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“Who was behind this effort? None other than a member of Congress who once claimed that Jews have space lasers,” a spokesman for one of the bill’s co-sponsors said.
“We gotta start telling the truth,” the New York congresswoman said. “We need to be the catalyst.”
The House also agreed to a rules package that includes a measure to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court as it seeks the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
By Izzy Salant
“Threats of violence against elected officials are unacceptable, unconscionable and have no place in a civilized society,” stated House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“Tax-exempt status is a privilege, not a right, and in exchange, organizations must operate for stated exempt purposes,” stated Rep. Jason Smith, chair of the House Ways and Means Committee.
By Canaan Lidor
Accused of fanning anti-Islam sentiment, the "National Review" drawing also drew attention to the alleged pro-terrorist actions of radical Democrats.
By Avi Abelow
Humanity is starving for leadership to call out today’s ongoing struggle between good and evil and lead us accordingly. Netanyahu stepped in to fill the void.
PM Netanyahu's speech in Congress on July 24, 2024
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Her aide said that she had a previously scheduled appointment and that it doesn't reflect a change in her position toward Israel.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Netanyahu is set to address a joint session of the U.S. Congress on July 24.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The committee is “particularly concerned” that groups promoting Hamas and supporting illegal activities on campuses may be funded by “foreign or domestic sources.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.) said “Joe Biden is about to abandon Israel the same way he abandoned Afghanistan.”
“It is the most pro-Israel State and Foreign Operations bill that we have ever seen,” said Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart (R-Fla.).
“It is now more important than ever that the American people hear from you directly in a public setting,” the Republican letter says.
GOP leaders, who proposed stand-alone Israel funding, said the Senate bill is “dead on arrival,” for insufficiently addressing the immigration crisis on the U.S. southern border.
The two “squad” members were the lone votes against the “No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Forty-eight of 100 lawmakers in the upper chamber joined the call.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Congress also voted overwhelmingly to keep the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem and maintain the terror designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
For the first time in history, House and Knesset members will have “a forum to engage directly,” said the House speaker.
Bipartisan support is seeing some erosion, but not as much as some might gleefully celebrate.
One of the most fascinating figures in American Jewish history is Haym Salomon (1740-1785).
The White House is still snubbing the Prime Minister of Israel.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“Our democracy is fundamentally at stake,” said the Baghdad native, 33, who fled her country after posing in a selfie with “Miss Israel” in 2017.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“Now Congress is one step closer to holding its most corrupt member accountable,” tweeted Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.).
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Every Democrat opposed; one Republican voted present.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Bill includes funding for synagogue security, action against antisemitism and aid to Holocaust survivors
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Hakeem Jeffries “worked tirelessly to make sure Israel has the tools to defend itself,” said Democratic Majority for Israel CEO Mark Mellman.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
75 members of Congress reminded Antony Blinken of the multiple acts of anti-Semitism of the past 21 months.
“To suggest there is not a need to combat anti-Semitism is not only offensive, but it’s also simply ignorant,” said Rabbi Shlomo Litvin, chairman of the Kentucky Jewish Council and director of Chabad of the Bluegrass, after Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) was the only member of Congress to oppose the resolution.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Ben Ferencz, honored earlier this year by the State of Florida, was 27 when served as a Nazi prosecutor after the end of World War II.
By D.J. Kolpak
"I would call out AOC and the squad publicly for their thinly veiled antisemitism."
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The organization previously endorsed six candidates, bringing its total number of endorsements to 20.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
It requires the U.S. Department of Defense to consult with Israel on its capability to deter threats from Iran and provide a report to Congress.
“I feel like it should be required for a member of Congress to go just so they can see it, especially the ones that are on the other side of the issue,” said the 37-year-old Republican representing New York.
Jeff Mendelsohn, executive director of Pro-Israel America, tweeted that “by pulling his support for the Abraham Accords, Rep. Bowman makes clear that he isn’t interested in peace. He’s only interested in placating the anti-Israel Socialist party that’s supporting him.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelming approved (420-9) legislation last September to provide $1 billion in funds, but the legislation has since stalled in the Senate.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Biden administration has signaled that it is working to expand the circle with Muslim-majority countries like Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, the Maldives, Comoros, Kuwait and Qatar.
If enacted, the bill would create an office to monitor and combat Islamophobia in the State Department—similar to the one that exists for anti-Semitism.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
They include four Democrats and two Republican U.S. congressional members eyeing re-election.
By JNS & JewishPress.com News Desk
Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), who recently visited Israel on a J Street-sponsored trip, is leading an effort expressing “immense concern” over plans to build 3,400 new apartments.
Man plans, God laughs.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“We condemn the disgraceful comments made by [Omar] in a CNN interview in which she accused her Jewish Congressional colleagues, along with the Jewish people as a whole, of not being committed to the pursuit of justice,” Conference of Presidents chair Dianne Lob, CEO William Daroff and vice chair Malcolm Hoenlein said.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“Let me be clear: The House Republican Conference condemns this language,” says House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The US is returning full force to failed ideas.
By Israel Hayom
Sudan has made it clear that without legislation that would grant it immunity from legal action over its terrorist past, ties will not be upgraded.
Malliotakis has called for forming a “freedom squad” to counter fellow New Yorker Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her axis in Congress, and to fight BDS.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Republican New York State Assembly Member Nicole Malliotakis got 57.9 percent of the vote; Rose, a Democrat, received 42.1 percent.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Several Jewish congressional members are expected to retain prominent leadership roles in the 117th Congress
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“I am glad that so many Senate Democrats have now echoed that sentiment,” said Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas).
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“This represents the toughest sanctions on Hezbollah ever proposed by Congress,” said Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.).
