U.S. Politics
In an interview with Israel’s Army Radio, Joshua Zarka, deputy director-general of strategic affairs in the Foreign Ministry, claimed that there was “definitely an exchange and discussion” with America on the issue.
The White House is threatening to unilaterally impose the opening of a U.S. consulate for Palestinians in Jerusalem, regardless of Israel’s fierce opposition to the move, as well as allowing a PLO office to again operate in Washington. But such a move could cause a perilous domino effect.
The Biden administration’s plan would divide the united capital of Jerusalem and push any chance for peace with the Palestinians farther away, as well as break diplomatic norms, violate U.S. law and damage America’s special relationship with Israel.
Thomas Nides cleared the second-to-last hurdle before being official.
“Mr. Reilly is an anti-Semite who has no business being involved in children’s education,” said Pastor David McGarrah of the Idaho Chapter of Christians United for Israel
In a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Israelis who have lost loved ones to terror warn that a consulate in Jerusalem for the Palestinians would be a “complete Trojan horse.”
The U.S. Treasury Department has previously called Interpal a fundraising organization of Hamas.
Images of a syringe swastika have been used to protest government vaccine mandates around the world.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken noted its bias, saying the council “suffers from serious flaws, including disproportionate attention on Israel and the membership of several states with egregious records.”
Among claims in “The Fall of the Western Man,” Patriotic Alternative leader Mark Collett said the “established Holocaust narrative” has been made an “almost unquestionable truth.”
Spokesman Ned Price said there were no updates, but that it remained a priority.
“We all need to and can unite around the idea that we want to expand and deepen the circle of peace, and we all need and can unite around the basic principle that Israel has the right to defend itself,” said Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid.
