Politics

2 leading black Democrats to boycott Netanyahu speech

Reps. John Lewis (D-Ga.) and G.K. Butterfield (R-N.C.) slammed House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) for inviting the Israeli prime minister.

Nancy Pelosi greets Yuli Edelstein, recalls when she protested on his behalf

The House speaker and Knesset speaker don’t agree on Speech-gate, but nonetheless reminisced about their shared past advocating for Soviet Jewry.

U.S. lawmakers demand U.N. enforce resolutions against terrorist groups

A bipartisan group of lawmakers from the House Foreign Affairs Committee is demanding that the United Nations enforce all Security Council resolutions so that terrorist groups cannot keep rearming.

Dems’ confronting of Israelis raises Netanyahu speech stakes

ADL urged RNC not to join American Family Association Israel trip

Beyond sanctions and kerfuffles, the Iran deal Netanyahu wants to avoid

Debbie Wasserman Schultz takes back critique of intermarriage

McCain: Obama-Netanyahu relationship ‘worst ever’

White House, State Dept. slam reissued West Bank construction tenders

Cruz, Zeldin press State Dept. on funding for group working on Israeli election

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