U.S. Politics
A visit could make the PM “a stage prop for prominent Democrats to lecture and embarrass,” American Enterprise Institute’s Michael Rubin tells JNS.
“They have agreed that they will meet, probably before the end of this year,” per a White House spokesman.
The Baptist minister and activist has used slurs to refer to Jews, said “I’m sick and tired of hearing constantly about the Holocaust” and accused Israel of crimes on par with those of the Nazis.
There is a “tiny” difference between antisemitism-associated conspiracy beliefs on the left and the right, an author of the study told JNS.
The Israeli president will meet with the U.S. president on July 18 and the vice president on July 19.
“The first step the Biden administration must take to repair this critical relationship is to end its pursuit of any new deal with Iran,” Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) told JNS. “Only then can tensions thaw.”
On July 19, Israeli President Isaac Herzog will address a joint session of U.S. Congress.
Foggy Bottom has been stonewalling lawmakers, drawing sharp criticism from the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Matthew Miller, a State Department spokesman, addressed a recent New York Times column by Thomas L. Friedman claiming the “U.S. reassessment of Netanyahu’s government has begun.”
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on State Department and Foreign Operations is recommending a $1 million increase; a bipartisan group had asked for $500,000 months ago.
The Republican lawmakers called to rescind the “discriminatory” guidance halting scientific and technological cooperation with Israeli entities in Judea and Samaria.
Gal Luft was charged with helping recruit a U.S. government official for China. He says it’s a political hit job by the Biden administration.
