UDP faces questions from N.J. Jewish leaders why it stayed on sidelines against Hamawy

Senate lawmakers introduce bill to establish coordinated Middle East air-defense acquisitions

Sens. Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Joni Ernst (R-IA) and James Lankford (R-OK) are set to introduce a bill on Thursday directing the Pentagon to develop a coordinated air- and missile-defense acquisition strategy with Israel, Abraham Accords members and other Middle East allies. The Optimizing Acquisition Strategies for Integrated Security (OASIS) in the Middle East Act, which... <a href="">Read More</a>

It's complicated: Trump and Netanyahu's relationship status

It’s a strange moment when the leader of the free world explains to a reporter why he cursed out the prime minister of a major ally. But we live in an increasingly strange moment, one in which President Donald Trump confirmed to the New York Post this week that he had indeed called Israeli Prime... <a href="">Read More</a>

Israel and Lebanon agree to extend ceasefire, establish joint security zones

Israel and Lebanon agreed on Wednesday to extend their ceasefire — which in practice has been tenuous — on the condition that Hezbollah disarms and withdraws from Israel’s northern border, and to jointly establish “pilot zones” where the Lebanese Armed Forces “will take exclusive control of the territory.” The parties, together with the U.S., announced the... <a href="">Read More</a>

GOP lawmakers argue Hamawy’s terror ties could pose national security risk in House

Some lawmakers are warning that the past terrorist ties of Adam Hamawy, the Democratic nominee in New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District expected to be elected to the House in November, could pose a national security risk and that he should be barred from serving on sensitive committees working on national security issues. Hamawy was an... <a href="">Read More</a>

Stutzman introduces resolution backing Netanyahu’s call to wind down U.S. aid

Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) introduced a resolution on Wednesday endorsing and praising Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s call to wind down U.S. aid to Israel over the next decade, the latest twist in the rapidly evolving U.S. conversation over the future of the U.S.-Israel relationship and U.S. aid to Israel. Few Republicans, at this point,... <a href="">Read More</a>