Congress
“The Tehran Times” presents a “sensitive but unclassified” memorandum, apparently acquired before U.S. legislators saw it.
Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), chair of the House Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia, led the delegation.
Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) told JNS that he was excited to meet both the prime minister of Israel and the prime minister of “Palestine.”
“I don’t think that the issue of judicial reform will undermine the relationship,” said Rep. Greg Landsman (D-Ohio).
“We will do everything we can to protect ourselves from Iran,” said the premier.
A spokesperson for the House Foreign Affairs Committee told JNS that the Biden administration provided no details to the committee on the suspended State Department Iran envoy.
“A conviction would not necessarily sideline any nuclear deal,” said analyst Matthew Brodsky. “But it would provide a basis for more congressional oversight.”
“This is not a lost arena,” the Israel president said of maintaining good relations with Democrats in Congress.
The Jewish Federations of North America referred to the Israeli president’s “warm reception across party lines,” which it called “a testament to the relationship these two nations share and the eternal bonds that unite us.”
Those skipping the speech reveal that they really oppose Israel rather than its policies, the Republican Jewish Coalition stated.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog had a “wonderful meeting” with U.S. President Joe Biden, whom he called a “huge friend of Israel.”
“It’s past time that the European Union fully designate it” as such, said Nevada Sen. Jacky Rosen.
