Tag: U.S. Senate
Senate confirms Huckabee as Israel ambassador, Fetterman only Dem backer
The U.S. Senate voted on Wednesday to confirm Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas, to be U.S. ambassador to Israel by a vote of 53-46.
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) was the lone Democrat to...
Huckabee visits Lubavitcher Rebbe’s grave ahead of Israel posting
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee visited the grave of the late Lubavitcher Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson in New York on Sunday, just days before the confirmation hearings for his appointment as U.S. Ambassador to...
Katz to US senators: No Palestinian state, only Trump’s plan ensures safety
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz informed a bipartisan delegation of visiting U.S. senators on Sunday that Israel "will never agree to the establishment of a Palestinian state that would endanger its existence."
During the meeting,...
No crueler fate than parent ‘waiting for a horribly injured child’s release,’ senator says
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) delivered remarks on the Senate floor on Monday honoring the Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, whose body Israel recently recovered in the Gaza Strip and identified, and his parents, who sought...
Senators call on IRS to investigate charities linked to anti-Israel protests
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) spearheaded a letter on Thursday to Daniel Werfe, commissioner of the IRS, about an “insufficient and insulting” response to an inquiry to review the legal compliance of nonprofit charities that...
Senator urges boosting resources for US Park Police to protect federal property from protesters
The ranking member of the Senate’s Energy and Natural Resources Committee has again called on U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland to take more significant measures to address the threat of what he labeled “pro-terror,...
Not another penny for UNRWA, senator says
After an investigation found that nine employees of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East may have been directly involved in the Hamas terror attacks in Israel on...
Senate hearing reveals ‘extreme,’ antisemitic social-media posts linked to Trump shooter
The FBI believes that the man who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump posted antisemitic and anti-immigrant content on a social-media account, pointing to some of the first indications of the political beliefs...
Senate bill would beef up Title VI probes of alleged school biases
Four Republican senators introduced the Restoring Civility on Campus Act, which calls on the U.S. Department of Education to immediately investigate alleged school violations of Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act barring discrimination based...
Efforts ‘taking place right now’ to secure release of hostages, Netanyahu tells US Congress
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday afternoon delivered his fourth address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress, in which he called for a decisive victory over the Hamas terror group and...