The United States on Thursday announced new sanctions on Iran targeting its unarmed aerial vehicle production after its attack on Israel, and President Joe Biden said G7 leaders were committed to acting together to increase economic pressure on Tehran. Biden said the United States and its allies had helped Israel beat back the April 13 missile and drone strike
As I write, Israel has yet to respond to last week’s Iranian drone and missile attack. The situation is fluid, but we do know that President Biden opposes an Israeli response. He’s told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to escalate against Iran. “You got a win,” Biden said to Bibi. “Take the win.” By the
When Sen. Bob Casey cast a deciding vote for the Iran nuclear deal, the Pennsylvania Democrat insisted it would “enhance” Israeli and American national security. Instead, the Obama-era agreement unlocked billions of dollars that helped Tehran fund its “unprecedented” drone attack against Israel last week. In 2015, Casey and fellow Democrat Sen. Chris Coons (Del.)
Days after the Biden administration gave its blessing to a newly formed Palestinian Authority government in the West Bank, the PA handed out dozens of bonus payments for security forces who were involved in attacks on Israelis. According to the PA’s official news outlets, the Palestinian General Intelligence Service on April 4 provided a grant
Columbia University president Minouche Shafik gave congressional testimony Wednesday on the explosion of campus anti-Semitism. Facing questions from the Republican-led House Education Committee, Shafik said that “anti-Jewish protests” have not taken place at Columbia—then reversed course. “You were asked, ‘Were there any anti-Jewish protests?’ and you said no,” said Rep. Elise Stefanik (R., N.Y.), noting
Chinese Embassy officials met with congressional staffers to lobby against a bill that would force TikTok’s sale to a non-Chinese company, Politico reported Wednesday. The Capitol Hill staffers—one working in the House and the other in the Senate—said the Chinese Embassy initiated the meetings with them, where its diplomats downplayed the national security concerns with
‘The buck stops with me,’ Eugene Vindman says after top Democrat calls him ‘ignorant’ (X/Twitter) Virginia Democratic congressional candidate Eugene Vindman called to change the Virginia state flag while apologizing for posing with the flag of Virginia’s Civil War-era Confederate government. “The buck stops with me,” Vindman said in his apology. Vindman issued the apology