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“We waited for months for the majority to schedule the vote only to have them postpone it before the election,” Sen. Jim Risch wrote. “We will not fail to act when Republicans are in the majority.”
Scharf co-founded “Jews Against Soros” in 2023.
The current chair, Jamie Harrison, is unlikely to seek another term following the Nov. 5 U.S. election.
The Jewish Electorate Institute’s survey indicates that Democrats lost a modest share of the Jewish vote compared to 2020, but within typical historical margins.
“We need to bring the full force of the law against the antisemites who are harassing Jewish or any other communities all over this state,” the Democratic congressman said in his announcement speech.
The “common-sense” bill “would ensure that no migrant tied to Hamas and the horrific terrorist attack on Oct. 7 is allowed to enter our country or receive immigration benefits,” Sen. Marsha Blackburn stated.
The IDF’s ability to act in case of violations remains a sticking point.
“This is the most extraordinarily pro-Israel group of nominees that I’ve ever seen in an American government,” Morton Klein, the president of Zionist Organization of America, told JNS.
“Iran is increasingly relying on key business partners like the Al-Qatirji Company to fund its destabilizing activities and web of terrorist proxies across the region,” a Treasury official stated.
“I don’t know how it would happen. You don’t know how it would happen, but I know that it could happen,” said Pete Hegseth at a 2018 conference in Jerusalem.
There is no indication Doha will end its role as financial backer and enabler of Hamas.
The president-elect’s picks suggest that his administration will “take the region, the Middle East, the threats confronting Israel seriously,” Blaise Misztal, of JINSA, told JNS.
