Tag: Ben Cardin
Asked why no Palestinian on DNC dais, Pelosi says speakers could’ve brought up ceasefire...
In a briefing for foreign press at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Thursday, former House speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) pushed back at the idea that a Palestinian speaker should have been...
US-Israel relations bigger than politics, says Jewish senator presiding over Netanyahu speech
Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) said on Wednesday that he agreed to preside over the joint session of Congress, during which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address lawmakers and the nation, to demonstrate his...
Cardin honors diplomats who helped Jews fleeing Nazis during World War II
Ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered remarks at an event on Tuesday honoring the work and lives of 60 diplomats who helped Jews...
In northern Israel, Gantz and US lawmakers discuss region’s ‘most pressing challenges’
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz met with a bipartisan delegation of U.S. Congress members on Tuesday in Shlomi, a town in northern Israel near the Lebanese border.
The meeting occurred at the newly unveiled Rafael...
Cardin says he won’t sign Senate letter against annexation
Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), the second-highest ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said on Tuesday that he won’t sign a letter calling on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Blue and White...