U.S. Politics
The IDF would also be responsible for physically connecting the pier to Gaza’s shore, according to U.S. officials.
“Senator Lieberman’s love of God, his family and America endured throughout his life of service in the public interest,” his family stated.
The sanctions on three entities and their two leaders is the fourth round of such U.S. designations since Oct. 7.
The pressure from Jerusalem, Republicans and some Democrats is supposed to create a counterweight that will force Biden to publicly support Israel.
The national security minister told The New York Times that the US president is “enormously mistaken” to pressure Israel over its military campaign against Hamas.
Washington received written assurances from Jerusalem that the army is acting in compliance with a Feb. 8 presidential memo.
The terrorist group insists on “permanent ceasefire.”
“The United States has abandoned its policy in the U.N. today,” charged Netanyahu in response to the Biden administration’s failure to exercise its veto.
“Nothing has changed about our policy—nothing,” John Kirby told reporters after Washington abstained rather than vetoing a U.N. Security Council resolution.
A contentious X post compared the Jewish state to the Soviet Union.
The delegation was to hold talks on the looming IDF operation in Rafah.
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), who introduced the bill, noted that the Senate majority leader “gave an unprecedented speech on the Senate floor where he called for elections to be held in Israel.”
