U.S. Politics
Senior Biden administration officials are set to meet with U.S. Jewish leaders on Wednesday.
The position will be filled by Hady Amr, who has served for two years as deputy assistant secretary of state for Israel and Palestinian Affairs.
Florida Sen. Rick Scott and New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu say Jewish voters are looking at many of the same issues as other Americans, and need to be treated that way.
“Representation is coming, and we’re here to stay,” said Rep. George Santos of New York’s 3rd congressional district.
At the Republican Jewish Coalition conference, the U.S. senator tells JNS the FBI probe of Palestinian-American reporter Shireen Abu Akleh’s death is the political weaponization of the Justice Department.
Republican contenders made their case to the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas, as the organization draws lessons from the midterms.
“He unilaterally lifted key sanctions. He appointed countless anti-Israeli extremists to government positions,” says the former U.S. president of the current American leader.
The move reflects the “depth of the relationship between our countries” and Israel’s efforts to build “strong diplomatic bridges” with the Muslim world, says Prime Minister Yair Lapid.
The resolution cited numerous industries where Israeli-Americans have made a positive impact, including health sciences, pharmaceutics, disaster relief, astrophysics, mathematics, chemistry, aerospace engineering, biotech, agriculture and internet technologies.
After Religious Zionist Party MK Itamar Ben-Gvir attended a ceremony commemorating 32 years since Rabbi Meir Kahane’s assassination, State Department spokesperson Ned Price had said that “celebrating the legacy of a terrorist organization is abhorrent.”
Treasury Department designates the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting and six “interrogator-journalists” associated with it.
Disagreements over the post of defense minister has lead to an impasse in coalition negotiations, with Netanyahu attempting to assuage concerns over the matter, asking his supporters for “a little patience.”
