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Ben Samuels

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Ben Samuels

@Bsamuels0

U.S. Bureau Chief @haaretzcom | Building a team to cover all things U.S. and Israel/Palestine, Mideast & Jewish world | [email protected], DM for Signal

Washington, DC

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Joined November 2010

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Ben Samuels
@Bsamuels0
Jun 3
Some news: I’m utterly delighted to announce I’m @haaretzcom’s new U.S. bureau chief. Much, much more to come but we are making a major push into America. Watch this space 👀 In the meantime: looking for a new Washington correspondent. Reach out if interested or have a rec!
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Ben Samuels
@Bsamuels0
Jul 21, 2024
This isn't even a dog-whistle: This is centuries' worth of antisemitic propaganda being blasted to at least 190 million people by the world's richest man
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Ben Samuels
@Bsamuels0
Jul 19, 2023
BREAKING: @BernieSanders skipped Israel President Isaac Herzog's Congress speech: “It's no great secret that I strongly oppose the policies of Israel’s right wing, anti-Palestinian government. We provide them with $3.8b in aid. We have a right to demand they respect human rights”
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Ben Samuels
@Bsamuels0
Dec 6, 2023
Those worried about antisemitism would be well-suited to remember Rep. Elise Stefanik — going viral after her performance at the campus antisemitism hearing — has platformed some of the most vile antisemitic conspiracies, including Great Replacement Theory
Looking for a Congressional champion to fight antisemitism? Forget Stefanik
From haaretz.com
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Ben Samuels
@Bsamuels0
Oct 21, 2023
One of the least understood elements of the Israel-Gaza war is the extent to which Netanyahu empowered Hamas over 14 years to weaken the Palestinian Authority This helps explain the Bibi-Hamas alliance that backdropped the deadliest day in Israeli history
Opinion | A brief history of the Netanyahu-Hamas alliance
From haaretz.com
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Ben Samuels
@Bsamuels0
Oct 26, 2023
Doctors Without Borders calls for an immediate Gaza ceasefire, describing “mass casualty events that would test even the most well-equipped hospitals”
U.S. hits Iranian targets in Syria; 6 injured in missile strike on Egyptian Red Sea resort
From haaretz.com
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Ben Samuels
@Bsamuels0
Nov 27, 2023
Israel's repulsive embrace of Elon Musk is a cynical betrayal of Jews, dead and alive Netanyahu parading him around sites of October 7 massacre, demeaned & denied on Musk's watch, should be a stain on Bibi's legacy alongside other failures of recent weeks
Israel’s repulsive embrace of Elon Musk is a cynical betrayal of Jews, dead and alive
From haaretz.com
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Ben Samuels
@Bsamuels0
Aug 12, 2021
At least 45 leading Jewish-American figures active in policy, politics and advocacy spaces urge AIPAC to apologize to @IlhanMN, @aoc, @CoriBush, @RashidaTlaib over ads and to immediately discontinue campaign haaretz.com/us-news/.premi…
Ben Samuels
@Bsamuels0
Dec 4, 2023
Alarming numbers for Israel: - 63% of Democrats oppose Israel’s actions in Gaza - 67% of adults under 35 oppose Israel’s actions in Gaza - 64% of people of color oppose Israel’s actions in Gaza - 52% of women oppose Israel’s actions in Gaza (per Gallup)
IDF gearing up for ground offensive in southern Gaza; Hamas says death toll tops 15,800
From haaretz.com
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Ben Samuels
@Bsamuels0
Sep 16, 2024
Emhoff convened a roundtable with Jewish students from 6 colleges in May He visited Jewish students at Cornell in November He condemned university presidents + held several meetings with Jewish leaders - including student representatives This, too, is not a political statement
Eyal Yakoby
@EYakoby
Sep 15, 2024
This is not a political statement, but for the past year, no one from the VP's team reached out to Jewish students who were being terrorized for the past year. I would welcome and help organize a roundtable between @SecondGentleman and Jewish students.
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This is false. Doug Emhoff, the Second Gentleman, visited Jewish students at Cornell, held a round table with Jewish students from 6 colleges, met with Jewish student representatives repeatedly. timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry… timesofisrael.com/doug-emhoff-to… politico.com/news/2024/05/0…
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Ben Samuels
@Bsamuels0
Oct 29, 2023
30 Israeli human rights + civil society organizations urge the international community to "act urgently to stop the state-backed wave of settler violence which has led, and is leading to, the forcible transfer of Palestinian communities in the West Bank"
IDF attacks targets in Syria, Lebanon following rocket fire
From haaretz.com
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Ben Samuels
@Bsamuels0
Jan 20, 2025
Less than 4 hours into Trump 2.0 and Jewish establishment organizations already have their first test: are they going to say anything about Elon Musk’s (alleged) gesture or will they give him a (convenient) benefit of the doubt?
Elon Musk appears to make fascist salute at Trump inauguration rally
From haaretz.com
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Ben Samuels
@Bsamuels0
Apr 5, 2024
Wow. Nancy Pelosi is among 40 House Democrats urging Biden to halt pending weapons transfers to Israel and to condition future military aid. After Israel killed 7 World Central Kitchen workers in Gaza, we're through the looking glass re: US-Israel ties
Nasrallah vows 'definite' retaliation for general's assassination; Israel: We're preparing
From haaretz.com
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Ben Samuels
@Bsamuels0
Oct 18, 2023
500 American-Jewish activists reported arrested at the U.S. Capitol while protesting Israel's war in Gaza and demanding an immediate ceasefire, in what is being deemed "the largest Jewish protest in solidarity with Palestinians in U.S. history"
Gaza rockets resume after Biden visit, Netanyahu vows to 'change the equation'
From haaretz.com
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