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Gov. John Bel Edwards will travel to Israel later this month as part of an economic development mission with a focus both on cyber security and business opportunities for Louisiana companies. Edwards, a Democrat who took office in January 2016, will leave Louisiana on Oct. 26 and return on Nov. 2. The trip schedule includes a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other government leaders in Jerusalem on Oct. 28, as well as meetings in Tel Aviv with businesses.
President Donald Trump brought his "Make America Great Again" tour to Tampa on Tuesday, touting his agenda and promoting Florida candidates to an eager audience at the Florida State Fairgrounds. Expo Hall's 8,000 seats were packed, with an additional 4,000 in an overflow room and crowds standing outside the building.
The Supreme Court upheld President Trump's travel ban Tuesday. But the policy it ultimately ruled on isn't exactly the same one the president first announced back in January 2017.
Israel "undoubtedly" serves as a model for securing America's borders, said Senator Ted Cruz during an interview on Breitbart News Sunday. "When you are surrounded by enemies who would drive you into the sea, you don't have the luxury of indulging in nonsense when it comes to national security," Cruz told host Amanda House on the eve of the U.S. embassy in Israel's move to Jerusalem.
President Donald Trump spoke to the people of Israel on Monday via a video feed at the new US Embassy in Jerusalem. : You're an anti-American mouthpiece that was given a platform by people that wish harm upon this country.
A delegation of U.S. lawmakers celebrating the opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem on Monday praised President Trump's "courageous decision" to recognize the city as Israel's capital, saying it will promote stability even if many in the Mideast are angered by the development. "This is providing the legitimacy of the State of Israel," Rep. Joe Wilson, who's heading a group of 12 Republican members of the House that will attend the embassy's official dedication Monday, told The Washington Times in a telephone interview from Jerusalem.
Israel turns 70 years old Monday, and an "embassy" sign will be put on an American government building in West Jerusalem to celebrate the occasion. But that will not make Jerusalem the capital of Israel.
The instant analysis on cable TV of President Trump's decision to dump the Iran deal had a weary resignation to it: He said he would do this. Trump repeatedly promised to pull out of the deal on the campaign trail and had made it a target from the time that Barack Obama first entered into it in 2015.
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee policy conference crowd hadn't had something or someone unabashedly to cheer for - until Monday evening.
The California Democratic Party voted at their annual convention on Sunday to oppose federal bills intended to thwart the movement to boycott Israel. The party's platform also supports a bill preventing the Israel Defense Forces from using U.S. tax dollars to detain Palestinian children.
A view of the Western Wall and the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem's Old City. Two Trump administration officials say the new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem will open in May to coincide with the 70th anniversary of Israel declaring independence.
SECURITY PERSONNEL examine the remains of an Israel Air Force F-16 fighter plane near Kibbutz Harduf on February 10, 2018. . A WAR WITH NO INSTIGATORS Asharq al-Awsat, London, February 12 There has been a dramatic turn of events in Syria.
Aligning with President Donald Trump and others Republicans, including Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-McAllen, supports the U.S. moving to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The U.S. also plans to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem by the end of 2019, Vice President Mike Pence said during an Israel visit last week.
In this Dec. 7, 2017 file photo, a Palestinian defaces a painting on the separation barrier of U.S. President Donald Trump, with a warning that Vice President Mike Pence is not welcome, in Bethlehem, West Bank. Palestinian Christians say Pence's brand of evangelical Christianity, with its fervent embrace of modern-day Israel as fulfilment of biblical prophecy, lacks their faith's compassion and justice, including for those who have endured half a century of Israeli occupation.
"Guatemala was one of nine nations that voted with the United States and Israel on Thursday when the U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted a non-binding resolution denouncing Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital," reports NBC News. "Dear people of Guatemala, today I spoke with the prime minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu.
Nikki Haley, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, speaks during the U.N. General Assembly special session on a nonbinding resolution condemning the recent U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital. The Trump administration has scrambled to contain the remarkably broad international rejection of its new policy toward the divided city of Jerusalem, including from important allies - using threats, assurances and a cold shoulder to try to limit the diplomatic damage.
As Ben Shapiro filled in for "The Glenn Beck Radio Program" on Friday, he raised a critical issue facing Jews in Europe that surprisingly made headlines in the left-leaning, mainstream media. The article Ben referenced on the program, " Anti-semitism is still alive in Germany as Jews face 'disturbing' discrimination ," delved into the evidence that, due to Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision to allow nearly 1 million Muslim refugees into Germany, anti-Semitism from ill-assimilated Muslims is now contributing to disturbingly high rates of discrimination against Jews in Europe.