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A former Republican congressman in Indiana who is a longtime

A former Republican congressman in Indiana who is a longtime critic of Israel failed in his bid to return to the House of Representatives after the and mounted an effort to support his opponent. Election returns in Indiana’s 8th district on Tuesday night showed state Senator Mark Messmer, the RJC’s favored candidate, soundly defeating John Hostet...

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Scores of lawmakers from 's Democratic Party told him on

Scores of lawmakers from 's Democratic Party told him on Friday that they believe there is sufficient evidence to show that Israel has violated US law by restricting humanitarian aid flows into war-stricken Gaza. A letter to Biden signed by 86 House of Representatives Democrats said Israel's aid restrictions "call into question" its assurances that...

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The US Senate approved on Tuesday legislation to bar imports

The US Senate approved on Tuesday legislation to bar imports of , as the United States continues to seek to disrupt Russia's efforts in its war against Ukraine. The Senate passed the measure by unanimous consent, meaning that no senators objected to it. The House of Representatives passed the bill in December. Uranium is used to power commercial nu...

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Members of Congress from both the Republican and Democratic parties

Members of Congress from both the Republican and Democratic parties have warned the International Criminal Court against issuing arrest warrants against Israeli officials, according to a Tuesday Axios report. The report says that if arrest warrants are issued against high-ranking Israeli officials, the court would subsequently be met with sharp . O...

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US Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is my favorite Republican. No

US Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is my favorite Republican. No one has done more to create the chaos that is the Republican-led House of Representatives, and no one is doing more to end it and flip the chamber Democratic in November.  Moscow Marge, as she’s been dubbed, is the toast of Russian television, along with Tucker Carlson, whose fawning inte...

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While the United States coalition against Iran, constituted by Western

While the United States coalition against Iran, constituted by Western countries and moderate Arab states is worthy of praise, for the US, the fear of a nuclear Iran trumps the fear of a Hamas-controlled Palestine. Therefore, while siding with Israel, the Biden administration is attempting to restart talks on the establishment of a Palestinian stat...

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Two New York congressmen, a Democrat and a Republican, introduced

Two New York congressmen, a Democrat and a Republican, introduced a bill that would allow the federal government to compel universities to accept supervision from an antisemitism monitor. The bill introduced Friday by Reps. Ritchie Torres, a Bronx Democrat, and Mike Lawler, a Rockland County Republican, comes in the wake of anti-Israel protests roi...

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In all other years, the Massachusetts House of Representatives begins

In all other years, the Massachusetts House of Representatives begins its annual budget debate on the Monday after Patriots’ Day, the state holiday that commemorates the first battles of the Revolutionary War. But this year, lawmakers broke from their time-honored traditions and postponed the ritual — in deference to their Jewish colleagues. That’s...

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has been home to a camp on the West Lawn

has been home to a camp on the West Lawn of its Morningside Heights campus for the past week. This camp, however, is nothing like your good old summer camp. It is an encampment of hate. The encampment was set up the night before Columbia University President Minouche Shafik was set to testify in a hearing on college antisemitism before the House o...

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heckled House Speaker on Wednesday as he visited the flashpoint

heckled House Speaker on Wednesday as he visited the flashpoint of nationwide student demonstrations over the Israeli war in Gaza, even as the New York school agreed to 48 more hours of negotiations to end a protest encampment. Johnson's visit, which he said was meant to support Jewish students intimidated by some anti-Israeli demonstrators, took...

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Monday that President

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Monday that President Joe Biden was "pushing" for a ban on TikTok and would be the one responsible if a ban were imposed, urging voters to take notice. The US House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation on a 360-58 vote on Saturday that would give TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance abo...

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Columbia University has deactivated the ID card of Shai Davidai,

Columbia University has deactivated the ID card of Shai Davidai, the Israeli-American professor at Columbia Business School whose crusade against pro-Hamas student activity has brought global attention, Davidai claimed on Monday.  "They deactivated my card," Davidai said in a video circulating on social media, adding, "We just want to be Jewish on ...

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US Representative Virginia Foxx, Chairwoman of the House Committee on

US Representative Virginia Foxx, Chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, wrote a to on Sunday charging the university with a failure to meet its obligations under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act to ensure an environment of equal opportunity for Jewish students.   Foxx, a Republican who represents a constituency in North...

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Sunday condemned extremist

New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Sunday condemned extremist slogans chanted during ongoing protests at Columbia University and pledged that "the [New York Police Department] will not hesitate to arrest anyone who is found to be breaking the law." "I am horrified and disgusted with the antisemitism being spewed at and around the Columbia University...

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have seen a startling escalation in violent and pro-terrorist rhetoric

have seen a startling escalation in violent and pro-terrorist rhetoric since the anti-Israel activists occupied the campus on Wednesday. Videos of demonstrators promising to carry out more massacres similar to the one on October 7 have flooded social media, many of them posted and activists themselves. They have not only praised Hamas, calling on...

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lashed out at the United States

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lashed out at the United States for its which in the past has been accused of mistreating Palestinians. Among the more high-profile incidents was the death of Palestinian American Omar As’ad, 80, of a heart attack after he had been detained, blindfolded, gagged, and handcuffed by that battalion in the West Bank.  “...

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must meet the urgency of the moment and support its

must meet the urgency of the moment and support its ally Israel, leadership from the Anti-Defamation League, AIPAC, American Jewish Committee, Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organization and Jewish Federations of North America say in a letter to members of Congress on Friday morning written after the vote for the national securi...

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Thirteen Democrats and one Republican in the voted against a

Thirteen Democrats and one Republican in the voted against a resolution on Thursday that condemns Iran's attack on Israel and fully supports Israel's right to respond to this aggression through military, diplomatic, economic, and other necessary means.  Republicans voted 211-1, and Democrats voted 193-13.  The most progressive members and loudest ...

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The US House of Representatives will have its long-awaited vote

The US House of Representatives will have its long-awaited vote on aid for Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific as soon as Saturday, Republican Speaker Mike Johnson said on Wednesday, more than two months after a similar package passed the Senate. The House Appropriations Committee unveiled legislation providing more than $95 billion in security as...

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The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bi-partisan resolution on

The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bi-partisan resolution on Tuesday which condemns the phrase "" as "outrightly antisemitic," according to a release from Rep. Josh Gotteimer (R-NJ) who was one of three leading representatives behind the resolution.  The resolution said the slogan is an "an antisemitic call to arms with the goal o...

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