U.S. Politics
It also slams U.S. support for U.N. Security Council Resolution 2334 in December 2016 that denounces Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
In a letter signed by 116 of 198 Republicans in the House, the lawmakers state that “Israel has the right to make sovereign decisions independent of outside pressure.”
The platform has incorporated extremist posts, including far-right ideologies of fascism, racism, chauvinism, nativism and xenophobia.
It also fires back against warnings that the move would undermine the U.S.-Israel relationship.
The meeting, which will reportedly be held in Washington, D.C., this week, will determine whether or not the administration gives the go-ahead for Israel to apply sovereignty in Judea and Samaria.
“We’re battling for the heart and soul of the Democratic Party,” said the 16-term New York legislator during a virtual event hosted by NORPAC.
“Hateful language has no place in West Virginia, and it certainly has no place in our state’s Capitol,” said West Virginia State Democratic Party chairwoman Belinda Biafore.
Tony Blinken stresses former Vice President and current Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s pledge that Washington wouldn’t re-enter the 2015 Iran nuclear deal until Tehran returns to compliance.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, “We anticipate many more sanctions, and we will not stop until Assad and his regime stop their needless, brutal war against the Syrian people.”
The members of Congress also said that annexation “risks insecurity in Jordan, with serious ancillary risks to Israel.”
Howard Slugh of the Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty said the First Amendment applies to everyone unless the government has a compelling interest to restrict religious gatherings.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is “accelerating” the process, but at 25 percent capacity and only in areas that have entered “phase 2” of the state’s reopening from the coronavirus shutdown.
