Tag: U.S. House of Representatives
Netanyahu talks Iran, AI with US lawmakers
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Tuesday in Jerusalem with a bipartisan congressional delegation under the auspices of AIPAC.
The meeting focused on the Iranian nuclear threat and artificial intelligence technology.
Netanyahu thanked the U.S....
Erdan: ‘Tlaib’s ignorance and hate toward Jews and Israel know no bounds’
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan responded to a tweet on May 3 from Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), who wrote that “Speaker McCarthy wants to rewrite history but the apartheid state...
US House members relaunch Latino-Jewish Caucus
A bipartisan group of House members gathered at the Rayburn House Office Building on April 27 under the auspices of the Latino-Jewish House Caucus to discuss shared connections between the two communities.
The event was...
Republicans recapture House by narrow margin
Republicans have secured at least 218 seats in the House of Representatives, giving them a small majority over the Democrats. There are still several races in the 435-member chamber of Congress that have yet...
House votes to bestow Medal of Honor on last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bipartisan bill on Tuesday to award the Congressional Medal of Honor to Benjamin Ferencz, the last surviving prosecutor of the Nuremberg Trials.
The measure was introduced by Rep. Lois Frankel (D-Fla.), in...
Jewish House reps condemn Amnesty USA head for saying Israel ‘shouldn’t exist as a...
All 25 Jewish members among the Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives issued a statement condemning Amnesty International USA Executive Director Paul O’Brien’s recent remarks about how Israel “shouldn’t exist as a Jewish state.”
The March 14 statement,...
New York Rep. Bowman’s decision to drop support for Abraham Accords bill draws fire
In a reversal of his earlier co-sponsorship of the bill, Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) said that he had withdrawn his support for the bipartisan Israel Relations Normalization Act.
Bowman, the only member of “The Squad” in the U.S....
100-plus House Republicans introduce bill to block reopening of US consulate
More than 100 Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a bill on Wednesday that aims to block the Biden administration’s efforts to reopen the U.S. consulate for Palestinians in Jerusalem.
The bill, known...
New senate bill seeks to counter anti-Semitism, incitement in Palestinian classrooms
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) introduced a bill on Tuesday that seeks to address whether Palestinian students are being taught inaccurate or racist content about Israel and the Jewish people.
The bill, Peace and Tolerance in Palestinian...
In northern Israel, Gantz and US lawmakers discuss region’s ‘most pressing challenges’
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz met with a bipartisan delegation of U.S. Congress members on Tuesday in Shlomi, a town in northern Israel near the Lebanese border.
The meeting occurred at the newly unveiled Rafael...