Tag: U.S.-Israel Relations
Justice Department interviews Oct. 7 victims for case against Hamas
The U.S. Justice Department is interviewing Oct. 7 survivors and victims’ families to build a case against the terrorist organization and its financial supporters.
Former hostages and families of U.S. citizens who have been killed...
Recognizing Palestinian state rewards Hamas, Fetterman says in Israel: ‘What’s wrong with you?’
A two-state solution is something for which Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) hopes in theory, “but certainly not at this—not right now,” he told reporters in an intimate gathering in Jerusalem on Thursday.
“I was appalled...
Biden’s ‘reformed PA’ marketing strategy
The Biden administration’s ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said this week “it is essential that the Palestinian Authority work to reform itself and that it do so as quickly as possible.”
But when...
Gallant meets with White House envoy Hochstein in Washington
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant met on Monday in Washington with White House adviser Amos Hochstein.
The two men discussed the ongoing conflict against Hezbollah and the “actions required to achieve a framework that enables...
Israelis seeking green cards face hostile questions about IDF service
Israelis applying for U.S. green cards (permanent resident cards) are reporting the introduction of a new line of questioning regarding their military service.
While visitors to the United States have been asked basic questions about...
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...
In first meeting with new Palestinian Authority leader, Blinken welcomes plans to reform the...
In his first meeting with the new Palestinian Authority prime minister on Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken welcomed the PA’s plans to pass a series of administrative reforms.
Blinken stressed “the need for full...
US won’t say if it would work with Yair Golan, who denounced haredi Jews
The U.S. State Department commented for the first time on Thursday on controversial statements about ultra-Orthodox Jews by the incoming chief of Israel’s Labor Party, Yair Golan, who was elected with 95% of the...
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...