U.S. Politics
The United States and Israel “share common values” such as “human rights, freedom of speech, freedom of religion” and “democratic principles,” says the House member-elect from Colorado.
Progressives sent a list of 100 people, some of them controversial, to the incoming administration that they recommend for senior positions.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is still cementing his rule and cannot openly defy King Salman on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But normalizing ties with Israel may be used as leverage by both the prince and the new U.S. administration.
It would be the vice president’s first overseas trip since January of this year, when he visited Rome and Jerusalem.
The devout Christian talks about some of the shared concerns with the Jewish community, and the fact that “we don’t have to agree on everything to be friends.”
If enacted, it would upgrade the position to an ambassadorship, which would require Senate confirmation.
“It will not be enough to simply continue insisting on a firewall,” said JINSA president and CEO Michael Makovsky.
Two of the companies are based in China; the other one is based in the United Arab Emirates.
CAIR was an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation case that proved connections to the U.S.-designated terrorist group Hamas and other radical Islamic entities.
The Islamic regime developing a nuclear bomb “is a horrible idea” not only for America but for the rest of the world, says the incoming U.S. House representative.
Charles Doles posted a photo of him and Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler to his account on VK, a Russian social networking site.
“If you don’t have a Palestinian state, you cannot have a Jewish democracy,” said Rev. Raphael Warnock, who is running for one of two U.S. Senate seats representing the state of Georgia.
