Posts Tagged: Ben Cardin
Far Too Early to Lift US Sanctions on Syria, Lawmakers Say
Republican and Democratic US senators say it is too soon to consider lifting sanctions on Syria following the removal of President Bashar al-Assad, an indication that Washington is unlikely to change its...
US Lawmakers Celebrate Assad’s Fall, Stress ‘Vigilance’ in Monitoring Next Steps in Syria
US lawmakers have celebrated the collapse of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria but also cautioned that many of the rebel Islamist groups who helped to...
US Senate Smacks Down Bernie Sanders-Backed Effort to Block Arms Sales to Israel
The US Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted against an effort to implement a partial arms embargo on Israel, rebuffing three separate resolutions spearheaded by Sen....
Senior Senate Democrat Threatens to Block Military Aid to Egypt on Human Rights Grounds
The chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee vowed on Saturday to block military aid and arms sales to Egypt if it does not...
Rights Advocate Cardin Replaces Menendez as US Senate Foreign Relations Chair
Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) will serve as chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, replacing Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), who faces felony bribery charges,...
US Antisemitism Envoy: Antisemitism ‘Like A Herpes Virus’
The US Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism, Deborah Lipstadt, told lawmakers and human rights experts assembled in Washington on Tuesday that antisemitism is like a...
US Won’t Honor Palestinian Interpol Warrants, Top Lawmaker Says
A top US lawmaker said that Washington won’t honor Palestinian warrants issued through Interpol, though a Palestinian official claimed Ramallah had no plans to use...
Progressive Democratic Senator Maggie Hassan Under Fire for Supporting Anti-BDS Legislation
New Hampshire Democratic Senator Maggie Hassan is under fire from fellow progressives over her support for the Anti-Israel Boycott Act currently making its way through...
Congressman Behind New Anti-BDS Bill: We Want to Do Everything We Can to Protect Israel
The anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement is an “insidious” phenomenon that must be tackled head-on, an Illinois congressman who co-authored a new anti-BDS bill...
Republican Senator: Next President Should Rescind MOU With Israel and Give Jewish State a Better Deal
President Barack Obama’s successor in the White House should nix the recently signed ten-year Memorandum of Understanding on US military aid to Israel and negotiate a new...
With Senate Set to Clear Iran Deal, Opponents Must Choose: Keep Opposing, or Call for Strict Enforcement
JNS.org - When she became the 34th U.S. senator to publicly support the Iran nuclear deal, thereby stripping Congress of its power to block the Obama...
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Reaches Deal to Modify Iran Oversight Bill
JNS.org - A bipartisan deal has been reached among the leading members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on modifying a bill that...
Tenth Lesson of the Gaza War: Obama Doesn’t Want to Disarm Hamas
There is a growing consensus in the United States and around the world that the way to end the Israel-Gaza war is to disarm Hamas....
88 U.S. Senators Voice ‘Grave Concern’ Over Fatah-Hamas Government
JNS.org - Eighty-eight out of 100 U.S. senators signed a letter to President Barack Obama expressing "grave concern" over the unity government between Palestinian Authority...
