Congress passed Jerusalem Embassy Act, recognized Israel's claim to the city and set aside funds for U.S to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. ..…

When a rightwing racist Israeli prime minister– Netanyahu– came to address the Congress in 2011 and say that Jerusalem was the ancient Jewish homeland and not a settlement, the head of the Democratic National Committee, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, led the Congress in countless standing..…

Nor is American recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital reversal of U.S policy. The Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 clearly states  . Congress makes the following findings Each nation, under law and custom, may designate its own capital Since 1950, the city of..…

“Any outcome that gives Bibi less power is going to improve relations with Jerusalem and Democratic leaders in Congress,” said Aaron Keyak, a former chair of the National Jewish Democratic Council. ... A former Republican operative, Dermer brokered Netanyahu’s back-door speech to..…

Berkowitz studied at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and is co-founder and director of the “Israel Program on Constitutional Government.” . And Congress would also be singing the “amen” chorus in support of U.S. intervention to help the country it has ridiculously but..…

This officially recognized Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel, and ended the period from 1995 when Congress passed the Jerusalem Embassy Act. ..…

For example, it was Trump who moved the American embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Israel’s actual capital city, Jerusalem. . In stark contrast, the media has largely circled the wagons to defend actual anti-Semites in Congress, such as Rep. ..…

[In top photo: Arab residents of Jerusalem gather for an enlistment rally outside the Old City | Photo: Library of Congress] . . ..…

., was more than six thousand miles from Jerusalem when he heard Israeli government decided to bar two Muslim members of Congress from making official visit to Jewish state.. ..…

House members, known for their criticism of Israel, affinity for BDS and anti-Semitic rhetoric, planned to visit East Jerusalem, Hebron, Bethlehem and Ramallah, meet there with Palestinian Arabs and discuss Israel's security fence.  . Congress, Democrat Representatives   Rashida Tlaib..…

The 'Path of Pilgrim is excavation of underground archeological site that has been going on for the last six years collaboration between Elad Association, Israel Antiquities Authority and Nature and Parks Authority Palestinian Authority claims this historic event supports 'Judaization of Jerusalem..…

The congress created Arab Women's Executive Committee to carry out decisions, and this served of Jerusalem, and were involved community organizing and charitable works. ..…

ATHENS NEW YORK JERUSALEM — The World Jewish Congress on Monday welcomed the results of Sunday's elections Greece. ..…

To get a perspective on how dramatically Israel has changed, on Capitol Hill, in a panel addressing Members of Congress and aides, this reporter pointed out that until recent decades a trip from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem would have taken two- and one-half hours. ..…

By disrupting it with repeated anonymous bomb threats, In 1972, Black Panthers presented themselves as enemies of Zionism, and they protested World Zionist Congress meeting Jerusalem.. ..…

She participated in missions to the USSR to meet with Refuseniks, to Ethiopia with a medical team to help the Jewish villages and to China to open up relations prior to China recognizing the State of Israel, She has been pro-active lobbying congress and helping to start a Pro Israel PAC in Los..…

Illustrative: Police officers detain a Palestinian man outside the Old City of Jerusalem on March 12, 2019. ... President Trump’s attempt to sidestep Congress’s refusal to fund the construction of a wall between the US and Mexico by declaring a “state of emergency” on immigration..…

The decision by Congress to throttle the PA has had further repercussions, leaving Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu exposed domestically. ... The Trump administration enjoys bipartisan backing from Congress both for its Jerusalem embassy move and for economic measures that..…

Library of Congress, LC-M33- 4218. . In mid-October of 1937, he fled from hiding in Palestine to Beirut. ... At the Mosque el-Aksa [i.e., al-Aqsa in Jerusalem].” Library of Congress, LC-M33- 4221. . ..…

Consulate General in Jerusalem, which had served U.S.-Palestinian relations since 1844.” . 3. “It discontinued Congress-approved funding to Palestinian civil society, hospitals and infrastructure, and then, following the advice of this “peace team,” it defunded UNRWA, the U.N. agency..…

. • Jerusalem Ashrawi and her colleagues profess outrage that U.S recognition of Jerusalem including Temple Mount area, transferred to them as the capital of their prospective state. By overwhelming majorities in the, Congress Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995, passed House and..…

Perhaps the best example of that came early in Trump’s Presidency when he followed through on his campaign promise to move the United States Embassy in Israel from its historic location in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. While previous American Presidents had made this promise, and Congress had..…

Embassy in Jerusalem in May 2018, Secretary Pompeo reported to Congress that the relevant elements of the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 have been addressed. ..…

He became the president to enforce the will of Congress to move American to Jerusalem, Bush, and Obama — found excuses not to do so. ..…

