U.S. Politics
“I want Israel strong enough so it does not have to rely on American support,” said Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), before offering an amendment that would take $1 billion from $6 billion in aid for rebuilding Afghanistan and deposit the rest in the U.S. Treasury.
She says the air-defense system is the “one thing that protects people from missiles in a place where missiles are constantly flying at you.”
AIPAC applauded the action, tweeting: “Engaging with Israel achieves peace. Boycotting Israel achieves nothing.”
In Manama, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said: “Our opportunities are shared, our threats are shared, and they are not far from here.”
The Israeli prime minister praised the passage of the standalone House bill providing funding for the Iron Dome, and warned Iran and the Palestinians to “stop this obsession with the State of Israel.”
Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel, executive vice president of Agudath Israel of America, said “excluding religious-school students from a state aid program that benefits other private-school students is discriminatory and unconstitutional.”
The passage of the legislation came after an uproar earlier this week when the allocation was stripped from a government bill after objections from several progressive Democrats.
While based in the Middle East, Hezbollah “derives financial support and political legitimacy from every region of the world,” stated Sen. Marsha Blackburn.
“Despite its seemingly innocuous name, this legislation is just another assault on Israel from the fringe left. The American people are pro-Israel, and as a result, this legislation is destined to fail,” chairwoman of the CUFI Action Fund Sandra Parker told JNS.
The Brooklyn, N.Y.-born attorney, judge and mother of two shares the tombstone with her husband, Martin, who died in 2010 and is buried alongside her in the couple’s section of the historic cemetery.
“We’re prepared to be patient ... but let’s not drag this on for too long because at some point, we’ll have to reach a different conclusion,” says U.S. Special Representative to Iran Robert Malley.
Politico was the first to report in February that Fritz Berggren, a U.S. foreign service officer, has been publishing on his website Bloodandfaith.com material that attacks Jews and the LGBTQ community, and calls for the creation of Christian nation-states.
