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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks about Israel and Gaza on the Senate floor on Oct. 25, 2023. Source: C-SPAN.

Sanders’s move to block Israel aid ‘plays into strategy’ of Iranian proxies, says Jewish...

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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) spoke on the Senate floor announcing his intention to file Joint Resolutions of Disapproval to stop the sale of $20 billion in weapons to the Jewish state. “Resolutions of Disapproval are the only...

Republicans slam Biden for pausing Israel arms shipment

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House and Senate Republicans slammed U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to pause an arms shipment to Israel and demanded that the administration explain why it failed to notify Congress. Sens. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Ted...

Senate passes foreign aid package including billions for Israel

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The U.S. Senate passed a $95 billion foreign aid package late Tuesday that includes $26 billion in wartime assistance for Israel and $9 billion in humanitarian aid, some of which will be allotted for...

Congress should cut Israel aid loose from Ukraine

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This past weekend’s Iranian missile attack on Israel was, among other things, a wake-up call for Congress. More than six months after Oct. 7, a bill that would provide supplemental military aid to the...

House passes ‘minibus’ package with money for Israel, nonprofit security

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The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed the “minibus” spending package that combines six appropriations bills, with billions in funding for Israel and other projects supported by U.S. Jewish groups. The $1.2 trillion package, which...

As bills stall in Congress, eight Senate Democrats call for halt in Israel aid

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Eight Democrat senators called on the Biden administration to halt aid to Israel, claiming that the Jewish state deliberately prevents U.S. aid from reaching Gazans. Led by Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.)...
Sen. Bernie Sanders speaking at a town meeting at the Phoenix Convention Center in Arizona, 2015. Photo by Gage Skidmore/Flickr.

Senate shoots down Bernie Sanders’ ‘slanderous’ anti-Israel resolution

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The U.S. Senate rejected a resolution threatening to block all American security aid to Israel. The resolution, forced to the floor by Sen. Bernie Sanders, (I-Vt.), was voted down 72-11. The resolution rejected on Tuesday...
Migrants, mainly from Venezuela, gather at the Mexico-U.S. border, seeking asylum before Title 42 ends, May 13, 2023. Credit: David Peinado Romero/Shutterstock.

US aid to Israel is vital, but so is addressing the border crisis

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One of the standard tropes of American politics since World War II is the complaint that domestic concerns are being slighted while Washington funds either foreign aid or military commitments abroad. Since the United...
U. S. Representative Jamaal Bowman speaks during a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration at NAN headquarters. Credit: Lev Radin/Shutterstock.

New York Rep. Bowman’s decision to drop support for Abraham Accords bill draws fire

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In a reversal of his earlier co-sponsorship of the bill, Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) said that he had withdrawn his support for the bipartisan Israel Relations Normalization Act. Bowman, the only member of “The Squad” in the U.S....
U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi in the plenum hall of the Knesset on Feb. 16, 2022. Photo by Oliver Fitoussi/Flash90.

House Speaker Pelosi at Knesset: ‘We are together in fight against terror posed by...

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“We are together in the fight against terror posed by Iran and its nuclear development,” Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday at the Knesset. Iran “is a threat to...