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The planned trip follows an invitation to address the Israeli parliament extended to President Javier Milei last month by Knesset Speaker Amir Ohama.
Sharabi expressed the urgency of returning the remaining captives in Gaza.
After the premier’s Likud Party, Yair Golan’s opposition The Democrats received the next most projected seats.
“For too long, the Lebanese people were denied a governing body that could unite the country and rebuild institutions,” said the U.S. State Department.
A former leader of French Jews called the move “inevitable.”
“Not for 24 hours, but for years,” civil rights attorney Leo Terrell warned.
“This region is the heart of our shared Judeo-Christian heritage and recognition of the right of Israel to declare sovereignty over this region would build upon your previous recognition of the importance of this heritage,” the letter reads.
Reut Ben-Chaim, a mother of eight and co-founder of Tzav 9, a group opposed to the entry of aid into Gaza, was slapped with U.S. sanctions targeting “extremist” individuals “undermining peace in the region.”
The Biden directive required recipients of U.S. arms to provide written assurances within 45 days that they were abiding by international law.
In recent weeks, Israeli diplomats held several meetings with the parties in France, Spain and Sweden.
“Anyone who deals in Iranian oil exposes themselves to significant sanctions risk,” said U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
“There is a general sense of uncertainty and concern about what’s happening right now, and you wonder what Jewish life will be like in Ontario,” Jason Cherniak, a center-left Liberal running for office, told JNS.
