Posts Tagged: US Congress
Democratic US Lawmakers Say They Were Misled on Venezuela, Demand a Plan
Democratic members of the US Congress said on Saturday that senior officials of President Donald Trump's administration had misled them during recent briefings about plans for...
All 25 Jewish Lawmakers in US House Sign Statement on ‘Grotesque’ Antisemitic Bondi Beach Shooting
Every Jewish member of the US House of Representatives on Monday signed a bipartisan statement condemning the prior day's antisemitic mass shooting at Bondi Beach...
Cornell Graduate Student Union Blasts Israel, Backs BDS While Committing to ‘Palestinian Liberation Struggle’
A graduate workers' union at Cornell University has approved a resolution to adopt a statement titled "International Solidarity With the Palestinian Liberation Struggle" which espouses...
Democrats, Republicans Divided on Netanyahu Congressional Speech as US Lawmakers Give Mixed Response
The reaction of US lawmakers to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to a joint session of Congress largely fell along partisan lines, with prominent...
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...
