Showing posts with label Michael Wilner. Show all posts
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Saturday, January 10, 2015

"evacuated during the kosher market siege"

January 10, 2015 Jerusalem Post , Jews 0 Comments
Landmark Paris Synagogue Closes On Shabbat For First Time Since World War II

Michael Wilner, Jan. 9, 2015, Jerusalem Post

The Paris branch of the American Jewish Committee called for “stepped up efforts to combat Islamist terrorism in France as violent attacks in Paris over the past two days expanded to a kosher supermarket.”

"What happened over the past 48 hours was a shock to the entire French nation," said Simone Rodan-Benazquen, director of AJC Paris. "It was our 9/11."

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Thursday, March 27, 2014

"Saudis Deny Visa to Jewish Reporter Covering Obama--Obama Still Going"

March 27, 2014 CNS News , Jerusalem Post 0 Comments
Michael Wilner 
Washington Bureau Chief for the Jerusalem Post
By Patrick Goodenough, Mar. 26. 2014, CNSNews.com 

 The administration criticized Saudi Arabia’s denial of a visa for a Jewish White House correspondent wanting to cover President Obama’s visit to the kingdom on Friday, but when asked Tuesday whether it would “reconsider going to Saudi Arabia or anything like that,” Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes said “no.”

 Michael Wilner, a U.S. citizen who covers the White House for the Jerusalem Post, applied for a visa with other members of the White House press corps but was turned down on Monday.

 Speaking to reporters on Air Force One as the president flew from the Netherlands to Brussels on Tuesday night, Rhodes said the administration was “very disappointed” and had taken up the matter with the Saudis.

 “We’ll continue to raise our concerns with the Saudis about why this journalist was denied a visa and about our very strong objections to their decision.”
“That didn’t cause you guys to reconsider going to Saudi Arabia or anything like that?” a reporter asked.

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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

"Saudi Arabia Refuses Visa to U.S. Jewish Reporter--Denied Visa to WH Press Corps Reporter with Jerusalem Post"

March 25, 2014 Adel bin Ahmed al-Jubeir , Jerusalem Post 0 Comments
Michael Wilner / Photo: Facebook
By Lori Lowenthal Marcus, Mar. 25, 2014, Jewish Press
Michael Wilner is the Jerusalem Post‘s reporter based in Washington, and its White House correspondent. He is an American Jew who does not have Israeli citizenship and has never lived in Israel.
About midday on Monday, March 24, Wilner tweeted, “Saudi Arabia has denied me a visa to cover Obama’s trip this week.”
Wilner is the only journalist in the press corps who was denied entry by Saudi Arabia.

The White House declined to comment publicly, but the Jerusalem Post reported that U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice specifically requested that the visa be granted. Tony Blinken, a special assistant to President Obama, was also reported to have issued a request to Adel bin Ahmed al-Jubeir, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the U.S.

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