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Halie Soifer of the Jewish Democratic Council of America, sought to dispel the notion that they were objecting to the substance, saying “the measure was manipulated using anti-Semitism for political purposes.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The State Department appropriations bill would include $5 million for refugees resettling in Israel.
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) has perpetuated anti-Semitic tropes and introduced a resolution in Congress that promotes boycotts of Israel.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The bill seeks “to restore humanitarian and development assistance to the Palestinians,” despite the Trump administration having defunded or slashed such funding to virtually zero.
It also fires back against warnings that the move would undermine the U.S.-Israel relationship.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Signees of a letter state that Hezbollah and the LAF “are no longer two separate entities,” adding that “by continuing to provide this assistance we are contravening U.S. law by funding a terrorist organization.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Democrats just gave a boost to the anti-Israel BDS movement.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The sale is valued at around $2.4 billion. Congress has 15 days to consider the Israeli request.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
We need to reassert our congressional authority,” said Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.). “The repeal of it is long overdue.”
A female, Muslim, refugee from the Middle East, running for US Congress -- sounds familiar.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Democratic 2020 presidential candidates Warren, Klobuchar, Bennett and Steyer issued letters of support.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The final tally was 226 in favor, 188 against, and two present—with most Democrats voting for it, and most Republicans voting against it.
The final tally of the legislation, which defines anti-Semitism as “the centuries-old bigotry and form of racism faced by Jewish people simply because they are Jews,” was 407-23.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“I am writing to express my extreme concern,” wrote Rep. Brian Babin (R-Texas). “This action, from an outspoken supporter of the ‘BDS’ Israel boycott movement ... is both ill-conceived and inconsistent with our national values.”
Did you know that there was a Palestinian-American in the House long before anyone else, who was in fact the only one who was actually a citizen of “Palestine,” and who had a Palestinian passport? And that he was Jewish?
Orly shares with the listeners about her own run for office in a past U.S. election.
By JNi.Media
The competition will expand to Germany and France for a following round next year, in response to high-demand from soccer clubs across Europe.
By JNi.Media
“Congressman Young’s vision in initiating and introducing this bill is timely, remarkable, and potentially extremely significant in offering young Palestinians a peaceful vision for the future.”
Congressmen and MKs: Territorial concessions have not brought peace and Israel should be encouraged to use all diplomatic, economic and military tools to end the conflict
By JNi.Media
Fifteen out of the 19 9/11 hijackers were Saudi nationals and three of them had previously worked for the kingdom.
"Congress is willing to hold hearings about other options for the Israel-Palestinian story other than the two-state solution."
Speaker Paul Ryan discusses the UNSC Resolution 2334 and the betrayal of Israel.
Netanyahu thanked America and Congress for it's support.
By JNi.Media
The group that's most underrepresented are the religiously unaffiliated, which accounts for 23% of the general public but is represented by only 0.2% of Congress.
It’s also worthy of note that J Street stands out as one of the few organizations supporting the UN’s censure of Israel.
By JNi.Media
"In 2012, Donald Trump tweeted, 'The electoral college is a disaster for a democracy,'" Boxer said in her statement. "I couldn't agree more. One person, one vote!"
By Marc Gronich
We have to be very clear-headed and cautious about what is said because what is said by the U.S. president is paid minute attention to by the rest of the world.
By JNi.Media
Netanyahu played down "all kinds of background noise and disinformation about the agreement."
"This district is literally Ground Zero and our representative supported the Iran Deal? Is no one paying attention," Rosenthal queries.
By JNi.Media
Did Netanyahu sign the MOU in return for an Obama promise to leave him alone between Nov. 9 and January 17?
By JNi.Media
Democratic incumbent Steve Cohen won the Tennessee 9th Congressional District primary vote by a whopping 86%.
By JNi.Media
Kaine would be a bonanza to leftwing Israeli Jews, very much like the folks who are currently in the White House.
By JNi.Media
Republicans in both houses have launched parallel efforts to compel the State Department to go on the record with who qualifies as a “Palestinian refugee.”
By JNi.Media
The good news is that a 62% majority of US respondents believe that the BDS movement is a form of modern anti-Semitism.
I and members of Congress are working and fighting vigorously with every discovery of BDS and boycott of Israel, Ryan emphasized.
By JNi.Media
According to US law, there’s a huge difference between tapping foreigners, even very friendly ones, like Netanyahu, and tapping US elected officials without their knowledge.
The Secretary of State said in Madrid, where the "peace process' officially started 24 years ago, that Israel knows it must keep the status quo.
Arab social media are overloaded with photos of the bodies of the Henkins. Jewish leaders urge Obama to say "enough."
No shutdown: U.S. Government will be funded through Dec. 11.
One version is that report that John Kerry didn’t want Abbas and Netanyahu to meet without his presence. Another version is that Abbas is playing games - again.
Obama's defense officials trusted "moderate" Syrian rebels who were trained and armed by the Pentagon.
The President now feels comfortable meeting with the Prime Minister at the UN after winning the battle to keep Congress from turning down the agreement with a veto-proof majority.
"It appears we wanted a deal at any cost rather than following the advice of Ronald Reagan and walking away because 'no deal is better than a bad deal.'"
The Vice President bared his heart and emotions in a packed synagogue, saying the biggest factor is if he has the "emotional energy."
The Maryland Democrat caved in even though she is retiring at the end of her current term.
He says he still has not made up his mind but that Obama will win the magic number of 34 to override a veto.
Oregon's Jeff Merkley announced he is backing the nuclear deal, leaving Obama only three shy of a veto-proof majority.
Iranian President Rouhani said Saturday the parliament should not vote on the nuclear deal so that it will not become a legal obligation.
He will arrive Sunday and will be "updated on strategic issues," meaning Iran.
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