U.S. Politics
The pro-Israel Pennsylvania senator told an interviewer that it was the Hezbollah terrorist’s fault that his child was killed bringing him his pager.
Republican outreach emphasizes threats of progressives, while Democrats warn of rising antisemitism as both parties court crucial overseas votes.
Ariane Tabatabai, whom officials have said was not a suspect in the case, is now a deputy assistant secretary of defense.
The U.S. secretary told his Israeli counterpart that “opportunities that now exist to use diplomacy to dial down tensions in the region.”
“A move to downgrade Israel’s status at the United Nations would be a new low, even for an organization that is as rife with antisemites as the U.N.,” said Sen. Tom Cotton.
Andrea Gacki, director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, said the alert aims to “protect the U.S. financial system from abuse by terrorists.”
The members of Congress didn’t mention Hamas in their letter to the U.S. president and secretary of state.
The deputy U.S. secretary of the treasury also “stressed the importance of preventing terrorists and violent extremists from raising, using and moving funds in the West Bank.”
The secretary of state met with Netanyahu in Jerusalem.
The captives remain “a top priority of President Biden,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said.
The intelligence leak may be an attempt to disrupt Jerusalem’s plans to retaliate against the Islamic Republic.
Candidates say they are being asked probing questions about Israel and the Middle East that non-Jewish candidates would never have to answer.
