U.S.-Israel Relations
News about governmental relations between Israel and the United States
“After months with no change in the situation, I decided to express my concerns publicly,” said the Israeli leader.
The Massachusetts senator drew praise from the state’s chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
“I am willing to absorb personal attacks if that is what it takes for Israel to get the arms and ammunition it needs in its war for survival,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“The feeling is as if questions were copied from the Office of the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague,” said one applicant.
Netanyahu accused the U.S. of holding back arms vital to the war effort.
For all those who see the United States as a power in decline, the failure of Iran’s revenge attack on Israel should serve as a reality check.
The bipartisan delegation of Congress members also met with Israeli President Isaac Herzog and other political leaders.
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan will reportedly still meet his Israeli counterpart, Tzachi Hanegbi, who was already en route to Washington.
“The last thing a sovereign democracy under siege needs is a public tongue-lashing from the White House,” the senate minority leader said.
Following released hostage Amit Soussan’s account of her ordeal, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said, “We cannot look away.”
The Israeli prime minister said that U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken vowed to fully resume the flow of weapons.
Rep. Gregory W. Meeks (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) signed the deal, which includes 50 F-15s worth $18 bil after months of intense pressure from the Biden administration and pro-Israel advocates.
