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Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid meets with U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House leadership in Washington on Oct. 12, 2021. Credit: Shlomi Amsalem/GPO.

In first day of US trip, Lapid underscores bipartisanship, urges alternative plan on Iran

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On the first of a three-day visit to Washington, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid made his rounds in Congress on Tuesday, highlighting the Israeli government’s push for bipartisan support for Israel in the United...
The U.S. Capitol Dome. Credit: Orhan Cam/Shutterstock.

Iron Dome funding to Israel delayed in Senate, though favored to pass

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Assistance funding for Israel’s Iron Dome air-defense system was temporarily delayed in the U.S. Senate this week when it appeared as a sidenote to the Senate’s fight to avert a government shutdown. While working on...
From left: Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) address U.S. President Donald Trump's remarks on Capitol Hill. Credit: Screenshot.

The Squad loves dead Jews: Support for Hamas implies nothing less

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“People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present” is the title of Dara Horn’s new book. I happened to receive a copy last week just as anti-Israel members of Congress were doing their...
Rep. Ted Deutch (D-Fla.) speaking on the floor of the House about a bill to fund the Iron Dome missile-defense system to Israel. Source: Screenshot/C-SPAN.

After rough few days, Iron Dome funding prevails, but not without partisan finger-pointing

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Pro-Israel Democrats scrambled on Thursday to restore approximately $1 billion to help fund the replenishment of Israel’s Iron Dome air-defense system after funding was stripped earlier this week from the House of Representatives’ legislation...
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) building in the southern Gaza Strip, on July 26, 2018. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

Republican lawmakers introduce bill to block US foreign aid to UNRWA

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Republicans in Congress are responding to the resumption of U.S. foreign aid to the United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) by the Biden administration earlier this year by introducing a...
A view of the 2019 AIPAC Policy Conference proceedings in Washington, D.C. Source: AIPAC via Twitter.

AIPAC reschedules congressional trips to Israel over rising COVID concerns

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The American Israel Education Foundation, the charitable organization affiliated with AIPAC, is rescheduling two congressional trips to Israel next month over concerns tied to COVID-19. The House Republican freshman trip and a bipartisan delegation of...
Female survivors of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in April 1945. Credit: No. 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit, Oakes, H (Sgt.).

Congress doubles funding request for assistance to Holocaust survivors

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The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education recommended a $10 million funding increase on Tuesday for the Holocaust Survivor Assistance Program (HASP) for the fiscal year 2022. According to a...

I survived a suicide bombing 18 years ago, but so did terrorism and its...

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In Judaism, the number 18, Chai, symbolizes life. It is a positive and affirming symbol, which is why you often see it in Jewish artwork and jewelry. For me, however, this year, it signifies the...
Flags of Hezbollah fly during a funeral salute. Credit: Shutterstock.

US lawmakers introduce bill to press Lebanon to disarm Hezbollah

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A bipartisan bill aimed at pressuring the government of Lebanon to disarm paramilitary groups such as the Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorist organization within its borders was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday. The...
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) speaking on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on the conflict between Israel and Palestinians, May 13, 2021. Source: Screenshot/C-SPAN.

Omar forces a difficult choice for Jewish Democrats

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After a surge in violent anti-Semitism inspired in no small part by vicious attacks on Israel by members of their party’s left-wing, some Jewish Democrats have had enough. After Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) compared the United...