U.S. Politics
The House Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously approved the legislation.
It’s in Riyadh’s interest to forge an agreement while Biden is in office, U.S. officials said.
Hailed by both nations as “productive,” the meeting comes just days after Israel was asked to change the framework’s name to something “less Israeli.”
“The dynamics are changing and regional peace is tangible,” Gila Gamliel tells lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
“Antisemitic incidents are at a record high. This is hard to believe,” U.S. President Joe Biden said at the event.
“Today is a great day for Oklahoma families,” said Jason Bedrick of Heritage Foundation.
America is in a “bar fight” with Iran and Russia, and the Biden administration “wants to quote Socrates,” says Sen. John Kennedy.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro is reportedly a top pick.
“This administration has prioritized our support for the Palestinian people and has provided over $940 million for Palestinians,” said a Foggy Bottom spokesman.
A hefty section on “Israel, West Bank and Gaza” devotes considerably more space to right-wing Orthodox positions on egalitarian worship at the Western Wall than it does to antisemitic attacks on Israelis.
As some Jewish groups applaud the end of Title 42 amid a historic surge of immigrants and asylum seekers on the U.S. southern border, New Jersey Orthodox Rabbi Steven Pruzansky says the Torah allows nations to defend their boundaries.
One of the two Israel-made air-defense systems possessed by the U.S. is prepared for overseas deployment, says U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense commander.
