U.S. Politics
A Democratic candidate for president, the mayor of Miramar, Fla., recently visited Israel and the disputed territories, where he remains convinced in the viability of at a two-state solution as a way to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
“We call on those responsible for the violence to cease this aggression immediately,” said State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus.
The son of a Holocaust survivor, he has strongly opposed BDS, and condemned Palestinian terrorism and anti-Semitism, including within his own party.
It is co-sponsored by 42 other senators, most of them Republican.
“As a Jew, you are a soldier of God. You need to stand tall and fast, and do whatever it takes to change the world,” said Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein.
Examples of “physical security enhancements” include, but are not limited to, “alarm systems, impact-resistant doors and gate, lighting, access control systems, video systems, jersey walls, fencing, fixed or handheld screening systems.”
The report notes that far-right and far-left activists, in addition to Islamists, were behind many of the attacks, though noted that anti-Semitism is also becoming more mainstream.
“No tolerance for any form of violence, physical or verbal. Football must be an occasion of celebration and communion, not for fighting or confrontation,” Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini tweeted.
Throughout his career, Joe Biden has been adamantly optimistic about the prospects for peace between Israelis and Palestinians, despite repeated Palestinian rejections over the years.
The United States announced that it has sanctioned two men and three companies for helping the terrorist group Hezbollah evade U.S. sanctions.
Record at a glance: Rep. Seth Moulton, a former US Marine, follows Democrat stance on Mideast issues
He has favored a two-state solution between Israelis and Palestinians, and co-sponsored a bill that would have mandated the U.S. government to certify that military funding to Israel not be used for the “Israeli military’s ongoing detention and mistreatment of Palestinian children.”
The State Department’s Rewards for Justice program, which started in 1984, has given more than $150 million to more than 100 people for providing information about terrorists and potential attacks.
