Posts Tagged: Eliot Engel
Outgoing US Rep. Jamaal Bowman Blames ‘Pro-Israel’ District for Primary Race Loss
In one of his final interviews before exiting the US Congress, Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) suggested that his constituents' pro-Israel beliefs doomed his failed reelection...
White House Memo Says Strike on Iranian Commander Responded to Past Attacks
President Donald Trump ordered a drone strike that killed a top Iranian military commander last month in response to past attacks, the White House said...
Ilhan Omar Has Company Pushing the Dual Loyalty Narrative
Another day, another chapter in the ongoing saga of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's antisemitism. Omar, a freshman Democrat from Minnesota, in 2012 accused Israel of "hypnotizing the world"...
As Iran Nuclear Deadline Approaches, House Passes Legislation Condemning Regime’s Human Rights Abuse
The U.S. House of Representatives has given vote approval to legislation to condemn Iran for its "gross human rights violations." The bipartisan legislation was introduced last...
Tehran ‘Has Much To Hide’ Over Nuclear Program, Members of Congress Tell Kerry
More than 300 members of the House of Representatives have signed a letter to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry expressing concern over Iran's refusal...
Rep. Eliot Engel, New Chair of Jewish Legislators Council, Wants to Address Concerns on Iran
JNS.org - U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) was recently appointed as chairman of the International Council of Jewish Parliamentarians (ICJP), an initiative of...
Tighten Iran Sanctions Before Islamic Republic Reaches Nuclear Goal, U.S. Reps. Say
JNS.org - Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) and the committee's ranking member U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), in...
Eliot Engel on Hagel: “The President is His Boss and Policy is Set by the President”
Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY) was one of the most vociferous opponents of Chuck Hagel's nomination for secretary of defense, telling a C-SPAN roundtable late last...
Schumer’s Choice
In 2010 the late Mayor Ed Koch, a beloved leader in the Jewish Community, publicly asked "Where are the voices of Jewish members of Congress...
The Hagel Nomination: An Open Letter to Chuck Schumer
Dear Chuck, I write to encourage you to review and reconsider your endorsement of Chuck Hagel as secretary of defense. The new information that has...
Congress Members Discuss the Middle East at Annual Breakfast
NEW YORK - Despite Nor'easter Nemo battering the region some 24 hours earlier, nearly 300 Jewish and community leaders attended the legislative breakfast hosted...
New York Congresswoman Leads Opposition to Release of Terrorist Who Killed Israeli Diplomat
U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) announced Sunday that she has spearheaded a bipartisan letter calling on the French government to cancel plans to release...
2 Million Views: Jewish Democrats for Romney Video (VIDEO)
Election crunch time is here, and when push comes to shove it seems even some Jewish Democrats are increasingly concerned about a 2nd Obama term. Albeit...
U.S. Representatives Call for Moment of Silence at London Olympics to Mark Munich Massacre
An Israeli petition to the International Olympic Committee for a moment of silence at this summer's Olympic games in London, in honor of the Israelis...
