David Friedman, the new U.S. ambassador to Israel, gave his first interview since he landed in Israel on Monday to — where else? — Israel Hayom, the newspaper funded by Republican casino magnate and on-again-off-again Trump supporter Sheldon Adelson. Friedman spoke with Israel Hayom ahead of Trump’s scheduled visit to Israel next week, now clouded…
WASHINGTON (JTA) – Bill Clinton consulted with folks who came up with him in Arkansas, George W. Bush preferred Texan veterans of his family’s hard-fought political battles and Barack Obama had his Chicago peeps. Who does the first billionaire president go to when he wants real-deal advice? Other billionaires, naturally. Much has been made of…
Sheldon Adelson is angry at President Trump. At least that’s what sources close to the Las Vegas casino billionaire and Republican party megadonor are saying after it became clear that Trump is not planning to move the U.S. embassy to Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in the near future. Now pro-Israel groups and individuals…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Billionaire and philanthropist Sheldon Adelson and his wife will testify in Israel in a corruption investigation into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Israel’s Channel 2 news first reported Sunday evening that the Adelsons will testify next week during their visit to Israel. The couple is arriving in Israel ahead of the visit of…
Republican megadonor Sheldon Adelson is reportedly “furious” at President Trump for not immediately moving the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem — and hit the roof when he heard Secretary of State Rex Tillerson tie the move to jumpstarting the peace process. The casino mogul forked over $80 million to elect Trump — and took…
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — American Jewish billionaire Sheldon Adelson met with Brazilian President Michel Temer and several government officials to pitch an $8 billion casino project in Rio de Janeiro. Adelson’s visit this week raises rumors of imminent gambling law approval in Latin America’s largest nation, where it has been outlawed for the last…
Amos Regev, the founding editor of Sheldon Adelson’s Israel Hayom daily, was fired following growing friction between the publication and Prime Minister Netanyahu’s office. The free daily, which is owned by the Las Vegas Republican mega-donor and is known for its flattering coverage of Netanyahu, is Israel’s largest circulating newspaper. According to press reports in…
Among many moves aimed at reversing his predecessor’s policies, President Trump recently decided not to make public the White House visitors logs. Had they been open, the lists would reveal the profound change 100 days of a Trump administration had brought about to the Jewish community’s power structure. “The atmosphere has changed, at least for…
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