Mitt Romney

“The U.S. should not lend credibility to an organization that actively promotes and rewards terrorism,” Sen. Mitt Romney wrote just ahead of Friday’s General Assembly vote.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who is leading a bipartisan delegation of U.S. senators in Israel, said that the Senate will act swiftly in the hopes that the House of Representatives will do the same.

After the shooting, Israel attempted to start a joint investigation into the death with the Palestinian Authority; the offer was rejected.

More than 5,000 students from 100 universities worldwide took part in the Israel Summit, featuring speakers such as Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Israeli actor Lior Raz, Moderna CMO Tal Zaks, Waze CEO Noam Bardin, Google Israel CEO Barak Regev, KIND founder Daniel Lubetzky and the Israeli Ambassador to the United States Gilad Erdan.

U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) and Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), met with other Israeli officials, including U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, to discuss current issues in the region.