U.S. Politics
Whether the festivities at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue will be indoors or outdoors remains to be seen.
Jonathan Schanzer at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies said that U.S. President Donald Trump “is unwittingly undermining American deterrence in the Middle East.”
“It is outrageous that someone who consorted with racists would be considered for a position on a commission devoted to preserving Holocaust memorials in Europe,” said ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt.
“Even more important is the recognition that the West Bank and Gaza are distinct political and administrative entities, not a single unified Palestinian territory with Israel squished in between,” said Eugene Kontorovich at George Mason University’s School of Law.
The U.S. Secretary of State has instructed the Office of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism “to identify organizations that engage in, or otherwise support, the Global BDS Campaign.”
It has been one of several lawsuits against New York City and the state for coronavirus measures targeting Jewish neighborhoods, particularly in Brooklyn.
Also sanctioned were 51 entities associated with the office of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameini.
Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani met with his counterpart, Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem, where they made the announcement.
The Defense Department, State Department employees, the United Nations and humanitarian groups are reportedly against such a move.
The drawdown of forces comes despite objections from Republicans on Capitol Hill.
President-elect Joe Biden stressed his commitment to Israel’s security, according to the prime minister’s office.
AIPAC called Retired U.S. Army Col. Douglas Macgregor’s remarks “ill-informed and illegitimate.”
