By JNS— U.S. Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) spoke to an Israeli delegation this week about congressional support of the Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, Israel National News reported. “I want to say to all the people of Samaria that they are beloved by the American people, and we believe that Judea and Samaria are…
By JTA, Forward— A new provision in the bill funding assistance for the elderly directs the federal government to issue guidance to states on serving Holocaust survivors. The Jewish Federations of North America lobbied for the inclusion of the provision in the reauthorization of the Older Americans Act, first approved in 1965. In a statement…
By Jordain Carney, The Hill— A bipartisan group of senators is backing a resolution supporting Israel amid an uptick in Israeli-Palestinian violence. Senators are using the resolution to pressure President Obama, as well as the international community, to condemn forcefully the attacks against Israelis. They also want Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to take steps to…
By Arutz Sheva Staff, Israel National News— The US House of Representatives unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution condemning anti-Israel incitement in the Palestinian Authority (PA) Tuesday, JTA reports. The resolution, entitled House Resolution 293, notes the rampant incitement against Jews and Israelis from PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas, who, “in spite of the Oslo II agreement…
From AIPAC: Urge House Members to Oppose the Resolution of Approval Call (202) 224-3121 to reach House members through the Capitol switchboard E-mail your member of Congress Find your member of Congress Info/Questions grassroots@aipac.org Background Information The U.S. House of Representatives will votetomorrow on a resolution of approval for the proposed nuclear deal with Iran.…
By Natan Sharansky, Washington Post— These days, like many Israelis and American Jews, I find myself in a precarious and painful situation. Those of us who believe that the nuclear agreement just signed between world powers and Iran is dangerously misguided are now compelled to criticize Israel’s best friend and ally, the government of the…
By EARL COX, ISRAEL ALWAYS— There’s an old saying. “It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.” Prime Minister Netanyahu’s recent speech to the US Congress and his victory in the Israeli elections are, without doubt, still the topics of heated conversation in the…
By ILAN BERMAN, WORLD AFFAIRS JOURNAL— The Israeli electorate has spoken. After a bitterly acrimonious political campaign, and an election on March 17th that saw the highest voter turnout (72.3 percent) in recent memory, Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu has received a reinvigorated mandate to govern. That outcome was almost completely unexpected. On the morning…
By ANAV SILVERMAN, YNET— While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu referenced several cultural, political, and historical figures throughout his highly-anticipated speech to Congress on Tuesday March 3 – including Harry S. Truman, Queen Esther, Robert Frost, and Elie Wiesel – he concluded his historical address with the biblical figure of the prophet Moses. The Israeli…
By JEFF JACOBY, BOSTON GLOBE— CHARLIE ROSE wasn’t sure he’d heard right. National Security Advisor Susan Rice, his guest on PBS, was lamenting that the controversy over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s forthcoming speech to Congress had “injected a degree of partisanship” into the traditionally bipartisan US-Israel relationship. That’s not only “unfortunate,” said Rice. “It’s…