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August 16, 2019

Rashida Tlaib signals she won't go to West Bank, despite getting Israeli minister's permission

Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., indicated Friday that she will not travel to the West Bank to visit family, despite getting permission hours earlier from Israel’s interior minister -- following a diplomatic firestorm over the government's earlier refusal to allow her and a colleague entry as part of a broader visit. 

August 15, 2019

Pelosi calls decision to ban 'Squad' members 'beneath the dignity' of Israel

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said that both President Trump and the Israeli government debased their offices when they pushed back on plans by two freshman congresswomen critical of Israel to visit the Mideast ally.

August 15, 2019

Israel blocks Omar, Tlaib from entering country amid pressure from Trump

Israeli officials have decided to block U.S. Reps. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., and Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., from entering the country as part of a planned visit, a reversal that comes amid pressure from President Trump and concerns about their support for boycotts of Israel. 

July 27, 2019

Bernie Sanders: US policy in Mideast can't be 'pro-Israel, pro-Israel, pro-Israel'

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders said Friday that U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East cannot be “pro-Israel.”

July 23, 2019

William McGurn: Omar and Tlaib to visit Israel – Dems' 'Thelma and Louise' are taking their act on the road

In a great gift to Donald Trump, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is going to let Reps Tlaib and Omar into Israel.

July 10, 2019

Israeli education minister likens marriage between US Jews and non-Jews to 'second Holocaust'

Israeli's minister of education recently compared during a cabinet meeting intermarriages between U.S. Jews and non-Jews to "a second Holocaust."

July 9, 2019

Largest pro-Israel group grows to 7M members, lauded by Netanyahu, Trump administration

The largest pro-Israel organization in the United States is flooding the nation's capital in support of the Jewish State.

July 9, 2019

Trump has downtown roundabout named after him in Israeli city

An Israeli city has named a traffic circle after President Donald Trump, just weeks after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government renamed a Golan Heights settlement after the president.

June 16, 2019

Wife of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu pleads guilty to misuse of government funds

The wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to a plea deal in connection with allegations that she misused about $100,000 in government money.

June 10, 2019

NY Times will end its political cartoons after 'anti-Semitic' depiction of Netanyahu, cartoonist says

The New York Times will no longer be publishing political cartoons following the uproar surrounding an anti-Semitic depiction of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to a political cartoonist whose work was featured in the paper.