Nathan Guttman, staff writer, was the Forward’s Washington bureau chief. He joined the staff in 2006 after serving for five years as Washington correspondent for the Israeli dailies Haaretz and The Jerusalem Post. In Israel, he was the features editor for Ha’aretz and chief editor of Channel 1 TV evening news. He was born in Canada and grew up in Israel. He is a graduate of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Groups opposing the proposed Israel Anti-Boycott Act registered another victory this week after progressive icon Sen. Elizabeth Warren joined the ranks of those critical of the legislation. At an August 4 event, the Massachusetts Democrat was asked by an activist from Jewish Voice for Peace, a group fighting against the bill, for her opinion. “I…
The pro-Israel community celebrated last week, as the Senate Foreign Relations Committee adopted legislation cutting funds from the Palestinian Authority because of stipends it pays to jailed terrorists and their families. The final version, approved in a 17-4 vote, was welcomed by a broad coalition of pro-Israel activists, from right-end group to centrists organization. But…
Recent public attacks by the far-right on National Security Adviser H. R. McMaster and his views on Israel have caught many observers by surprise, including veteran Republican defense advisor Dov Zakheim, who has spent decades at the intersection of U.S.-Israel military ties. Zakheim, a former undersecretary of defense who is now a senior advisor at…
In a decision handed down Monday, Israel’s Supreme Court ordered Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to make public the list of phone calls he had with Republican megadonor Sheldon Adelson, who also owns the country’s largest daily newspaper, Israel Hayom. Netanyahu will also have to hand over logs of all his conversations with Amos Regev, who…
In a Monday morning Twitter storm, President Trump sought out an old rival – Democratic senator Richard Blumenthal. “Interesting to watch Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut talking about hoax Russian collusion when he was a phony Vietnam con artist!” Trump tweeted early in the morning. Trump was referring to Blumenthal’s first Senate race, when he…
Trump aide Stephen Miller took some heat after his first media briefing Wednesday, in which he downplayed the importance of Emma Lazarus’s poem mounted on the Statue of Liberty and accused a CNN reporter of having a “cosmopolitan bias.” But at least one viewer loved his messaging. “We need to clone Stephen Miller and appoint…
In an empty Washington bar on a steamy summer afternoon, a young actor tasked with playing the role of slain DNC staffer Seth Rich is leaning on the counter, downing one shot after the other. “Are you okay, son?,” the actor playing the bartender asks, refusing to pour him another round. “Yeah, I’m okay,” he…
Days after Gen. John Kelly took over as White House chief of staff and immediately fired communication director Anthony Scaramucci, National Security Adviser Gen. H. R. McMaster is asserting his own authority with the firing of Ezra Cohen-Watnick, the National Security Council’s senior director for intelligence. “General McMaster appreciates the good work accomplished in the…
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