Review of Security Screening for Immigrants to US Awaits Completion Daniel Sonnenfeld 02/07/2021
President Joe Biden repealed the so-called Muslim ban on immigration, but has instructed a review of the immigrant vetting process, the stated reason for the Trump Administration’s policy
As one of his first official acts upon taking office, President Joe Biden lifted the so-called Muslim ban put in place by his predecessor. But Biden has repeated the demand for a review of the screening process for immigrants, which the Trump Administration called the central reason for the ban. Biden’s decision to repeal the ban has drawn praise from liberal circles and criticism from conservatives, indicating that what should have been an apolitical consideration of the immigration vetting process continues to be a political football.
In-depth: Unlike his predecessor, Joe Biden will not interfere in Israel's Knesset elections, something that could pose a problem for a prime minister used to being showered with campaign-friendly gifts by his good friend in the White House
President Joe Biden was sworn in on Wednesday as the 46th president of the United States, turning a new page in American history after four tumultuous years that culminated in one of the most contentious and ugliest election cycles ever.
“Netanyahu … tarried until the morning hours on Thursday, in the same way as he was late to congratulate Joe Biden on his victory in the election,” writes Amos Harel in Haaretz. “This is a direct continuation of Netanyahu’s cynical attitude towards Trump, the man he crowned at every opportunity as the American president most friendly and beneficent towards Israel, ever.”
3. Nazis on the Hill: Among those good people that Bismuth and some others on the Israeli right were so enamored with defending and making league with were out and out neo-Nazis and Holocaust deniers, as many in the press note.