U.S. Politics
The Biden administration thinks that such pressure improves the chances of Israel-Saudi peace, but it actually does the opposite, said the former ambassador to Israel.
Politicians, pro-Israel groups and Middle East experts applauded the unsealed federal terror charges, but many said they were a long time coming.
“The charges unsealed today are just one part of our effort to target every aspect of Hamas’s operations,” Merrick Garland said. “These actions will not be our last.”
“I’ve seen some press reporting out there about ‘take it or leave it’ and ‘final proposal,’ and ‘text this’ and ‘text that,’” John Kirby said. “Our team is still working on trying to get this to closure.”
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken last month hailed the prime minister for accepting the U.S. ceasefire proposal.
Biden’s effort to bring about an Israel-Hamas agreement received newfound urgency on Sunday.
The Virginia governor said “hatred, intolerance and antisemitism have no place in the commonwealth.”
“There’s no room to make a deal to give the stage to antisemites,” Ted Deutch, CEO of the AJC, said of the party’s refusal to allow anti-Israel protesters to speak on stage
“I believe it certainly didn’t help,” stated Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-Va.), chair of the House Energy Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
Netanyahu has yet to appoint a promised project manager to tackle sanctions on Israelis in Judea and Samaria.
Hashomer Yosh says it does not engage in violent activity of any kind.
“Israel views with utmost severity the imposition of sanctions on citizens of Israel,” the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office stated. “The issue is in a pointed discussion with the United States.”
