Posts Tagged: Ed Royce
Honoring Elie Wiesel’s Legacy, House of Representatives Passes Genocide Prevention Act
The US House of Representatives passed on Tuesday the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018. The legislation, according to the House Foreign Affairs...
House Unanimously Passes Bill Sanctioning Hamas for Using Human Shields
The US House of Representatives on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill which sanctions the terrorist group Hamas and its collaborators for deliberately putting innocent people in...
Ed Royce: Palestinians Must End ‘Pay-to-Slay’ Policy
By all accounts, Taylor Force was an all-American kid. He loved skiing, guitar and horses. He was an Eagle Scout and a West Point graduate...
US Lawmakers Advance Measures to Block Aid to Hamas
The House Foreign Affairs Committee approved legislation on Wednesday targeting the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas. The approved measures include the Palestinian International Terrorism Support Prevention Act (H.R. 2712), which will impose...
Israel Will Be America’s ‘Most Important Ally’ in the 21st Century, DC Envoy Predicts
The US-Israeli alliance will only grow stronger in the coming years, the Jewish state’s envoy to Washington predicted on Monday. “I believe Israel is going to...
Norway Demands Palestinians Repay Funds, and US Congress Cheers
JNS.org - Members of Congress and American Jewish leaders are urging the US to follow in Norway’s footsteps, after Oslo secured the return of funding that it...
Top Congressman: Palestinian Authority’s ‘Pay-to-Slay’ Scheme Has Got to Stop
The US must cut off funding to the Palestinian Authority if it continues to pay monetary rewards to terrorists and their families, the chairman of...
Palestinian Nationalism and the Case for Kurdish Statehood
Why has the West been so supportive of Palestinian nationalism, yet so reluctant to support the Kurds, the largest nation in the world without a state? The Kurds...
US Lawmaker Calls Out International Community for Funding Palestinian Terror (VIDEO)
Palestinian terrorists are being financially rewarded for their crimes by the international community, a US lawmaker said on Wednesday. Highlighting the issue during a budget hearing, Chairman of...
House Foreign Affairs Chairman Calls for New Sanctions Against Iran Over Human Rights Abuses
The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) sent a letter to President Barack Obama on Wednesday calling on the president directly to slap...
Lawmakers Introduce Bipartisan Resolution Calling on Obama to Act Against BDS
The top Republican and Democrat of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs introduced a resolution calling on the Obama administration to boost its voice and efforts in opposing the anti-Israel boycott,...
Leading US Lawmakers Fear Iran Deal Preserves Tehran’s Nuclear Program
U.S. lawmakers signaled trepidation as they prepared to comb through about 150 pages of the nuclear agreement with Iran announced Tuesday, with many fearing that the agreement would...
US House Committee on Foreign Affairs Chairman Slams UNHRC for Anti-Israel Resolution
Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs Ed Royce (R-CA) lambasted the United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday for adopting a resolution condemning Israel over alleged war crimes during last summer's...
Congress Convenes Hearing Over Iranian Ballistic Missile Threat
The House Committee on Foreign Affairs convened a hearing on Wednesday over Iran’s ballistic missile program, which some have said threatens to derail the ongoing...
