U.S. Politics
Merdad Ansari, 38, is accused of being connected to a scheme to obtain military sensitive parts for Iran in violation of the Iranian Trade Embargo, according to federal authorities.
More than 60 Democrats have called on the Trump administration to press Israel about such policies.
It’s about “a dedication to the poor, to peace, to freedom, science, argument and thought,” he says.
It conducted a conference call with Jewish leaders and extolled Biden’s “relationship with the Jewish community and his support for Israel.”
“The United States will not tolerate attacks against our people, our interests, or our allies,” said U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper.
“I’m not going to take any option off the table right now, but we are focused on the group—groups that we believe perpetrated this in Iraq,” said U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper.
The official description of Palestinians residing in eastern Jerusalem is now “Arab residents” or “non-Israeli citizens,” instead of “Palestinian residents,” in the department’s annual global human-rights report.
“Her tee shirt shows her support for wiping Israel, and it’s nearly 7 million Jews, off the face of the earth. Her anti-Semitism knows no bounds,” said Republican Jewish Coalition spokesperson Neil Strauss.
Janusz Korwin-Mikke spoke of “theories that rabbis deliberately provoke pogroms precisely so that Jews survive, and then there is natural selection.”
The U.S. Department of Justice said Friedrich Karl Berger “continues to receive a pension from Germany based on his employment in Germany, including his wartime service.”
“We’re going to do everything we can to distance ourselves from this neo-Nazi who is running as a Republican,” said Illinois GOP chairman Tim Schneider.
Lawmakers defeated consideration of the bill by a tally of 219-194.
