U.S. Politics
Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) say they told Israeli officials they are concerned about an offensive in Rafah.
The congresswoman has been holding universities’ feet to the fire over their failures to counter campus antisemitism.
“For Blinken to announce this in the middle of a war and when the Jewish Sabbath already has begun in Israel is unconscionable,” said David Friedman, former U.S. ambassador to Israel.
“After that occurs, we can turn our focus forward to … the creation of a long sought-after two-state solution,” Reps. Nadler, Goldman, Raskin and others wrote.
“I know that her knowledge and experience will be a great asset to Ambassador Lipstadt’s team,” said the organization’s CEO, Ted Deutch.
Rafah came up at press conferences of the White House and Pentagon, as well as in conversations with the U.S. secretaries of defense and state.
“This essentially gutted the bill we wrote and leaves Jews without equal protection,” said Allon Friedman, president of the Jewish Affairs Committee of Indiana.
Arms transfers should “focus on weapons enabling Israel to defend itself against future attacks from Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran or other actors posing a threat to our ally,” Sen. Tim Kaine said.
The pilot program in the Zeitoun neighborhood will include ending incitement in the schools • IDF building security road bisecting the Strip.
The defendants allegedly offered “uranium and weapons-grade plutonium fully expecting that Iran would use it for nuclear weapons,” said Anne Milgram, DEA administrator.
“Over the coming months, they will have a tough decision to make—pack up and leave, or stay and endure continued hatred,” the governor said.
“It’s a simple question that I hope the administration can answer clearly and promptly,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) wrote.
