There was strong support against a ceasefire.
The motion states that Congress would support the JCPOA only if it includes provisions to address Iran’s ballistic-missile program; support for terrorism; and evasion of sanctions by individuals, entities and vessels in the trade of petroleum products with China.
“The administration will be questioned or criticized by some Democrats on the Hill, but it will move forward just as in 2015, without regard to their worries," said Elliott Abrams, former U.S. Special Representative for Venezuela and Iran in the Trump administration
Senators Jim Inhofe and Bill Hagerty introduced the amendment to ensure the U.S. Embassy to Israel remains in Jerusalem, the capital of Israel.
Which Warnock are we supposed to believe? The one who made horrible anti-Israel statements and accusations before he was a front-runner candidate for US Senate, or the ones he made after he was exposed?
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Pentagon blueprint for the upcoming year allocates $500 million towards missile-defense systems in Israel.
"They'd shoot me and I'd die, and my children would receive an allowance... I don't regret what I did."
David Friedman's nomination as US Amb. to Israel is voted up and out of US Sen. Committee.
Democrats did not sponsor but also did not try to block the resolution.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The IDF deployed its ninth Iron Dome battery this week, after it was scheduled to be prepared only in a few months and was produced in record time.