U.S.-Israel Relations
News about governmental relations between Israel and the United States
The Israeli defense minister held several phone calls with his American counterpart over the weekend.
Accused of fanning anti-Islam sentiment, the “National Review” drawing also drew attention to the alleged pro-terrorist actions of radical Democrats.
After the former president’s keynote at the Israeli-American Council’s annual summit, Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) called for bipartisan support for Israel.
9/11 Living Memorial Plaza hosts the annual ceremony, including speakers with personal connections to the attack.
Mark Mellman, president and CEO of Democratic Majority for Israel, calls the senator’s proposed resolutions counterproductive and dangerous.
“If we don’t show up now, when Israel is under constant attack, then who are we?” former Rep. Michele Bachmann tells JNS at launch.
The Democratic presidential candidate said during her first solo interview that she was “entirely supportive” of the administration’s move.
The Israeli opposition leader gave the former U.S. president “respect and legitimacy he should never be given,” Morton Klein, of the ZOA, told JNS.
The Republican Jewish Coalition sponsored the trip for Doug Burgum.
Vice Adm. Brad Cooper was set to meet with senior IDF and defense establishment officials on Tuesday, including IDF Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Herzi Halevi.
“Any true evangelical that reads the Bible understands why it is so important that we stand with Israel,” Daystar TV co-founder Joni Lamb tells JNS.
“The working assumption has to be that we don’t intervene there [in the U.S.], and they don’t intervene here,” said the foreign minister.
