Matzav3 hours agoConservative radio host Sid Rosenberg launched a blistering attack on Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday, declaring that he could never support Vance for president after the vice president suggested that America’s relationship with Israel was among the issues contributing to Republican losses in Tuesday’s midterm elections.
Rosenberg, a prominent New York radio personality and outspoken supporter of President Donald Trump and Israel, accused Vance of undermining the president and taking another swipe at one of America’s closest allies at a time when Republicans were attempting to understand their election defeats.
The criticism followed a lengthy post by Vance on X in which the vice president identified four major factors he believed had contributed to the Republican Party’s poor performance. Among them were the war with Iran and concerns about America’s relationship with Israel.
“I never thought I’d see the day where President Trump would allow anyone in his administration to undermine him, but clearly that day has arrived,” Rosenberg wrote on X, directing his followers to examine Vance’s remarks.
Rosenberg was particularly angered by Vance’s decision to include Israel in his assessment of the election results, viewing the comments as another example of the vice president’s willingness to criticize America’s relationship with the Jewish state.
He described Israel as America’s “best ally in the world” and suggested that Vance’s remarks reflected a troubling approach to the U.S.-Israel alliance.
Rosenberg also referred to a previous personal encounter with Vance, saying the two had avoided discussing Israel and conservative commentator Tucker Carlson, another figure who has become a source of controversy among pro-Israel Republicans.
According to Rosenberg, neither subject came up because Vance understood that he would be unable to satisfy Rosenberg’s concerns about either issue.
The radio host concluded his criticism with an unequivocal declaration about Vance’s political future.
“Today’s tweet from the Vice President is further proof that I could never vote for this guy for President of the United States!” Rosenberg wrote.
Vance’s remarks came after Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress in Tuesday’s elections, prompting intense debate among Republicans over the causes of their defeat.
In his post, Vance said polling of voters who had supported the Trump-Vance ticket in 2024 identified four principal demands: ending the Iran war, addressing inflation and the cost of living, putting American interests first, and changing the United States’ relationship with Israel.
“The reason we lost is the war,” Vance wrote, arguing that Republican turnout had been relatively strong but that many voters who previously supported Trump had become dissatisfied with the administration’s policies.
The vice president’s position has attracted particular attention because of his growing differences with pro-Israel conservatives over the Iran conflict. Vance has advocated diplomatic efforts to end the fighting and has publicly criticized Israeli officials who opposed negotiations with Tehran.
In October, Vance also declined to endorse Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu for reelection, despite Trump’s public support for the Israeli leader. Vance said at the time that he preferred not to involve himself in Israel’s elections.
The vice president has nevertheless maintained that Israel is an important American ally. During an appearance before the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas in September, he emphasized Israel’s importance to American national security and condemned antisemitism.
Vance’s relationship with Tucker Carlson has also generated criticism from some Jewish Republicans, particularly following Carlson’s decision to provide a platform to Nick Fuentes, whose antisemitic statements have drawn widespread condemnation.
The controversy comes as Vance is widely viewed as a potential contender for the Republican presidential nomination in 2028. His foreign policy positions, particularly regarding Israel and American military involvement overseas, are emerging as points of contention within the party.
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Vos Iz Neias3 hours agoJERUSALEM (VINnews) — A growing fraud scheme targeting members of Israel’s charedi community has come to light, with unsuspecting yeshiva students and ordinary citizens discovering that companies and businesses have been registered in their names without their genuine knowledge or involvement, leaving them facing enormous debts, lawsuits and bank account seizures.
According to a report broadcast Tuesday morning on the Kol Chai radio program The Public Hotline, the scheme typically begins with an apparently innocent offer from acquaintances or other individuals promising financial compensation, an increase in a yeshiva student’s monthly stipend, or assistance in obtaining a government grant.
In exchange, the individuals are asked to provide a photocopy of their identity card and sign several documents or powers of attorney, supposedly as a small favor. In reality, the organizers allegedly use these documents and personal details to register fictitious companies and businesses in the victims’ names with the relevant tax and corporate authorities.
One particularly troubling case was described by attorney David Friedman, a member of the Forum for the Protection of the Haredi Consumer, during an interview with presenter Zvi Tessler.
Friedman recounted the case of a 23-year-old yeshiva student who discovered that he had accumulated debts exceeding NIS 1 million as a result of a business registered in his name, without his fully understanding what he had agreed to.
According to Friedman, victims frequently remain unaware of the fraud until enforcement proceedings begin against them. They may suddenly receive notices from the Enforcement and Collection Authority, discover that their bank accounts have been frozen, or face legal claims over unpaid debts to the Value Added Tax Authority, the Israel Tax Authority and employees who were never paid their salaries.
The financial consequences can be devastating, particularly for young married men and yeshiva students who have little or no independent income and have no connection to the businesses supposedly operating under their names.
Friedman warned that providing personal identification documents and signing official paperwork can have serious legal consequences, even when the individual claims not to have understood the full purpose of the documents.
Under Israeli law, signing an official document can establish responsibility for the commitments it contains. Consequently, simply claiming that someone did not know a company was being registered in his name does not automatically absolve him of responsibility for its debts and obligations.
Nevertheless, Friedman explained that victims who can demonstrate that they were deliberately deceived or that their signatures and personal details were obtained through serious misrepresentation may be able to challenge the registrations and seek to have the resulting legal and financial liability removed through the courts.
The case highlights the dangers of handing over identity documents or signing legal paperwork in exchange for seemingly easy financial benefits. What may be presented as an opportunity to receive a small payment or an increase in a monthly stipend can ultimately expose an unsuspecting individual to debts running into hundreds of thousands or even millions of shekels.
The report serves as a warning to members of the charedi community to exercise particular caution when approached with offers involving the use of their personal details to establish businesses, register companies or obtain government benefits. Even when the request comes from someone they know and trust, signing documents without fully understanding their contents can have far-reaching consequences.
