U.S. Politics
It would mark the Israeli prime minister’s fourth in-person meeting with the American president since January.
“We will continue to disrupt these key financial streams that fund malign activities in the Middle East and beyond,” said John Hurley at the U.S. Treasury Department.
Rep. Michael McCaul said it has been “the honor of a lifetime” to serve in Congress and that he won’t seek re-election next year.
The U.S. secretary of state “will convey America’s priorities in the Israel-Hamas conflict, reaffirming U.S. commitment to Israeli security,” the department said.
The Trump administration sanctioned 32 people and entities, as well as four vessels, linked to the Iran-backed terror group.
Skyler Philippi, 24, of Columbia, Tenn., was “motivated by a violent ideology,” said the U.S. assistant attorney general for national security.
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel said it “stands in solidarity” with Al-Haq, which Israel proscribed in 2021 and the U.S. has sanctioned.
“The United States needs to take the lead” on implementing the sanctions to “choke to death economically” the ayatollah, Sen. John Kennedy said.
Sen. Ted Cruz reminded Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), a former Democratic vice presidential nominee, to read the Declaration of Independence.
“It is a blunt reminder to our adversaries that America will not be passive,” Gerard Filitti, of the Lawfare Project, told JNS.
Jews worry that “everyone will think that the reason everyone is doing whatever they’re doing is because of the Jews,” the Brandeis Center president said.
The vocally anti-Israel congresswoman and her husband’s assets increased exponentially from 2023 to 2024, “The Washington Free Beacon” reported.
