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Judicial Watch filed the FOIA lawsuit in order to obtain records from 2015 of groups affiliated with BDS movement, which lobbied “the Obama administration to adopt policies to harm companies doing business with Israel,” the group said in a statement.
The $38 billion aid package, negotiated in 2016, allows America to increase its defense aid to Israel and increases weapons stockpiles that Israel may use in a conflict with Hezbollah.
According to a report in Hadashot news, the expansion will add 7,500 square feet to the existing structure, allowing more staff and services to be transferred from the former Tel Aviv embassy to the compound in Jerusalem’s Arnona neighborhood.
Many worry that the leftward shift among Democrats in their opposition to Trump during this election season may bring the party closer towards the anti-Israel views found on the party’s far-left, as exemplified by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.
They fall along predictable lines, owing to which side of the spectrum the groups tend to favor.
In a November 2012 tweet, Ilhan Omar, who is currently a Minnesota state representative, said that “Israel has hypnotized the world, may Allah awaken the people and help them see the evil doings of Israel.”
“Slovakia is on its way to relocating its embassy to Jerusalem,” the head of the Slovak National Council Andrej Danko tells Israeli President Reuven Rivlin • Delegation of Slovak lawmakers also says country to open a cultural center in the Israeli capital.
In a 5-4 vote that fell along political lines, the Supreme Court upheld the president’s ban on travel from several mostly Muslim nations.
A bipartisan amendment to the $717 billion National Defense Authorization Act, which was passed on Monday by the Senate in an 85-10 vote, prohibits the transfer of the F-35s to Turkey amid a deterioration in U.S.-Turkish relations.
In exclusive interviews, JNS speaks with embattled incumbent Sen. Robert Menendez and newcomer Republican challenger Bob Hugin on a number of Mideast issues, including support for the State of Israel.
Dan Propper, a 78-year-old Israeli Czech businessman, was named as the honorary consul.
New York challenger Chele Farley differentiates herself from incumbent Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand when it comes to certain positions regarding Israel and the Jewish community.
