U.S. Politics
Included are candidates committed to supporting the agendas of U.S. President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party, and are supportive of a strong U.S.-Israeli relationship.
“Both [Yitzhak] Rabin and [Menachem] Begin proved time and time again that when it came to issues of security they took action,” said Defense Minister Benny Gantz.
“The Abraham Accords, without question, are ushering in new era. We’ve already a shift in the vision for Middle East nations, a shift in thinking as to what are the possibilities for peace, a shift in actions seen at the people-to-people level, seen in travel, in energy projects, everywhere,” said Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.).
“Great honor for Karen Pence and I to travel to Hebron today to visit the Tomb of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs at the Cave of Machpelah that Abraham bought to bury Sarah nearly 4,000 years ago,” Pence tweeted, adding that Abraham is revered by three “great world religions.”
“It should not have to be said that anti-Semitism has no place in America. Sadly, we must say it now—and say it loudly and clearly—because there are those who need to hear it,” said House majority leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.).
They write: “As the State Department has often noted in reference to a nuclear agreement with Iran, ‘nothing is agreed until everything is agreed.’ We hope that no agreement is finalized without additionally addressing these concerns.”
The legislation, which is 2,741 pages long, includes millions to protect synagogues, Iron Dome and Holocaust survivors, and is the culmination of months of negotiations.
“This game is costing us. This process of just holding and holding and holding makes no sense whatsoever,” said Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee.
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan’s warning to Iran was likely a response to plans by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Gabriel Noronha, who was tasked with Iran policy at the U.S. State Department under former President Donald Trump, warns the deal currently being considered will see world powers roll back far more sanctions in return for far less from Iran.
While Democratic Majority for Israel’s Mark Mellman praised Biden’s four-point plan to tackle inflation, the Republican Jewish Coalition’s Sam Markstein said the address “ignored his administration’s failed agenda.”
Two sources involved in the Vienna talks said that Iran has made new demands while continuing its assistance on previous ones.
