U.S. Politics
The bill mandates that the president impose sanctions on any entity that “knowingly and materially supports, orders, controls, directs or otherwise engages in” the exercise of human shields by the terrorist organizations Hezbollah and Hamas.
“I’ll do everything I can as a member of Congress to speak out against anti-Semitic activities in the U.S. and throughout the world.”
In October, newly appointed Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that he was open to officially recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and moving the Australian embassy there from its current location in Tel Aviv.
A comprehensive survey conducted by CNN found alarming levels of anti-Semitic attitudes among Europeans, with statistics on anti-Semitic acts across Europe “mind-boggling.”
The longtime supporter of Israel, who once worked with Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek, is “absolutely opposed to a boycott of any kind both in terms of disinvestment, as well as in the attacks on Israeli academics by the British Union.”
“The relationship between our two countries is so strong that I remain hopeful that next year, the Polish ambassador to Israel will follow in the footsteps of the American ambassador to Israel and light a menorah in a Polish embassy in Jerusalem,” said Israel’s Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer.
“It’s one-sided. … [They] have these lavish trips to Israel, but they don’t show the side that I know is real,” said Rashida Tlaib, a Democrat who will be representing Michigan’s 13th Congressional District.
“Anti-Semitism is horrific, like any form of racism. It should be called out. We should rail against it as much as we possibly can.”
“Even Jewish Democrats such as myself, who never voted for him, appreciated the man,” said Norm Eisen, a former U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic
The president sent his message to “our Jewish brothers and sisters in the United States, in Israel and around the world,” noting Hanukkah’s origins in the story of rededicating the Holy Temple in Jerusalem.
The first LGBTQ person elected from Minnesota says she will be an “active part of promoting a strong, safe and secure Israel” in Congress.
“For me, it’s a natural fit—to support Israel in just about everything. I believe that they’re so important in that region.”
