U.S. Politics
“We don’t offer our own public comprehensive evaluations of reports, but we certainly reject the label that has been attached to this when speaking about Israel,” said U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price.
Ellen Germain sits one-on-one to talk about the growing global presence of International Holocaust Remembrance Day and her office’s work when “Never Again” stops trending.
It follows a bipartisan letter by 42 other lawmakers to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken calling for defunding the Commission of Inquiry.
A few of the candidates running against DMFI endorsed candidates have taken positions openly critical of Israel and in favor of BDS.
The sale of 12 C-130 J Super Hercules transport aircraft is worth a reported $2.2 billion.
“We would never have imagined that these things would be said … in classrooms, never mind by radical-left campus groups, but preached by professors in class, in high schools in Manhattan, on the best college campuses … in polite company, and really, really propagated in a way in the halls of Congress as well,” said Elan Carr, former Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism.
Joining in the announcement were various faith leaders, including those from the Orthodox Union, one of the groups calling for the increase.
The Houthis were a terror group for less than a month, having been designated an FTO in the waning days of the Trump administration, part of its “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran.
It was co-sponsored by Sens. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Ben Sasse (R-Nev.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.).
His decision comes as liberal advocacy groups have urged him to retire while the Democrats control both the presidency and the Senate.
“Particularly in light of recent anti-Semitic incidents, it is essential to continue this important work with our partners to protect all of our citizens from acts of violence and hate,” said Jason Shames, CEO of the Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey.
The move comes amid an uptick in incidents across the United States.
