Tag: U.S. Congress
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...
Rabbi Meir Soloveichik appointed to US religious freedom commission
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) appointed Rabbi Meir Soloveichik, of the Manhattan Orthodox synagogue Congregation Shearith Israel, to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom earlier this month.
The rabbi, who holds a doctorate in religion...
Jeffries: Congress to make sure ‘Israel has space to decisively defeat Hamas’
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), the Democratic Party’s leader in the House of Representatives, spoke out in defense of the Jewish state’s mission to destroy Hamas after attending the Nova music festival exhibition in New York City...
McConnell: Antisemitism ‘reaches from college campuses to US Capitol’
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) slammed colleagues planning to boycott Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s upcoming address to Congress, drawing a link between members of Congress and anti-Israel campus protesters.
“The scourge of...
Gallant to Congress members: We’re fighting for Western civilization
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant met on Monday with a bipartisan U.S. congressional delegation visiting the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on a trip organized by AIPAC’s American Israel Education Foundation.
The nine-member group consisted...
J’lem pans ‘NYT’ story accusing it of covert campaign to influence Congress
Israel vigorously denied as “false” a New York Times report on Wednesday alleging it is running a covert influence campaign on social media targeting U.S. lawmakers and the American public.
The goal of the alleged campaign is...
Yesha Council head lobbies against Palestinian state in DC
Israel Ganz, chairman of the Yesha Council and head of the Binyamin Regional Council, is in Washington this week to advocate against a Palestinian state.
Ganz met with lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Tuesday in...
Congress won’t stand idly by as Jew-hatred spreads on campus, six committee chairs say
The U.S. Congress will use its oversight of federal funds allocated to schools to ensure that Jews are safe on college and university campuses, the chairs of six House committees wrote to 10 colleges...
House committee asks SJP for its funding documents
National Students for Justice in Palestine has until June 12 to provide the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability with documentation of its communications related to Oct. 7 and its funding sources, according to...
Israel ‘targeted’ Palestinian DP camp, Connecticut congresswoman says
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) stated on Tuesday that she is “horrified” by “the ongoing Israeli invasion of Rafah.”
“At least 60 civilian lives were lost when the Israeli military targeted a Palestinian displacement camp on Sunday...