Democratic centrists succeed pro-Israel stalwarts Engel and Lowey as chairs of key House panels Progressives fail in their bids to replace the veteran lawmakers, who are leaving Congress. By Ron Kampeas December 3, 2020 4:47 pm
Gregory Meeks, who said West Bank annexation spending was off-limits with US defense aid, likely to chair House Foreign Affairs panel The New York Democrat would be the first Black lawmaker to lead the influential panel. December 2, 2020 4:07 pm
Ilhan Omar endorses the Israel boycott and is on the influential Foreign Affairs Committee. Here’s what she and her colleagues say. The first-year lawmaker told JTA that she has already had “fruitful” discussions with the panel’s staunchly pro-Israel chairman, Eliot Engel. January 23, 2019 5:52 pm
Lee Zeldin, lone Jewish GOPer in Congress, wins spot on foreign affairs panel December 17, 2014 6:05 am
Experts testify in Congress on resurgent European anti-Semitism By Suzanne Pollak February 28, 2013 11:27 am