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“We call on the European Commission to be fully transparent about how EU funds are spent and to issue regular, public updates on the implementation of PA reforms.”
“Above all, we must prevent Iran from ever acquiring nuclear weapons and threatening our greatest ally in the region,” the bipartisan group wrote to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
The Pew Research Center analysis came out ahead of the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, held on Aug. 28, 1963.
While support for Israel played a role, American Jews—like Americans as a whole—prioritized education, the economy and health care first.
Alejandro Mayorkas “was very helpful in the implementation” of the Nonprofit Security Grant Program, administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said the Jewish organization.
A co-founder of the American Jewish lobby group J Street, he is AJCongress’s first Washington-based director in a decade.
One post: “If you have the bug give a hug. Spread the flu to every Jew.”
A first-of-its-kind platform highlights the voting records and public positions on issues vital to the Jewish community.
The delegation will learn firsthand about Israel’s democracy, diverse society and regional challenges, as well as its economic, technological and social innovation and entrepreneurship.
Using social media to make a rare break into the politically charged debate over upcoming Israeli elections, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and the American Jewish Committee took political positions on the inclusion of the Otzma Yehudit Party in a technical bloc with the Jewish Home Party.
“The views of Otzma Yehudit are reprehensible. They do not reflect the core values that are the very foundation of the State of Israel,” said AJC in a statement.
It marks the first time that the world body has issued sanctions on Iran since lifting penalties on it three years ago following the 2015 Iran deal.
