Tag: Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy, ‘true friend of Israel’ ousted from House Speakership
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...
State Department won’t engage ‘hypothetical’ of Blinken, Netanyahu DC meeting
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...
White House says still no plans to host Netanyahu
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...
Netanyahu meets with McCarthy in Jerusalem
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...
US House speaker at Western Wall: ‘Israel is a blessed nation’
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...
US House Speaker McCarthy to lead 20 Congress members to Israel
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...
Pro-Israel groups want Ilhan Omar bounced from House Foreign Affairs Committee
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...
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...
Greene’s mask Holocaust analogy is ‘appalling,’ says top Republican leader
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...
McCarthy decides not to remove Taylor Greene from House committee assignments
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...