Sen. Joe Manchin has demanded an immediate vote on the $1.2 trillion “bipartisan” bill after being summoned to the White House to meet with President Biden. The far-left House caucus has blocked a vote on the bill.
President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion spending bill has a tough road ahead now that moderate Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) has publicly called on his colleagues to put a “strategic pause” on the pricey bill before they plunge America further into record debt.
TEL AVIV – During Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ surprise summons to Saudi Arabia last week, the PA’s official daily published anti-Iran articles claiming the Islamic Republic was spreading its “tentacles” by appropriating the Palestinian cause as part of its ongoing attempts at regional hegemony.
TEL AVIV – The Palestinian Authority dismissed Israel’s warning that it would suspend negotiations as long as a reconciliation deal is being worked on with terror group Hamas.
TEL AVIV – A Turkish court has refused to dismiss charges against Israeli soldiers despite it being a key demand in the rapprochement deal between Jerusalem and Ankara.
TEL AVIV – The Foreign Ministry on Monday slammed Turkey’s condemnation of Sunday night’s IDF strikes in Gaza, saying the country, which has carried out its own violent crackdowns following the military coup, would be wise to “think twice” before criticizing the military actions of other nations.
TEL AVIV –The interim head of Israel’s National Security Council revealed on Tuesday that the terms of the reconciliation deal with Turkey had been agreed on five years ago. Yaacov Nagel said the agreement to restore diplomatic ties was the
TEL AVIV – The failed military coup in Turkey could trigger anti-Israel and anti-Semitic sentiment, a former Turkish lawmaker warned Saturday, underscoring a “dramatic rise in vigilantism and Islamist hate speech,” The Times of Israel reported.
TEL AVIV – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he is working to oust Arab Knesset Member Haneen Zoabi after the latter caused bedlam in the Knesset by calling Israeli soldiers “murderers.”
EL AVIV – The wave of terror attacks in Turkey is likely to escalate because, as a moderate Muslim country, it represents a threat to jihadi groups, Boaz Ganor, the founder and executive director of the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) said on Wednesday.
TEL AVIV – In the aftermath of Tuesday’s suicide bombings at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport, Israeli opposition leader Isaac Herzog said terrorism is the main threat to all humanity.
TEL AVIV – Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh will not be given immunity from Israeli assassination in exchange for restoring diplomatic ties between Israel and Turkey, the Prime Minister’s Office said Saturday.
