U.S.-Israel Relations
News about governmental relations between Israel and the United States
The humanitarian aid included medicine, food and nutritional assistance.
The delegation was led by AIPAC president Michael Tuchin.
The U.S. president also spoke with Egypt’s head of state about the impending release of Israelis from Gaza.
The president ordered Cabinet members to take action “against those responsible for the conduct of violence in the West Bank.”
According to Israel’s national security adviser, the aim of the move is to prevent the spread of disease in Gaza.
Attendees of a Congressional Israel Allies Caucus reception in Washington support the Jewish state unanimously, but with clear policy differences.
“The political disagreement will not go away” between Washington and Jerusalem, Shoshana Bryen, senior director of the Jewish Policy Center, told JNS.
“It’s not going to be one of the things he will be proud of when he talks to his kids about his political career,” Hanoch Milwidsky told JNS in Washington the day after the “March for Israel” rally.
“It is a violation of the law of war to headquarter yourself in a hospital,” said U.S. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby.
“Tell Hamas leaders that they we be held responsible for every civilian casualty,” stated Rabbi Abraham Cooper, a leader of the center.
Visiting U.S. lawmakers present the PM with a declaration in support of Israel’s right to defend itself against Hamas terrorism.
