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U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (center) and Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana (right) visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem on May 1, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Kevin McCarthy, ‘true friend of Israel’ ousted from House Speakership

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The end of the 269-day tenure of Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives has provoked responses ranging from friendly, warm regards to spiteful snark. “Kevin McCarthy is a true...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at a joint press conference in Jerusalem, Jan. 30, 2023. Photo by Yoav Ari Dudkevitch/POOL.

State Department won’t engage ‘hypothetical’ of Blinken, Netanyahu DC meeting

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In the May 2 press briefing at the U.S. State Department, a spokesman dodged a reporter’s question about whether Secretary of State Antony Blinken would meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should the...
U.S. President Joe Biden at a NATO summit in Brussels, March 24, 2022. Photo by Gints Ivuskans/Shutterstock.

White House says still no plans to host Netanyahu

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U.S. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters on Monday that no visit is currently planned for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to come to the White House, repeating comments from March. “Israeli leaders have...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) meets with United States House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in Jerusalem, Israel, May 1, 2023. Credit: Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.

Netanyahu meets with McCarthy in Jerusalem

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with United States House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Monday in Jerusalem. The two held a tête-à-tête and then an expanded meeting as part of a working lunch with a...
United States House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Israel, April 30, 2023. Credit: Western Wall Heritage Foundation.

US House speaker at Western Wall: ‘Israel is a blessed nation’

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United States House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy and a bipartisan delegation of lawmakers opened their visit to Israel on Sunday at the Western Wall. The 20-member delegation of Republican and Democrat lawmakers was welcomed...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Rep. Kevin McCarthy in Jerusalem, Aug. 12, 2019. Credit: Kevin McCarthy/Speaker of the House website.

US House Speaker McCarthy to lead 20 Congress members to Israel

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U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) will lead a bipartisan congressional delegation to Israel later this month and become the second-ever House speaker to address the full Knesset, his Israeli counterpart Amir Ohana announced on...
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D.-Minn.) speaks at a workers' protest against Amazon. Credit: Fibonacci Blue via Flickr.

Pro-Israel groups want Ilhan Omar bounced from House Foreign Affairs Committee

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Several Jewish and pro-Israel groups welcomed received news of the likely removal of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, in the wake of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s...

ZOA to honor Trump, calling him ‘best friend Israel ever had in the White...

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The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) on Friday announced that it will honor former President Donald Trump with its Theodor Herzl Medallion. Trump will receive the honor, which ZOA said it “rarely gives,” at the...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.). Source: Screenshot.

Greene’s mask Holocaust analogy is ‘appalling,’ says top Republican leader

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The top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives has become the latest leader to condemn Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s remarks that compared wearing masks to Jews being forced to wear yellow stars during...
Then-House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R.-Calif.) speaks on day two of the 2016 RNC, July 19, 2016. Credit: Voice of America via Wikimedia Commons.

McCarthy decides not to remove Taylor Greene from House committee assignments

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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) issued a statement on Feb. 3 stating that although he condemns Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) past social-media posts, he doesn’t support removing her from her committee assignments. Greene’s comments have...