Tag: Foreign Relations Committee

As late as June, Tillerson wasn’t sure the State Department should have a special anti-Semitism envoy, saying he was concerned the role could actually take attention away from the efforts to fight anti-Semitism.

Last February, facing a serious challenge to his nomination from members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee who are allergic to comparisons to things Holocaust, coming from the right or the left, Friedman bowed down and kissed the PC ring.

The payments to prisoners are not just an executive decision Chairman Abbas can turn on and off at will – even if he wanted to. It's the law in the Palestinian Authority.

The new Senate sanctions bill, with 48 co-sponsors, imposes sanctions on anyone connected to Iran’s ballistic missile program, including corporations doing business with the program.

Friedman is expected to quickly leave for Israel where he has long maintained a residence in Jerusalem.

David Friedman's nomination as US Amb. to Israel is voted up and out of US Sen. Committee.

The very existence of some of these documents proves the Iran nuclear deal – from its inception – depended on the US turning a blind eye on its violations.

Like the bulk of the Democratic party, Biden supports a two-state solution.

Cardin and Schumer called on their colleagues in both chambers to quickly advance the legislation when Congress reconvenes in September.