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Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo joins Republicans to unveil the Maximum Pressure Act, April 21, 2021. Source: Twitter/Republican Study Group.

GOP lawmakers join Pompeo to unveil Iran sanctions bill

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Attempting to send a signal that the GOP does not support the Biden administration’s efforts to rejoin the Iran nuclear deal, or the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), former Secretary of State Mike...
Official portrait of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, Jan 10, 2013. Credit: David Lienemann/White House Photo.

GOP to Biden: Don’t revert to maximum ‘concession’ campaign vis à vis Tehran

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Dozens of Republican lawmakers wrote to U.S. President Joe Biden urging him not to re-enter the Iran nuclear deal. In a letter signed by 51 Republican lawmakers and spearheaded by Rep. Greg Murphy (R-N.C.), they...
Voters line up at a polling place in Florida. Source: Screenshot.

Jewish voting patterns point to gain in ‘bedrock Republicanism,’ particularly in Florida

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Regardless of the outcome of the U.S. presidential race, the close results and possibility of a split Congress indicate that the nation remains deeply divided politically and socially. The Jewish community is no exception. Jeremy...
A polling station sign in New Jersey in 2008. Credit: Man Vyi via Wikimedia Commons.

Is there a way back from a broken political culture?

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Many Americans are anticipating a return to normalcy once the votes have been counted and the presidential election determined. For some, that just means an end to the constant bombardment of election ads on...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem on July 5, 2020. Photo by Amit Shabi/POOL.

Netanyahu: Sovereignty is ‘not off the table,’ issue in Washington’s hands

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the issue of Israel applying sovereignty to parts of Judea and Samaria remains on the table. “The issue of applying sovereignty is in Washington … it’s not off...
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.). Credit: Ilhan Omar for Congress via Facebook.

Alabama Republicans seek to expel Omar from Congress

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Alabama Republicans are urging lawmakers to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from Congress for “engaging in rhetoric that explicitly runs counter to American values and patriotism by falsely accusing U.S. armed forces of committing...
U.S. House of Representatives Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) sitting alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu while visiting Israel this week, August 2019. Credit: Kevin McCarthy via Twitter.

In Israel, House Republicans indicate openness to alternatives to two-state solution

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Since the Oslo Peace process, the two-state solution has been viewed by most Democrats and Republicans as the end goal in settling land issues connected to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Yet the reality on the...
Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives in Israel with President Reuven Rivlin (seated, at left) next to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.). Credit: Mark Neiman/GPO.

What Congress members did on their summer vacation in Israel

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Americans spend a lot of time complaining about Congress. They complain that nothing gets done, and they carp that its members spend too much time playing politics. But whether or not you think that...
Attendees of the 10th Christians United for Israel (CUFI) Washington Summit wave Israeli and American flags, July 13, 2016. Credit: CUFI via Facebook.

Injecting race into the debate about Israel empowers anti-Semites

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It’s a contradiction that many liberal American Jews struggle with. How can a political party that they despise be such a stronghold of support for the Jewish state that they love? The answer is that...
Ilhan Omar campaigning at the Twin Cities Pride Parade in Downtown Minneapolis, on June 24, 2018. Credit: Tony Webster/Wikimedia Commons.

The limits of American anti-Semitism

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Does Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) get to make this all go away with just an apology? That’s what many on the left and a lot of Democrats agree. Following a tongue-lashing from House Speaker...