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Strong US-Israel relations ‘good for the entire world,’ House Speaker Mike Johnson says at ZOA event
The Zionist Organization of America gave the new congressional leader the Dr. Miriam and Sheldon Adelson Defender of Israel Award.
“We probably will not change our endorsements in mid-cycle,” acknowledged J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami.
The Kentucky congressman’s use of an image prompted criticism from both the White House and “Breitbart News.”
Ross Stevens, founder and CEO of Stone Ridge Asset Management, informed the University of Pennsylvania that he was only willing to discuss the matter under a new president at the school.
“Places that are supposed to be a moral beacon have become a breeding ground for hatred,” Israel’s foreign minister says.
Dana Bash, of CNN’s State of the Union, repeatedly pressed the chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus on anti-Israel bias on the left.
Facing a 23-count fraud indictment, Santos became just the sixth member of the House, and the first non-Confederate or convicted felon, expelled from Congress.
The proposal calls on Washington to condition aid to Egypt, Iraq, Yemen and Turkey on those countries accepting a certain number of refugees.
The vote split the Democratic caucus, with 90, including Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), joining Republicans in telling President Biden to re-freeze the money.
All of the other 412 House members who voted supported the Jewish state.
“They’re trying to expel an entire community of people from the United States,” said Rep. Greg Landsman. “It’s un-American. It’s not who we are.”
“The one thing that struck me was how proud and gleeful these people were with what they were doing to civilians,” said Sen. Marco Rubio.
