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Israel has too much to lose to be afraid of condemning the Muslim Brotherhood - editorial

The Brotherhood does not only represent an alternative political ideology; all too often, it has served as a veil for radicalization and terror.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators take part in a national protest for Gaza, outside the Colosseum in Rome, Italy, October 4, 2025.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference held at the ICE-Enforcement and Removal Operation office on May 01, 2025 in Miramar, Florida.

Florida designates Muslim Brotherhood, CAIR as terror groups, joining Texas

Police guard the service entrance to the Palm Beach County Convention Center ahead of the motorcade arrival of Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump on Election Day, in West Palm Beach, Florida U.S., November 5, 2024. (illustrative)

Florida police kill Turkish man threatening Tallahassee synagogue, Ron DeSantis

The entrance to Auschwitz, the Nazi Concentration camp, next to a photo of protestors outside of the Everglades ICE detention facility, with signs calling it a "Concentration Camp," with a photo of the barbed wire of Auschwitz in the background.

Critics controversial nickname for ICE’s Everglades detention facility: ‘Alligator Auschwitz’


Florida Governor DeSantis to enter US presidential race next week

DeSantis will likely file paperwork declaring his candidacy on May 25 to coincide with a donor meeting, with a more formal launch the week of May 29.

 Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks at the 2023 NHGOP Amos Tuck Dinner in Manchester, New Hampshire, US, April 14, 2023.

DeSantis signs Florida ban on gender-affirming treatment for transgender minors

In addition to Florida, at least 14 other states have banned treatments for transgender youth.

 Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks with his wife Casey DeSantis at his side during his 2022 US midterm elections night party in Tampa, Florida, US, November 8, 2022

Republican Jewish Coalition favors continued Ukraine assistance

The statement from the influential group comes as leaders in Congress and President Joe Biden are negotiating over a deal to raise the debt ceiling.

A supporter cheers as U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the Republican Jewish Coalition 2019 Annual Leadership Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., April 6, 2019

Letters to the Editor May 15, 2023: Extraordinary

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

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Florida rejects Holocaust ed textbooks in clampdown on ‘woke’ instruction

DeSantis has advanced Holocaust education while also enabling parents to effectively remove Holocaust literature they don’t like from school libraries.

FLORIDA GOV. Ron DeSantis waves during The Jerusalem Post conference titled Celebrate the Faces of Israel at the Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem last week

Is Ron DeSantis, Florida's dark prince of woke, ready for White House prime time? - opinion

Following a series of lackluster performances at home and abroad, DeSantis is making his former idol and role model, Donald Trump, a very happy rival.

Florida Governor Ron Desantis speaks during a campaign rally by then US president Donald Trump at Pensacola International Airport in Pensacola, Florida, US, October 23, 2020.

'Educated Evangelicals prefer DeSantis to Trump’ - CCU heads

DeSantis has not formally declared that he will run for president, but speculation is high that he will do so.

 Former US President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speak at midterm election rallies, in Dayton, Ohio, US November 7, 2022 and Tampa, Florida, US, November 8, 2022

Biden’s alienation of Riyadh makes Israeli-Saudi deal difficult - DeSantis

DeSantis also said that he supports a united Jerusalem under Israeli sovereignty.

 Governor Ron DeSantis speaks at the Jerusalem Post and Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem Celebrating the Faces of Israel conference.

DeSantis signs legislation to fight antisemitism at Celebrate the Faces conference

“We are doing what we can do in Florida ....to hold people accountable when that really crosses the line into threatening conduct.”

 Governor Ron DeSantis speaks at the Jerusalem Post and Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem Celebrating the Faces of Israel conference.

DeSantis visits Israel ahead of possible presidential run in 2024

DeSantis is expected to deliver a public address in Jerusalem on Thursday at the “Celebrate the Face of Israel” conference.

 Florida Governor Ron DeSantis bids farewell to journalists as he closes talks with journalists after meeting Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the latter's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, 24 April 2023.