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Israel must be supplied “with what it needs, when it needs it, without conditions, to achieve total victory in the face of evil,” says Rep. Elise Stefanik.
The goal is for 500 tons of supplies to pass into the coastal enclave daily.
“The celebration of hatred and the desecration committed by Palestinian civilian males should serve as a reminder to the world of what Israel faces and must destroy,” said Michael Pregent of the Hudson Institute.
The author and advocate for responsible personal economics vowed to make the event “10 times what it was before.”
“We urged leadership to weigh the weight of their words when addressing the war,” Nathan Diament, the Orthodox Union’s executive director for public policy, told JNS.
Lily Greenberg Call said the president “is making Jews the face of the American war machine.”
“This is the single most pressing issue we are faced with,” said Senate Republican Leader Rob Ortt.
“The president’s threat to veto this legislation and Schumer’s refusal to bring it to a vote in the Senate are acts of betrayal to our closest ally in the region,” said Speaker of the House Mike Johnson.
The legislators “are not comfortable hearing bills supporting Jews at this time,” per an internal Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey email.
Rabbis and community members in attendance described a constructive conversation.
Aid is already being inspected and loaded in Cyprus, according to Dan Dieckhaus, response director for USAID.
A senior JCRC-NY adviser told JNS that security at the event will be “above and beyond.”
