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Pompeo enraged the Stalinist faction of the Democratic party, who immediately took to Twitter to set things right.

“We have a $38 billion commitment over 10 years for military aid to Israel,” said Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), who is the chairman of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee. “The Israelis need it for defense.”

To date, the United States has provided Israel $142.3 billion (current, or non-inflation-adjusted, dollars) in bilateral assistance and missile defense funding.

Omar referenced the classic "dual loyalties" accusation used by Jew haters for at least 3,500 years.

It is unlikely that House Democrats would touch the anti-BDS portion of the Senate legislative package, if only to avoid exposing the party's rift over Israel.

Here's the troublesome point: Israel has not complained about the American withdrawal from Syria, not publicly, anyway.

In his signing statement, back in September 2016, President Obama did not declare strategic cooperation with Israel to be an end in itself, as did Monday's statement from the Trump administration.

The move signaled that there's a new sheriff in town when it comes to Paraguay-Israel relations.

The approved changes will expand the work and activity areas of the Embassy and allow more US employees to operate from Jerusalem.

On Monday, Democratic House candidate Wallace celebrated on Facebook his J Street endorsement.

The move, potentially forcing PA and Gaza Arabs to seek consular services in the US embassy in the western part of the city, the "Jewish part," could "further dampen Palestinian hopes for an independent state."

Jahan-Abadi explained that these Jewish-Zionist groups’ animosity towards the Islamic Republic is "due to Iran’s support for the oppressed people of Palestine in the face of Israel’s brutal aggression."

Netanyahu treated the Trump move on Iran just as he had done the Obama pro-Iran move, by openly criticizing what has been the US President's most significant deal with Russia. To his credit, Netanyahu was unafraid to openly express his major disagreement with both super powers, after whispering it through quiet diplomatic channels had failed.

Members of Congress and many of the nation’s chief religious leaders call on President Trump to move the US embassy to Jerusalem.

Although President-Elect Trump should not be taken for granted on any issue, his choices for Ambassador to Israel and for the Israel-PA peace negotiator are at least a positive opening signal to Israel's rightwing majority.

A whopping 80.5% of the Jewish public agree with the recent statement by Ambassador Ron Dermer that “Israel has no doubt that President-elect Trump is a true friend of Israel.”

According to the Israel Ministry of Defense, F-35 related cooperation between Lockheed Martin and Israeli defense companies has reached $993 million.

Clinton, Bush and Obama all pledged on their campaign trails to move the embassy to the "eternal city."

Did Netanyahu sign the MOU in return for an Obama promise to leave him alone between Nov. 9 and January 17?

When you see injustice and lies on your college campuses, what do you do?

AIPAC’s success in weakening the 2012 pro-Israel language left some Republicans angry.

In his address to the Herzliya conference, Gov. Huckabee said that “every friend of Israel is a friend of the United States and every enemy of Israel is an Enemy of the United States.”