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Texas Congressman Lance Gooden (R) introduced legislation condemning Tehran for “reprisals” against protesters, while calling to protect Iranian political exiles in Albania, and backing the Iranian struggle for a democratic and secular government.

It is a sign of the immaturity of Israel’s political opposition that Lapid prefers a confrontation rather than a historic compromise on judicial reform.

Caroline Glick, one of the most staunch pro-Israel voices in the media, has written a column arguing that Israel should stop taking U.S. military aid because it has corrupted the leadership and policy choices of her country.

Netanyahu showed what it takes to win as a conservative, or as any kind of anti-establishment politician, left or right.

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Thursday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been invited to meet President Joe Biden in the U.S., but not specifically the White House.

Democrat presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. slammed the “anti-Israel” Democrat Party, which he accused of becoming the “party of war” and of having “lost” its way.

Bolivian Defense Minister Edmundo Novillo disclosed on Tuesday details pertaining to the cooperation agreement his country signed with Iran last week amid national security concerns from Argentina regarding growing Iranian influence in the region.

Global credit ratings agencies are punishing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for pushing through the first and most moderate of his judicial reforms, downgrading the country’s outlook due to high political tensions.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu extended an olive branch to the opposition after the passage of his first judicial reform law on Monday — but his critics rejected the overture, with some talking about “civil war.”

The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) issued a warning Monday after a 28-year-old man tested positive for the potentially fatal Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in a city in Abu Dhabi on the border with Oman.

The New York Society for Ethical Culture (NYSEC) canceled an event Monday that was to have featured Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivering a pro-Israel speech to a Jewish group Tuesday evening.

According to a report from Front Office Sports, Saudi soccer club Al-Hilal has offered French soccer sensation Kylian Mbappe a whopping $1.1 billion to play only one year for the Saudi squad.

President Joe Biden’s White House expressed regret Monday that Israel’s parliament, or Knesset, had voted to adopt a reform to the country’s powerful judiciary, over the objections of the U.S.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu is Israel’s “biggest security threat,” according to a recent Washington Post essay slamming the “Trump-like” premier currently defying President Joe Biden in passing judicial reforms opposed by the current administration.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump have not spoken in years, but Netanyahu’s victory Monday on judicial reform shows the two still have much in common — and can help each other.

Israel’s parliament, or Knesset, passed the first of several judicial reforms proposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government on Monday, defying protests and pressure from the White House.

First lady Jill Biden landed in Paris early Monday morning ready to celebrate the United States formally rejoining a U.N. arts and culture agency which has billed the White House $619 million for its trouble.

U.S. President Joe Biden called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday to abandon the first of his government’s judicial reform bills, which is due to be voted on by the Israeli Knesset (parliament) on Monday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is proceeding with the first of a set of controversial judicial reforms, despite nationwide protests, warnings from the military, and pressure from the United States.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was recovering in hospital Sunday morning after being fitted with a pacemaker. The procedure took place at Sheba Medical Centre in Tel HaShomer, his office said.

House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) said Friday that Rob Malley, the Iran envoy for President Joe Biden, may have committed “treason,” leading to his suspension from his post.

The U.S. signaled it is bolstering its military presence in the Middle East on Thursday by ordering additional warships and marines to the area to counter Iran’s growing threats to commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. The USS Bataan

A stray dog was carrying a black nylon bag containing a baby through the streets of Tripoli, Lebanon, on Wednesday.

Dozens of women made a rare show of defiance against the brutal Taliban regime in Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul on Wednesday, marching against the ban on beauty salons issued early this month by the extremist government.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani expelled the Swedish ambassador on Wednesday, even as a mob of protesters waving photos of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr stormed the Swedish embassy in Baghdad and set it on fire.

Congress has consistently failed in its constitutional and statutory duty to review 41 national emergency declarations, including the national emergency regarding Syria.

President Joe Biden has threatened the “special relationship” between the U.S. and Israel if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu goes ahead with judicial reforms that are opposed by that country’s political opposition.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia signed two contracts with Turkey’s Baykar corporation on Tuesday to acquire combat drones, the latest in a series of big sales for Baykar as the low cost and outstanding performance of its weapons in Ukraine pique the interest of governments around the world.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog addressed a special joint session of Congress on Wednesday, telling lawmakers that despite vigorous debates within Israel, or occasional differences with the U.S., “we will always be family.”

Iran is making a push to attract wealthy overseas visitors to boost its sanctions-hit economy at the same time Tehran begins a new campaign to force women to wear the Islamic headscarf and morality police return to the streets.

AFP – Joe Biden and his Israeli counterpart Isaac Herzog on Tuesday discussed tensions over a controversial judicial shake-up inside Israel that the US president has branded the work of an “extremist” government. Biden hosted Herzog in the Oval Office

Asset management giant BlackRock announced on Monday that it had named the CEO of Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil company, to its board of directors.

Israeli doctors, most of whom are unionized, plan to strike for several hours this week to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposed judicial reforms, offering patients only emergency services across the nation.

Antisemitic remarks among Democratic officials are “absolutely unacceptable” and have “got to stop,” according to Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy who slammed a leading Democrat’s recent claim that Israel is a “racist” country.

House Republicans are planning a Tuesday vote on the House Floor that would affirm support for Israel in a move to put Democrats on the record just one day before Israeli President Isaac Herzog is set to address Congress.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) challenged Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) to prove certain members of his conference are not antisemitic after Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) said that “Israel is a racist state” over the weekend — a comment she later walked back.