  GETTY IMAGES 'Cheersing in bars to ending the occupation of Palestine - no shame and f*** your glares #ISupportGaza #FreePalestine,' Tyler Cherry tweeted in 2014 amid Israel's war with HamasBy Gabby Deutch Tyler Cherry, a newly promoted White House hire with a history of controversial tweets about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, attempted to walk back some of his past social media posts with a statement on Sunday, though he did not address any specific comments he had previously made. “Past social media posts from when I was younger do not reflect my current views. Period. I support this Administration’s agenda — and will continue my communications work focused on our climate and environmental policies,” Cherry, who was recently named associate communications director at the White House after working for several years at the Interior Department, wrote on X on Sunday. Cherry’s posts on Israel date back to 2014 and 2015, when he was an undergraduate at the University of California Los Angeles. His criticism of American support for Israel stands in contrast to the Biden administration’s stated support for the Jewish state since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks and the resulting Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. You May Have MissedSPEAKING OUT‘Dangerous, unconscionable, antisemitic and un-American’: Biden condemns anti-Israel protests that sparked violence outside L.A. synagogueThe statement coming directly from Biden was a rare example of a quick response from the president, who has in recent months usually first dispatched his communications staff to weigh in on antisemitic incidents. HOSTAGE UPDATEIn new video from Oct. 7, hostages, including Hersh Goldberg-Polin, seen being driven to GazaThe nearly two-minute video shows American-Israeli citizen Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Or Levy and Eliya Cohen on a truck bound for the enclave. Read more...       |
6.24.2024
Newly promoted White House staffer walks back, deletes anti-Israel tweets
