, issued Jewish only wristbands and being intimidated with physical violence and thought how can he make some more money off of it,” Stephen Miller, contributing editor of The Spectator, said on X/Twitter.
“I gotta be honest, every form of prejudice is declining in 21st century America. None are rising, including antisemitism. By admitting this, we will be a better country where people can feel more optimistic and at ease,” wrote progressive reporter Zaid Jilani.
“What a complete f—king clown,” wrote Daily Wire host and conservative commentator Ben Shapiro.
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Israel Readies for a Nationwide Strike on Sunday
Demonstrators hold signs and pictures of hostages, as relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages kidnapped during the Oct. 7, 2023 attack by Hamas protest demanding the release of all hostages in Tel Aviv, Israel, Feb. 13, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Itai Ron
i24 News – The families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza are calling on for a general strike to be held on Sunday in an effort to compel the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to agree to a deal with Hamas for the release of their loved ones and a ceasefire. According to Israeli officials, 50 hostages now remain in Gaza, of whom 20 are believed to be alive.
The October 7 Council and other groups representing bereaved families of hostages and soldiers who fell since the start of the war declared they were “shutting down the country to save the soldiers and the hostages.”
While many businesses said they would join the strike, Israel’s largest labor federation, the Histadrut, has declined to participate.
Some of the country’s top educational institutions, including the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv University, declared their support for the strike.
“We, the members of the university’s leadership, deans, and department heads, hereby announce that on Sunday, each and every one of us will participate in a personal strike as a profound expression of solidarity with the hostage families,” the Hebrew University’s deal wrote to students.
The day will begin at 6:29 AM, to commemorate the start of the October 7 attack, with the first installation at Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square in Tel Aviv. Further demonstrations are planned at dozens of traffic intersections.
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Netanyahu ‘Has Become a Problem,’Says Danish PM as She Calls for Russia-Style Sanctions Against Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the press on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, July 8, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
i24 News – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has become a “problem,” his Danish counterpart Mette Frederiksen said Saturday, adding she would try to put pressure on Israel over the Gaza war.
“Netanyahu is now a problem in himself,” Frederiksen told Danish media, adding that the Israeli government is going “too far” and lashing out at the “absolutely appalling and catastrophic” humanitarian situation in Gaza and announced new homes in the West Bank.
“We are one of the countries that wants to increase pressure on Israel, but we have not yet obtained the support of EU members,” she said, specifying she referred to “political pressure, sanctions, whether against settlers, ministers, or even Israel as a whole.”
“We are not ruling anything out in advance. Just as with Russia, we are designing the sanctions to target where we believe they will have the greatest effect.”
The devastating war in Gaza began almost two years ago, with an incursion into Israel of thousands of Palestinian armed jihadists, who perpetrated the deadliest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust.
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As Alaska Summit Ends With No Apparent Progress, Zelensky to Meet Trump on Monday
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks at the press conference after the opening session of Crimea Platform conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, 23 August 2023. The Crimea Platform – is an international consultation and coordination format initiated by Ukraine. OLEG PETRASYUK/Pool via REUTERS
i24 News – After US President Donald Trump hailed the “great progress” made during a meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky announced that he was set to meet Trump on Monday at the White House.
“There were many, many points that we agreed on, most of them, I would say, a couple of big ones that we haven’t quite gotten there, but we’ve made some headway,” Trump told reporters during a joint press conference after the meeting.
Many observers noted, however, that the subsequent press conference was a relatively muted affair compared to the pomp and circumstance of the red carpet welcome, and the summit produced no tangible progress.
Trump and Putin spoke briefly, with neither taking questions, and offered general statements about an “understanding” and “progress.”
Putin, who spoke first, agreed with Trump’s long-repeated assertion that Russia never would have invaded Ukraine in 2022 had Trump been president instead of Democrat Joe Biden.
Trump said “many points were agreed to” and that “just a very few” issues were left to resolve, offering no specifics and making no reference to the ceasefire he’s been seeking.