Tag: U.S. Congress
Lawyering up doesn’t address Jew-hatred on campus, House Ed Committee chair says
American universities are hiring lawyers, lobbyists and public relations firms as the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and the U.S. Department of Education investigate schools for Jew-hatred, and amid student and alumni...
Congressman praises North Carolina college for denouncing anti-Israel student resolution
The student government at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte campus, passed a resolution on March 28 that accuses Israel of genocide and calls on the school to divest from Israel.
The university administration has since denounced that decision...
A Non-Militarized Palestinian State?
Nineteen Democratic U.S. senators have called on President Biden to “recognize a nonmilitarized Palestinian state.” Until now, congressional supporters of Palestinian statehood have always used the term “demilitarized.” Why the sudden change?
There’s just no...
US to continue UNRWA funding ban for another year
The United States ban on funding the U.N. Relief and Works Agency will continue until at least March 2025, Reuters reported on Tuesday.
Two sources familiar with an agreement reached on Tuesday between U.S. congressional leaders and...
Columbia university president to testify about campus antisemitism
Nemat (“Minouche”) Shafik, the president of Columbia University in New York City, escaped the grilling that the leaders of Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Pennsylvania endured when speaking...
As bills stall in Congress, eight Senate Democrats call for halt in Israel aid
Eight Democrat senators called on the Biden administration to halt aid to Israel, claiming that the Jewish state deliberately prevents U.S. aid from reaching Gazans.
Led by Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.)...
Hamas rockets must stop before two-state solution, 13 Dems in Congress say
U.S. President Joe Biden and officials at the White House, U.S. State Department and other departments in the administration have repeatedly stated that Hamas must release all of the hostages it holds in Gaza...
210 Congress members denounce South Africa’s genocide charge
Two hundred and ten members of the U.S. Congress sent an open letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday condemning South Africa for filing "a grossly unfounded case against Israel at...
What they really mean when they cry ‘Islamophobia’
Islamophobia struck again in the U.S. Senate’s Judiciary Committee this week. Or so we’re supposed to believe. During the confirmation hearings for Adeel Mangi, a nominee to the Third Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals—one...
House speaker: Federal employees who walk out over Gaza ‘deserve to be fired’
The group Feds United for Peace told Al-Monitor it expects hundreds of government employees from 22 federal agencies to play hooky on Tuesday for a planned “Day of Mourning” to “mark 100 days of Israel’s military campaign...