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“AIPAC does not encourage members of Congress to criticize the government of Israel,” lobby spokesperson Adam Harris told JTA, which first published the news. “Our role is to strengthen the relationship between the two allies.”
The 35th Israeli government, the largest in the country’s history, will slash the budgets of the defense, foreign and education ministries, among others.
Eastern Jerusalem resident Iyad Halak was shot dead after officers mistook his suspicious behavior and refusal to halt as a terrorist threat.
Soldiers open fire after being attacked by Palestinians armed with “sharp agricultural instruments” • Wounded assailants evacuated to Ramallah for treatment • No Israeli casualties reported.
Republicans and Democrats, however, have objected to reinstating him on assignments he held with Judiciary, Agriculture and Small Business.
The lobby group said “bipartisan support for the fundamentals of the U.S.-Israel strategic relationship must supersede any policy dispute.”
Already struggling as part of the Trump administration’s “maximum pressure” campaign, these new developments will deal another blow to the Islamic regime.
Details on the forthcoming new Israeli government, to be formally signed next week after Yom Ha’aztmaut, Israel’s Independence Day. Its first order of business will be to pass legislation to set the Netanyahu-Gantz rotation in motion.
Likud’s Benjamin Netanyahu will serve as prime minister for 18 months before handing the premiership as part of a rotation to Blue and White challenger Benny Gantz.
Kata’ib Hezbollah and Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq are U.S.-designated terrorist groups; both have attacked U.S. and fellow coalition forces in Iraq.
A recent forecast has reported “extremely alarming” swarms of Desert Locust (Schistocerca gregaria) forming in the Horn of Africa.
The goal of the negotiations is reportedly a broad, 105-member government, with a rotation agreement between Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz for the premiership.