U.S. Politics
U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale says during the Trump impeachment inquiry testimony that military aid to both Lebanon and Ukraine has been on hold since June.
“We’re tired of sitting back and letting a few vocal outliers hijack the Democratic Party’s Israel policy,” said Democratic Majority for Israel president and CEO Mark Mellman. “Instead, the platform continues the party’s proud history of supporting both Israel and the peace process.”
“The United States will terminate the sanctions waiver related to the nuclear facility at Fordow effective Dec. 15, 2019,” said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. “The right amount of uranium enrichment for the world’s largest state sponsor of terror is zero.”
Richard Tobin, 18, of Brooklawn, N.J., directed members of the “Great Lakes Cell” to paint the synagogues with neo-Nazi symbols and slogans as part of what he dubbed “Operation Kristallnacht.”
“It’s a mistake from our point of view,” said Rabbi Abraham Cooper of the Simon Wiesenthal Center. “It’s a shame that here we are in the 21st century, still debating the past.”
The president also held out hope for a $100 billion trade deal between Washington and Ankara, saying “our markets are open.”
In a letter, a group of 17 members of the U.S. House of Representatives cited Turkey’s leader as being “closer” to Russian President Vladimir Putin and his taking other steps antithetical to U.S. interests.
The senator from Vermont accused Trump of “using false allegations” of anti-Semitism to make the U.S.-Israel relationship a divisive issue.
“I would push for a one-state solution from Jordan to the Mediterranean. The two-state solution is a fallacy. It’s a pipe dream. I would advocate a one-state—an Israeli state—for the entire region,” says former Illinois congressman Joe Walsh, who is throwing his hat into the 2020 presidential ring for the Republican Party.
These tragedies teach “how hate can proliferate and erode societies” and serve as a “reminder that the United States must advance global efforts to ensure that barbarism and mass murder never occur again.”
He has expressed concern about the Democratic Party’s leftward slant, led by Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).
The Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations releases a statement condemning Democratic candidates’ calls to condition U.S. military aid on Israeli policy.
