Trump signed an executive order intended to revolutionize the fight against Jew-hatred.
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Most of the funds aim to bolster the Lebanese Armed Forces, tasked with preventing Hezbollah from rearming south of the Litani River.
“U.S. citizens have a right to be heard and to challenge the government before the government takes action against them,” a lawyer for the plaintiffs told JNS.
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“The big question is whether the president and the secretary of state are going to sign on to it or not,” Michael Doran said on his podcast.
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“This is about preventing them from hitting commercial and, quite frankly, naval ship activity in and around the Red Sea” and protecting Israel, John Kirby told reporters.
The U.S. president granted life in prison without parole to 37 of 40 death row prisoners, but not those guilty of “terrorism and hate-motivated mass murder.”
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Ramallah is requesting ammunition, helmets, bulletproof vests, radios, night vision equipment, explosive disposal suits and armored vehicles.
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"There is no equivalence—none—between Israel and Hamas. We will always stand with Israel against threats to its security.”
“It’s up to them to speak to the timing to that, but we’re ready to go as soon as they are,” a Foggy Bottom spokesman said.
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The delay in delivering 134 D9 bulldozers will likely delay completion of the Gaza buffer zone. extending the war even longer.
These policies have prolonged the war.
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In 2022, Biden refused to allow Israeli officials to join him on his visit to one of the hospitals in Jerusalem.
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"Why are we giving $157 million to a semi-failed state overrun by Iranian-backed terrorists? Let the ayatollahs fix their own mess," wrote Sen. Tom Cotton.
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Former President Donald Trump said the Islamic Republic's nuclear infrastructure is fair game.
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Amana's violent settler activities include establishing communities, recruiting new families and building homes. It has been in the sights of activists opposed to Jewish presence in Judea and Samaria for some time.
“It’s far past time to transfer to Israel the capabilities it needs to win,” senators Tom Cotton and Mitch McConnell wrote to President Joe Biden.
By David Isaac
The US-led humanitarian aid is the main oxygen pipeline for the terrorist organization.
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The move drew criticism from Republicans on Capitol Hill, with Sen. Ted Cruz saying it was an example of the White House's appeasement policy toward Tehran.
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The Pentagon notified Congress of the approval, which the legislature could block, with the jets potentially beginning to arrive in Israel in 2029.
By Avi Abelow
Speaking out against the funneling of aid to Gaza to be stolen by Hamas is not a crime.
By Joshua Marks
However, Hezbollah "is still a wild card," according to U.S. officials cited by The Washington Post • Iran may be delaying a strike until after the OIC meeting in Jeddah, according to Saudi media.
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The prime minister tried to allay the president's concerns that the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh would sabotage the talks.
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"Military production of the drones is financed by funds available to the Iranian regime, including roughly $100 billion that the Biden administration has allowed to flow to the ayatollah," the Texas senator said.
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Netanyahu is set to address a joint session of the U.S. Congress on July 24.
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"If they truly cared about the Palestinian population, one has to ask why they continue to build command and control nodes, barracks, armories, tunnels underneath the city," per the U.S. Department of Defense.
For some reason, his family will also be barred from applying for a visa to the United States.
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The U.S. president had been criticized for not inviting the premier to Pennsylvania Avenue.
Although Israel has said that 14,000 to 16,000 Gazan noncombatants had been killed as of mid-May, the U.S. government said that the Jewish state killed "tens of thousands" through April.
“Israel has effectively lost sovereignty in the northern quadrant of its country, because people don’t feel safe to go to their homes,” per the U.S. secretary of state.
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The House Foreign Affairs Committee chair said that he signed off on the weapons, and Congress appropriated them.
“The Biden administration is trying to shut down organizations such as Tzav 9 and Regavim,” their lawyer said.
“The last thing a sovereign democracy under siege needs is a public tongue-lashing from the White House,” the senate minority leader said.
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The Biden administration has repeatedly snubbed senior Israeli cabinet members—who are not tied to U.S.-designated terror groups—with whom it disagrees.
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The top American diplomat will also visit Egypt, Jordan and Qatar this week.
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Sources briefed on a U.S. congressional investigation say the files may have been shared to advance the American diplomat's efforts regarding Iran.
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The congresswoman accused the president of protecting Israeli officials from the International Criminal Court.
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Hamas terrorists divert at least 60% of the goods entering Gaza for their own purposes. The US wants to ship in even more.
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Pramila Jayapal has a history of anti-Israel statements.
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The NGO urged the White House to take "all necessary steps" to stop Israel from launching a large-scale operation against Hamas in Rafah.
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The signatories asked for a classified briefing “to better understand how and when the aid that Congress has authorized and appropriated for Israel will be delivered.”
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The Israeli-American donor to the Democratic Party warned that the decision sends a negative signal to Middle East allies.
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The Jewish state will stand alone if it must, the Israeli prime minister said, a day after U.S. President Joe Biden said he would cut off arms to Israel if it attacks Rafah.
The president’s decision drew criticism from the American Jewish Committee and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.
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“I believe that Israel and America have an ironclad relationship, and I have faith in what the Biden administration is doing,” the Senate majority leader said.
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The Biden administration opposes an IDF incursion into Rafah which would finish off Hamas.
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Biden administration officials looked on with mounting alarm as the number of ballistic missiles fired at Israel kept increasing.
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The army said it is not aware of U.S. measures against the battalion but is monitoring the situation.
The moves are the latest actions against Israelis that the Biden administration accused of “undermining peace, security and stability in the West Bank.”
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The U.S. president was apparently referring to Rafah, Hamas' last terror stronghold in Gaza.
