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The legislation would “take other much-needed steps across the federal government to fight anti-Jewish hatred, bigotry, and violence,” said Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.).
Rusty Rosenthal, executive director for community security at the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, told JNS about communal responses to post-Oct. 7 threats.
Gen. Erik Kurilla, commander of the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), will reportedly meet with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and senior military officials.
“If there’s any talk of ceasefire, President Biden, that ended on Oct. 7, when Hamas decided to barbarically murder, not just Jews in Israel, but others,” the House Majority leader said.
“We are grateful to the state of Alabama for its clear stand against terror and in support of Israel,” said Anat Sultan-Dadon, Israel’s consul general to the southeastern United States.
“I believe we should be leading every discussion with two major factors: Americans were killed and Americans remain hostage,” the N.J. congressman told JNS.
Family members of U.S. hostages whom Hamas kidnapped to Gaza met this week with Kamala Harris and with Jake Sullivan.
Patrick Gaspard, a former U.S. ambassador to South Africa, told “Politico” that there are parallels between apartheid and Israeli treatment of Gazans.
“It’s illegal to take advantage of a religious holiday to charge more for services,” per Letitia James’s office.
Senior U.S. officials believe that political considerations are at play in the pronouncement.
“What I’m calling for is for the Israelis to just call for a ceasefire, allow for the next six, eight weeks total access to all food and medicine going into the country,” the U.S. president said.
“The time has come to hold this heinous terror group accountable for decades of cowardly attacks,” said Rep. Brad Sherman, who sponsored the legislation.
