Tag: U.S. Congress
McCaul calls for ‘clear display of strength and resolve’ to deter Iran
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) released a statement advocating a harder line for countering Iranian aggression.
“While I’m glad the Biden-Harris administration issued formal notification for several arms sales cases to our ally Israel, it took 80 days...
Senate hearing reveals ‘extreme,’ antisemitic social-media posts linked to Trump shooter
The FBI believes that the man who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump posted antisemitic and anti-immigrant content on a social-media account, pointing to some of the first indications of the political beliefs...
Inside story: Behind the Netanyahu-Harris meeting
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris sent strong signals to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week on what to expect from a relationship should she succeed U.S. President Joe Biden in the Oval Office.
Netanyahu...
Omaha rabbi who attended Netanyahu speech ‘deeply moved’ by bipartisan support
Rep. Mike Flood (R-Neb.) invited Rabbi Steven Abraham of Beth El Synagogue, a Conservative congregation in Omaha, to join him for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a joint session of Congress on July 24.
“The...
Netanyahu’s hour
For the better part of an hour on Wednesday, it was possible to believe that the Western world had not lost its mind.
For some 54 minutes, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the U.S....
Pelosi calls Netanyahu’s speech the ‘worst’ of any foreign leader in Congress
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), the former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, sharply criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress on Wednesday afternoon as the “worst” by a foreign leader in...
Musk and megachurch, rapture and reprise: Netanyahu’s dark speech to Congress
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress was a strange animal: A pseudo-State of the Union merged with evangelical megachurch preaching and a military pep talk, with enough chest-thumping Americana to trigger a round of 'U.S.A.!'...
Efforts ‘taking place right now’ to secure release of hostages, Netanyahu tells US Congress
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday afternoon delivered his fourth address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress, in which he called for a decisive victory over the Hamas terror group and...
Number of Democrat legislators declare plans to skip Netanyahu’s address
Some Congress members announced their intent to boycott Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech on Wednesday afternoon in opposition to Israel’s war to dismantle Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Senators planning to skip the speech include Sens....
US-Israel relations bigger than politics, says Jewish senator presiding over Netanyahu speech
Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) said on Wednesday that he agreed to preside over the joint session of Congress, during which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address lawmakers and the nation, to demonstrate his...