WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)- Hundreds of activists from 23 states across the country, from California to Ohio, to New York, Pennsylvania and Florida, participated in the Zionist Organization of America’s Annual Advocacy Mission to Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, May 21. Meeting with almost 100 Members of Congress or their legislative staffers, ZOA activists urged …
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A living memorial to the unity of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel was established yesterday by the planting of a tree in Lafayette Park, opposite the White House. The ceremonies, marking the 13th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem in 1967, were conducted by the Zionist Organization of America.
ZOA National President Morton A. Klein said, “Senator Feinstein is wrong. The bill, introduced by Senators Mark Kirk (R-IL) and Bob Menendez (D-NJ), which now has the support of 59 senators, does notrequire U.S. military support for Israel in the event of hostilities. That is merely in the bill’s preamble.
“TheBill’s preamblestates, asa matter of the sense of Congress, not as a matter of law, that the U.S. should support Israel if ‘the Government of Israel is compelled to take military action in legitimate self-defense against Iran’s nuclear weapon program, the United States Government should stand with Israel and provide, in accordance with the law of the United States and the constitutional responsibility of Congress to authorize the use of military force, diplomatic, military, and economic support to the Government of Israel in its defense of its territory, people, and existence.’
“Given that fact, Senator Feinstein’s remark is offensive and astonishing –– and wrong. Her statement plays to the anti-Semitic stereotype that the Jewish lobby manipulates America into doing Israel’s bidding to the detriment of U.S. interests.
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The United States and its allies will have ways to reimposesanctions on Iranif the Islamic Republic is caught making bombs afterstriking a dealto freeze its nuclear program, national security adviser Susan Rice said on Sunday.
In an interview on the CBS news program “60 Minutes,” Rice rejected the idea that, once relaxed, the economic sanctions on Tehran would be hard to reinstate.
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The recent passage of a long-stalled bill to appoint a State Department envoy for religious minorities in the Middle East has Capitol Hill insiders heralding the arrival of what they say is a powerful new pro-Israel lobby.
The House last week overwhelmingly passed a bill requiring the State Department to appoint a special envoy to defend religious minorities in tumultuous countries such as Egypt, Iran, Syria, and Iraq, where violence against Christians and other minorities has spiked in recent months.