Sen. Chris Coons said the House must “promptly” pass the Senate foreign aid bill “to ensure that our Israeli allies have everything they need to defend themselves from attacks by Iran and its proxies.”
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“If there’s any talk of ceasefire, President Biden, that ended on Oct. 7, when Hamas decided to barbarically murder, not just Jews in Israel, but others,” the House Majority leader said.
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Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.) said “Joe Biden is about to abandon Israel the same way he abandoned Afghanistan.”
“If we don’t see changes from their side, there’ll have to be changes from our side,” White House advisor John Kirby said.
The Jewish organization has collected 180,000 letters to U.S. President Joe Biden, marking the 180 days since Oct. 7.
By Avi Abelow
Appeasing terrorists for the sake of political expediency endangers not just Israel but America itself.
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The national security minister told The New York Times that the US president is "enormously mistaken" to pressure Israel over its military campaign against Hamas.
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"The lack of a decisive victory in Gaza may bring us closer to a war in the north," Gallant said ahead of meetings in Washington.
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The former US president's secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, also gave public backing to the pending Rafah operation.
Beijing and Moscow said the draft resolution wasn’t sufficiently strong in calling for a halt to fighting in Gaza.
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Senior U.S. officials have said both that Israel needs a plan to protect civilians before going into Rafah and that such protection is impossible.
By Josh Hasten
The United States has blacklisted a total of seven Israelis pursuant to President Joe Biden’s Feb. 1 Executive Order, but will not reveal how it determined that they are "undermining peace, security and stability" in Judea and Samaria.
By Joshua Marks
The Biden administration received the written guarantees ahead of Sunday's deadline. They will then decide if the claim is credible.
By Josh Hasten
Gush Etzion Regional Council mayor calls the sanctions "another scandalous decision from the chairman of Joe Biden's election campaign."
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"We expect our friends to act to overthrow the terror regime of Hamas and not the elected government in Israel,” said the official.
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Four U.S. officials confirmed to "Politico" the president is mulling the option.
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"I’m on a hot mic here,’ Biden replied. ‘Good. That’s good."
“I was not very happy with the speech before he got to Israel,” said Sid Rosenberg. “And then he hits you with how he really feels.”
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“President Biden cares more about appeasing the radical left than helping our ally Israel and protecting U.S. taxpayer dollars,” Rep. James Comer stated.
The United States wants to increase the amount of humanitarian aid delivered into Gaza.
The president also addressed at least 17 relatives of American hostages held by Hamas sitting in the chamber, pledging that "we will not rest until we bring their loved ones home."
“The convoy last week really encapsulated the frustration by the White House and much of Congress, especially Democrats,” said the Atlantic Council’s Jonathan Panikoff.
“Netanyahu opposes a two-state solution,” the Democrats said. “That puts him in direct conflict with President Biden and virtually all Arab states.”
“We’re gonna insist that Israel facilitate more trucks and more routes to get more and more people the help they need,” Biden added. “No excuses.”
Netanyahu pointed out that US citizens overwhelmingly support Israel over Hamas.
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Qatar was also unaware of any breakthroughs.
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“My national security advisor tells me that we’re close,” the U.S. president said, per the pool report.
"It’s a simple question that I hope the administration can answer clearly and promptly," Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) wrote.
"Israel utterly rejects international diktats regarding a permanent settlement with the Palestinians," the text begins.
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"Why do you think that we should make a country out of a people that just conducted a Jewish genocide four months ago?" Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.) asked the Biden administration official.
“I’m hoping that the Israelis will not make any massive land invasion in the meantime,” the U.S. president said. “It’s my expectation that’s not going to happen.”
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.
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The U.S. president's executive order reportedly targets four Israelis Washington says "directed or participated" in violent actions or threats.
By Joshua Marks
The major foreign policy shift would face deep opposition within Israel.
“I understand their passion,” the U.S. president said of hecklers who chanted “Ceasefire now.”
Iran had made two “transactions” for humanitarian purposes from an account in Oman, said Elizabeth Rosenberg, an assistant treasury secretary.
The US asked Israel not to respond to the Houthi attacks.
The Biden administration has “reinforced in very clear language” that renewed fighting must not “produce significant further displacement of persons.”
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John Kirby said the United States won’t support Israel “moving forward with operations in the south..."
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"Tell Hamas leaders that they we be held responsible for every civilian casualty," stated Rabbi Abraham Cooper, a leader of the center.
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The U.S. president pressed Israel to act "consistent with international humanitarian law that prioritizes the protection of civilians, the White House said.
By Ariel Kahana
The Saudis are not pressuring Israel to make hefty concessions to the Palestinian Authority.
“Biden’s team holds grudges. It will never appreciate Israel for the ally it is,” said Michael Rubin of the American Enterprise Institute.
US energy envoy Amos Hochstein is in Lebanon to try to de-escalate tensions at the Israeli border.
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The U.S. secretary of state said Saudi Arabia will need to show Muslims it extracted major achievements for the "Palestinians" in any normalization deal.
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U.S. State Department officials expressed those concerns privately, asking the Treasury Department to exempt them from laws barring the United States from sending funds into areas run by "Palestinian" terror groups.
The lack of an invitation to the Oval Office for the Israeli prime minister reflects the “bankruptcy" of the administration’s Israel policy, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., told JNS.
At the CUFI Summit in Washington, the former governor and ambassador said that the president, the United Nations and congressional Democrats fail on Israel and American Jewish issues.
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White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was given several chances to clarify whether the congresswoman's remarks were antisemitic and if Netanyahu was invited to the White House.
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"Biden meets with dictators... but snubs the democratically elected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu," said DeSantis.