U.S. Politics
“The first step the Biden administration must take to repair this critical relationship is to end its pursuit of any new deal with Iran,” Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) told JNS. “Only then can tensions thaw.”
On July 19, Israeli President Isaac Herzog will address a joint session of U.S. Congress.
Foggy Bottom has been stonewalling lawmakers, drawing sharp criticism from the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Matthew Miller, a State Department spokesman, addressed a recent New York Times column by Thomas L. Friedman claiming the “U.S. reassessment of Netanyahu’s government has begun.”
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on State Department and Foreign Operations is recommending a $1 million increase; a bipartisan group had asked for $500,000 months ago.
The Republican lawmakers called to rescind the “discriminatory” guidance halting scientific and technological cooperation with Israeli entities in Judea and Samaria.
Gal Luft was charged with helping recruit a U.S. government official for China. He says it’s a political hit job by the Biden administration.
“Jewish members of Congress should know better,” the Jewish groups wrote to Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
“For the past several decades, both courts have been acting as super legislatures,” Zack Smith, of Heritage Foundation, told JNS of the Israeli and U.S. Supreme Courts.
“In no way do we believe there is a comparison to be drawn here,” said US. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller in response to a journalist’s question.
The U.S. president “needs to realize that we’re not another star on the American flag,” says National Security Minister Ben-Gvir.
Major Israeli shopping center chain threatens to shut down for Tuesday’s “Day of Resistance.”
