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“I’d love to be able to do that deal. They say that’s the hardest of all deals,” said the U.S. president. “It’s a great plan. It’s a plan that really would work.”
Two major party leaders don’t “come to Washington just for a conversation,” which poses questions as to why an initiative would be released a month before the third round of Israeli elections, says Aaron David Miller, a former Mideast negotiator.
“He understands what needs to be done to get the Israelis and the Palestinians closer together,” said King Abdullah II, although he has expressed concern about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pledge to annex the Jordan Valley.
They will target Iranian industries, including manufacturing, steel, iron, mining, textiles and construction.
The tally was 224-194, with three Republicans voting in favor and eight Democrats voting against.
As some predicted, while Tehran sought revenge for the U.S. assassination of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, it retaliated in a calculated way so as not to provoke a U.S. response.
“Members of Congress have serious, urgent concerns about the administration’s decision to engage in hostilities against Iran and about its lack of strategy moving forward,” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
U.S. Special Representative for International Negotiations Avi Berkowitz, on his first visit to Israel since succeeding Jason Greenblatt, is expected to also meet with Blue and White leader Benny Gantz.
“He was key to the growth of Hezbollah and other terrorist groups,” said Republican Jewish Coalition chairman and former Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman. “It is difficult to overstate the role he played in Iran’s bloodiest operations around the region. His death makes the world a safer place.”
“Cutting Palestinian assistance in this space strikes many, even those who are hawkish, as problematic,” said Jonathan Schanzer, senior vice president of research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
“While we are moving forward in new areas of hope and peace with our Arab neighbors, the ICC in The Hague has taken a step backwards,” says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The upper chamber unanimously passed the measure recognizing Turkish massacre that took the lives of 1.5 million Armenians.
