U.S. Politics
U.S. President Joe Biden’s remarks ahead of a meeting with Israel’s war Cabinet in Tel Aviv.
The speed of the U.S. response to Israeli needs reflects a “sense of urgency across not just this building, but across the entire U.S. federal government, that’s coming from the president on down,” said a Pentagon official.
The left-leaning organization has condemned Hamas and its supporters extensively, and has been critical of some of Israel’s military decisions.
It would kill the recent plans to unfreeze $6 billion as part of a prisoner swap.
A group founded by former Vice President Mike Pence organized a letter from more than 60 activists, politicians and thought leaders.
The ambassador served in the Trump, Bush and Clinton administrations.
Hatred of Israel is a “demon that must be exorcized from our body politic,” wrote the Democratic congressman from New York.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was asked about the two-state solution during an interview with Al-Arabiya on Oct. 15.
“We will provide everything Israel needs,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said.
An “anti-Israel, antisemitic smear campaign from extremists” targeted Rep. Josh Gottheimer, “because he is a strong supporter of the U.S.-Israel relationship and a vocal critic of Hamas terrorists,” the Jewish congressman’s spokesman told JNS.
Former U.S. Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton were criticized for commenting late, some 48 hours prior to the California Democrat.
