U.S. Foreign Policy
“All signs indicate that China is strategically, not sporadically, deepening its engagement in Persian Gulf economies,” Behnam Ben Taleblu of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told JNS.
Hours before Riyadh and Tehran renew relations, a congressional subcommittee strategized on advancing the Abraham Accords.
The Democratic congressman from Illinois, who recently joined the House Foreign Affairs Committee, shared some priorities with JNS.
“Ilhan Omar has no business whatsoever being on the House Foreign Affairs Committee,” co-founder of the Muslim Reform Movement M. Zuhdi Jasser told JNS.
He calls on world powers to prevent the proliferation of weapons once the U.N. arms embargo on the Islamic Republic expires in October.
Every Democrat opposed; one Republican voted present.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) earlier this month repeated his promise to oust Omar from her influential post due to her antisemitism.
Elbit was also given a follow-up contract from NSPA for an additional J-Music system, which is part of the MUSIC DIRCM family. The fully autonomous laser-based system provides comprehensive defense against sophisticated heat-seeking ground-to-air missiles.
This requires the Biden administration to fire Special Envoy for Iran Rob Malley and re-impose “maximum pressure,” Michael Rubin tells JNS.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy repeats promise to remove congresswoman with history of antisemitic comments from influential committee.
Şakir Özkan Torunlar previously served as “ambassador” to the Palestinian Authority.
“Agreement in principle” was reached with the U.S. and IAEA during the Baghdad II summit in Amman, but Washington “told us not to announce this officially,” says Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee member Javad Karimi-Ghodousi.
