Posts Tagged: US Congress
US Leadership ‘Holds the World Together,’ Biden Says in Bid for Israel, Ukraine Funds
US President Joe Biden launched a new mission on Thursday to convince Americans they should spend billions more on supporting Israel and Ukraine in their...
Speaker Kevin McCarthy Ousted by US House Republicans in Historic Vote
A handful of Republicans in the US House of Representatives on Tuesday ousted Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), as party infighting plunged Congress into further...
US-Saudi Defense Pact Tied to Israel Deal, Palestinian Demands Put Aside
Saudi Arabia is determined to secure a military pact requiring the United States to defend the kingdom in return for opening ties with Israel and...
US Lawmakers Demand Answers Over Pentagon Official’s Role in Iranian Influence Operation
Lawmakers in the US Congress on Tuesday demanded answers over a pair of bombshell reports alleging that a Biden administration official was part of an...
Leading Jewish Civil Rights Group Applauds US Lawmakers Calling on Biden Admin to Resolve Campus Antisemitism Complaints
A leading Jewish civil rights group on Tuesday applauded a bipartisan group of 84 members of the US Congress for issuing a letter that urged...
Saudi Arabia Has Mostly Removed Antisemitic Tropes From School Textbooks, New Report Says
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has removed "practically all antisemitism," from K-12 textbooks, marking a significant step forward in the Kingdom's approach to Judaism and,...
US Lawmakers Ask Antony Blinken to Update Congress on State Department Antisemitism Investigation
Seventy-five members of the US Congress on Thursday issued a letter asking Secretary of State Antony Blinken to update the body on an investigation of...
‘Mike Pence Deserves It’: Trump’s Ire at VP a Focus of US Capitol Riot Hearings
A congressional panel investigating last year's assault on the US Capitol by Donald Trump's supporters presented evidence at its prime-time hearing that the former president...
All 25 Jewish Congressional Democrats Decry Amnesty Director’s ‘Disturbing’ Remarks That Israel ‘Shouldn’t Exist as Jewish State’
All 25 Democratic Jewish members of the US House of Representatives condemned the head of Amnesty International’s US branch on Monday, for arguing at an...
A ‘Palestine-Firster’ Scandal Comes to the US Congress
JNS.org - During Barack Obama’s presidency, when diplomatic tensions between Israel and the United States sank to rarely seen lows, the term “Israel-Firster” was concocted...
42 Members of Congress Press Blinken to ‘Defund’ UN’s New Anti-Israel Commission of Inquiry
A bipartisan group of 42 members of Congress in a Tuesday letter called on Secretary of State Antony Blinken to lead an effort to defund...
Bipartisan Bill to Sanction Those Financing Hamas Terror Introduced in Congress
A bipartisan bill that would sanction persons and organizations who help finance the Palestinian terror groups Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad has been introduced in...
Biden Administration Approved $735 Million Arms Sale to Israel
President Joe Biden's administration approved the potential sale of $735 million in precision-guided weapons to Israel, and congressional sources said on Monday that US lawmakers...
Israeli President Rivlin Reportedly Invited to Address Joint Session of US Congress
i24 News - Israel's President Reuven Rivlin has reportedly been invited to address a joint session of Congress in the United States, according to Hebrew...
