Tag: Democrats
Democrats circulate letter that proposes cutting US assistance to Israel over sovereignty plans
Four Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives have been circulating a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, threatening the conditioning or even cutting off of U.S. assistance to Israel if...
Annexation endangers Israel’s security, democracy, write Democratic senators
Nearly 20 Democratic senators have signed a letter cautioning about Israel extending sovereignty over parts of Judea and Samaria.
Addressed to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Benny Gantz, the 18 senators wrote that Israel...
Which direction will the Biden campaign go on Israel?
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive 2020 presidential nominee for the Democratic Party, embraced the endorsement this month from the American Jewish lobby group J Street.
“I’m honored to have earned J Street’s first-ever presidential...
Obama White House alum named Democratic National Committee Jewish liaison
Matt Nosanchuk, who served as the White House liaison to the Jewish community under President Barack Obama, has been appointed by the Democratic National Committee in a similar capacity.
The DNC has not had someone...
Illinois House candidate’s 2018 ad resurfaces, criticizing AIPAC and supporting BDS
A previously unseen 2018 campaign advertisement for an Illinois Democrat currently running for the U.S. House of Representatives features attacks on her opponent for his support of AIPAC and his stance against the BDS...
Foreign-policy issues, including Iran, absent from Nevada Democratic debate
After a string of the Democratic presidential debates that included or at least alluded to U.S. foreign policy, including Iran, the Democratic candidate forum on Wednesday night at the Paris Theater in Las Vegas...
Why are Democrats skipping out on AIPAC?
Who’s going to #SkipAIPAC? The hashtag campaign created by the anti-Zionist IfNotNow group is winning even when their demands that Democrats, and especially their presidential candidates, stay away from the annual AIPAC policy conference...
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Warren: ‘I will reverse the Trump administration’s new policy on settlements’
Responding to a New York Times survey last week, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) pledged to reverse U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision in November on Israeli settlements, while former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg would keep the U.S. Embassy...
House Democrats send letter to Trump, objecting to Mideast peace plan
About 100 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter to U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday expressing their “strong disapproval” of his Mideast peace plan, the details of which were released...
Mike vs. Bernie: Two approaches to being a Jewish president
Bernie Sanders and Michael Bloomberg both want to be the nation’s first Jewish president. But they couldn’t possibly be more different.
Sanders is a Socialist who is hoping to lead America on a lurch to...