Tag: U.S. Senate
Rubio, Cardin introduce resolution seeking justice for AMIA bombing victims
Sens. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) announced a resolution in the Senate on Wednesday that seeks to continue the fight for justice for those murdered and injured in the bombing of the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina...
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...
In Jerusalem, Netanyahu thanks visiting Fetterman for ‘moral clarity, courage’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) on Wednesday at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem on the legislator’s first trip to the Jewish state. He met the day before with Israeli...
Bipartisan Senate bill targets ‘hostile Iranian space activities’
In 2018, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) suggested that one of those behind a space laser that was causing California fires was the Jewish Rothschild family. She drew widespread ridicule for the social media...
Give ICC prosecutor ‘taste of own medicine,’ senators tell US attorney general
Four Republican senators are urging Merrick Garland, the U.S. attorney general, to investigate the International Criminal Court’s prosecutor, whom they accused of having “broken American law by materially supporting terrorism through his unjust and unjustified targeting...
Kaine responds to anti-Israel activists: ‘This crisis has spiraled out of control’
A group of so-called “peace activists” that delivered an open letter to Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) received a reply last week deflecting their demands.
Anti-Israel activists asked Kaine to support university administrators meeting with students; denounce police action against...
‘Lack of transparency,’ Kansas senator slams Biden on blocking military aid to Israel
If reports are true that U.S. President Joe Biden and his administration blocked weapons shipments to Israel, that would mean they did so “without any transparency or communication to Congress on why it’s being...
Take ‘immediate action’ against Jew-hatred, 27 GOP senators demand of US ed secretary, attorney...
A group of 27 U.S. senators wrote to Merrick Garland, the U.S. attorney general, and Miguel Cardona, the U.S. education secretary, on Tuesday demanding that the officials “take action to restore order and protect...
Senate passes foreign aid package including billions for Israel
The U.S. Senate passed a $95 billion foreign aid package late Tuesday that includes $26 billion in wartime assistance for Israel and $9 billion in humanitarian aid, some of which will be allotted for...
‘Don’t know why anybody would think I like hoodies,’ says Fetterman of new Yeshiva...
More than 100 Yeshiva University students met last week in Washington with Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), one of Israel’s most vocal supporters in the U.S. Congress.
The Pennsylvania Democrat posted photos on social media holding a blue...