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Biden’s DNC speech: A strategic echo of Reagan's 1988 PLO move? - opinion

President Biden’s DNC remarks, reminiscent of Reagan’s 1988 PLO strategy, may signal a shift to ease pressure on Kamala Harris.

|ByERIC S. SHERBY
US PRESIDENT Joe Biden addresses the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, last Monday.
US President Ronald Reagan (R) shakes hands at his first meeting with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to sign an arms treaty in Geneva, in this November 19, 1985 file photo. The two leaders met for the first time to hold talks on international diplomatic relations and the arms race.

Hinckley, who shot Reagan in 1981, granted full freedom

US District Judge Paul Friedman lifted travel and internet usage restrictions against Hinckley, who has been living on his own in Williamsburg, Virginia.

|ByREUTERS
Israel's Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is seen addressing the Jerusalem Post annual conference at the Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem, on October 12, 2021.

Israel's Bennett inspired by Reagan in fight against Iran nuclear program

'Iran is a rotten regime,' the prime minister said. 'They can’t even supply clean water to their citizens, but invest their resources in nuclear development'.

|ByLAHAV HARKOV
George Shultz, with book, at a 2017 Limmud FSU conference with, from left to right, Julius Berman, Natan Sharansky and Chaim Chesler.

George Shultz hailed by Jewish leaders for helping free Soviet Jews

“He felt a special bond to the American Jewish community. Everyone could sense his humility, his integrity, the sincerity of his views, and his commitment and support for Israel."

|ByLARRY LUXNER/JTA

A man who knew presidents

Norman Bailey and his wife, Barbara, made aliya in 2011.

JULY 5, 2018
Norman and Barbara Bailey

Trump rejects accusations in critical book, calls self a 'stable genius'

Michael Wolff, who was granted unusually wide access to the White House during much of Trump's first year, has said in promoting his new book that US President Trump is unfit for the presidency.

JANUARY 6, 2018
ByREUTERS
Copies of the book 'Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House' by author Michael Wolff are seen at the Book Culture book store in New York, US.

Trump will fail against Iran as did 'smarter' Reagan, Khamenei says

"Reagan is gone and, according to out beliefs, he now faces God's retribution ... while Iran has made great advances in all areas since Reagan's time," Khamenei added.

DECEMBER 27, 2017
ByREUTERS
Former president Ronald Reagan addresses the nation from the Oval Office

No compromise on antisemitism

Antisemitism is fundamentally mythical, an irrational explanation of the world.

AUGUST 22, 2017
ByCHAIM STEINMETZ
Members of the Ku Klux Klan face counter-protesters as they rally in support of Confederate monuments in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S. July 8, 2017

Former Hitler Youth served Reagan as communication director for five days

There was, in fact, a communications chief who was on the job for a shorter period. According to our archive, John Koehler lasted just five working days in 1987, under President Ronald Reagan.

AUGUST 1, 2017
ByJTA
US PRESIDENT Ronald Reagan (left) and prime minister Menachem Begin speak at the White House.