He became the president to enforce the will of Congress to move American Embassy to Jerusalem, Bush, and Obama found excuses not to do so. ..…

Kaunda made the suggestion on Friday at a political debate for ward councilors organized by the National Initiative for Civic Education NICE (Trust) held at New Jerusalem Private Primary School in Mzuzu. . The debate attracted three participants; Lillian Kadango of Malawi Congress Party..…

About 2 percent of American electorate is Jewish, and that small proportion can have dramatic effect on U.S elections, Jack Rosen, president of American Jewish Congress, wrote for Jerusalem Post month before U.S midterm elections. ..…

For Netanyahu, the Holocaust is nothing more than political capital, as was proven when he claimed in a speech to the World Zionist Congress in 2015 that it was not Hitler, but the Grand-Mufti of Jerusalem, who came up with the idea to mass murder all European Jews. . ..…

It is yet to be made operative by an act of Congress or an executive order. . It coincided with a high-profile visit to Jerusalem by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo -- another boost for Netanyahu as he fights what is shaping up to be a close-run reelection battle. . ..…

For Ted Cruz and his cohort Tom Cotton, making the once divided Jerusalem—now largely ethnically cleansed of Arabs (this is called the “Judaization of Jerusalem” in politespeak)—the capitol of Israel was not hardly enough. Now Congress must recognize and support the outright theft of..…

The only way the Middle East will progress is by “shaking the tree,” and this is what is happening with Trump’s agreement to move the US Embassy to Jerusalem. This is not his decision, it was already formulated in the Reagan era, where congress voted this move, but it required the..…

More recently, the court took on a dispute between the Obama administration and Congress over the recognition of Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem. ..…

He currently heads the Israel Council on Foreign Relations, a Jerusalem think tank affiliated with the World Jewish Congress. . ..…

He accepted an invitation to address a joint session of Congress, but Obama had 58 Democratic loyalists in Congress boycott the speech. . Beyond snubbing Israel in Jerusalem and Washington DC, and standing by idly when the United Nations Security Council lambasted Israel, the Obama..…

President Trump’s decision to move the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem caused enormous controversy, but he was merely implementing a bipartisan law Congress passed in 1995. ..…

At dinner on Tuesday, European Jewish Congress President Moshe Kantor awarded 'Navigator of Jerusalem Prize to Chancellor Sebastian Kurz for his commitment to the issues of antisemitism and Jewish security and for ensuring these are among the priorities of his leadership... ..…

Moreover, though the U.S. government’s abstention on Security Council Resolution 2334 in December 2016 kicked-up a ruckus in Jerusalem, in Congress and in the more fanatically Zionist precincts of the Upper East Side of Manhattan, the decision to stay out of the vote occurred after the..…

RJC Chairman Norm Coleman stated, President Trump and Republican-led Congress accomplished including recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and moving the US embassy there, taking us out of Iran deal and reimposing strong sanctions, cutting back regulations and growing jobs in this..…

In recent article The Jerusalem Post, Jack Rosen, president of the American Jewish Congress, claims Jewish vote could very well tip the balance. ..…

Democrat Rashida Tlaib (MI), who wants to be the first Muslim woman in Congress and supports Rasmea Odeh, convicted of murdering two American students in a Jerusalem bomb attack. ..…

Michigan Democrat Rashida Tlaib, who aims to the first Muslim woman in Congress, supports Rasmea Odeh, convicted of murdering two American students in a Jerusalem bomb attack. ..…

CT lawmakers join Congress' outcry over Trump-Putin summit . CT senators split over Jerusalem policy . . . ..…

In a move not mentioned in Congress or in the mainstream media, The Jerusalem Post recently lambasted Trump for his stance on the deal in language that was startling. . ..…

The pressure was particularly intense on Congress, resulting in the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 under President Bill Clinton. ..…

The waiver signed by Trump relates to law requiring the branch of the government to relocate American Israel to Jerusalem. While Congress does not have the authority under US Constitution to dictate to the president what his policy should be, it does have power over the government's purse..…

A global group of popular Christian singers and musicians perform as the Israeli flag is presented at the Empowered21 Congress in Jerusalem Israel on May 20, 2015. | (Photo: The Christian Post/Leonardo Blair) A new book by Christian scholars makes a theological case for Christians to support..…

Recall that Congress passed a law requiring “Israel” to be listed as the country of birth of those Americans born in Jerusalem, but a series of presidents have refused to so, simply letting it say “Jerusalem,” without a country. ... But the Jerusalem flap involves neither...…

A lawsuit over a baby's passport also will be before the court in a case that has a taste of Middle East politics and a fight between the president and Congress. . ... Congress, though, passed a law in 2002 giving Jerusalem-born U.S. citizens that option. ..…