Posts Tagged: Josh Gottheimer
‘Antisemitic Hate’: US Lawmakers Condemn Proposed Irish Ban on Trade With Israeli Settlements
A growing chorus of US lawmakers is voicing sharp criticism of a proposed Irish bill that would ban trade with Israeli communities in the West...
US Lawmaker Asks Justice Department to Investigate Palestinian Group Which Hosted Tlaib for Terror Ties
US Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) wrote a letter on Sunday to Attorney General Pam Bondi requesting a federal investigation into the New Jersey-based Palestinian American...
US Lawmakers Reintroduce Antisemitism Awareness Act
A bipartisan group of US lawmakers on Wednesday reintroduced the Antisemitism Awareness Act, which would mandate the Department of Education to apply the International Holocaust...
US Lawmakers Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Strip Funding From Universities That Boycott Israel
US Reps. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) on Tuesday introduced bipartisan legislation to cut off federal funding from universities that engage in boycotts...
Jewish US Rep. Josh Gottheimer Announces Run for New Jersey Governor
US Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) announced on Friday that he will launch a campaign to become the next governor of New Jersey. Gottheimer, who is Jewish,...
US Congress Readying Legislation to Punish Maldives Over Israel Passport Ban
The US Congress is preparing to take action against the Maldives over its recent decision to ban Israeli citizens from entering the country. US Rep. Josh...
US House Approves Resolution Calling for Harvard, MIT Presidents to Resign Over Antisemitism Testimony
The US House of Representatives on Wednesday evening approved a resolution condemning testimony from the presidents of three elite universities who last week refused to...
US Lawmaker Pledges to ‘Kill’ Growing Efforts to Condition Aid to Israel
US Representative Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) told The Algemeiner in an interview that he would work to “kill” any efforts to condition aid to Israel. “I’ve worked...
House Democrats Introduce Bill to Award Congressional Gold Medal to American Holocaust Rescuers
Five House Democrats on Tuesday introduced legislation to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to Americans who aided or rescued Jews during the Holocaust. Led by...
Rep. Ilhan Omar Expelled from House Foreign Affairs Committee, Ocasio-Cortez Slams ‘Targeting Women of Color’
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) was expelled from the House Foreign Affairs Committee Thursday in a 218-211 party line vote, booting one of Israel's most hostile...
House Resolution Aims to Counter ‘Alarming Spike’ in Antisemitism in US, Rep. Gottheimer Declares
Antisemitism in the United States has undergone an "enormous and alarming spike," the co-sponsor of a congressional resolution that condemns antisemitism by public figures told...
Congress Members Urge End to Nuclear Talks After Iranian Attack Near US Consulate in Erbil
An Iranian missile attack near an American consulate in northern Iraq drew bipartisan congressional rebuke on Sunday, with several representatives saying the United States should...
42 Members of Congress Press Blinken to ‘Defund’ UN’s New Anti-Israel Commission of Inquiry
A bipartisan group of 42 members of Congress in a Tuesday letter called on Secretary of State Antony Blinken to lead an effort to defund...
Bipartisan Bill to Sanction Those Financing Hamas Terror Introduced in Congress
A bipartisan bill that would sanction persons and organizations who help finance the Palestinian terror groups Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad has been introduced in...
