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Florida House adopts bill to ban use of West Bank term in official documents

At the House Government Operations Subcommittee on Tuesday, the bill received 16 yes votes and 1 no, making it adopted.

An Israeli border policeman runs as a pro-Palestinian Jewish activist holds a sign during a protest against Jewish settlements in Salfit in the West Bank, December 3, 2020
 US SENATOR Bernie Sanders speaks at a May Day rally in Philadelphia earlier this month. In a Senate committee meeting, Sanders said: ‘We can agree that antisemitism is unacceptable in all forms, but some of us happen to believe that the response of the Netanyahu government to the Hamas attack is al

Holocaust Memorial Museum board looks to oust Bernie Sanders after years of absence - report

DEMOCRATIC US Sen. Tim Kaine (C) speaks next to fellow Democrats Chuck Schumer (L) and Adam Schiff during a press conference on Capitol Hill last week.

Washington needs quality control, not cover-up - opinion

US President Donald Trump speaks at the Detroit Economic Club in Detroit, Michigan, US, January 13, 2026.

Trump, Venezuela's Rodriguez tout positive phone call, Trump finds Senate win


Trump’s second term begins with divisive decisions and unforced errors - opinion

He won the right to rule, but it is not an absolute right, something he seems to have trouble comprehending but nonetheless encountered within days.

 SEN. LISA MURKOWSKI, a Republican from Alaska, says she will vote against confirming any Trump nominee who has not had a full FBI vetting, the writer notes.

Israel at war day 412: What happened in Gaza, Lebanon?

IDF announces fallen soldier • Netanyahu aide Eli Feldstein indicted for endangering national security

 Smoke billows over Beirut's southern suburbs, after an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Baabda, Lebanon, November 21, 2024.

Progressive senators push to block offensive US arms sales to Israel

Bernie Sanders and other progressive senators call to block US offensive weapon sales to Israel, citing the Gaza humanitarian crisis.

 US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks at a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, May 10, 2023.

Senate leader threatens ICC sanctions over pending Netanyahu warrants

“The Senate must pass or bill to protect Americans and our allies from wrongful targeting by the ICC. Standing up for our great ally Israel shouldn’t be a partisan issue."

(L-R): International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Angela Alsobrooks beats AIPAC-aligned opponent in Maryland Democratic primary

In one of the costliest Senate primary races in US history, Trone spent at least $62 million of his own money and did not accept money from political action committees.

 Angela Alsobrooks, picture taken 2011

House passes bill that would enshrine IHRA definition into US law

The bill’s passage would mean the definition would apply when officials adjudicate Title VI complaints alleging campus antisemitism.

 US REP. Marjorie Taylor Greene stands next to House Speaker Mike Johnson, earlier this month. Greene has been working to punish Johnson for passing the four-part foreign aid package, the writer notes.

Senator Joe Lieberman and 'The Jerusalem Report' - opinion

Ironically, as I watched the senator read my Jerusalem Report, I had been writing fairly regularly for the publication – mainly providing interesting anecdotes from the Jewish world.

 Senators Joe Lieberman (left) and John McCain visit the Western Wall on March 19, 2008.

US House sends impeachment of Biden border official to Senate

The 100 senators are due on Wednesday to be sworn in as jurors for a trial that could take at least a week.

 US President Joe Biden looks on during his visit at the Chavis Community Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, US, March 26, 2024.

My stepfather, Joe Lieberman, modeled integrity inside and out

Senator Joe Lieberman would have been a star pupil in Rabban Gamliel’s academy.

 JOE LIEBERMAN

Father of lone soldier killed in Jerusalem stabbing attack running for Georgia state Senate

David Lubin is running in Georgia’s May 21 primary as a moderate Democrat.

 MOURNERS ATTEND the funeral of Border Police Sgt. Rose Ida Lubin at Mt. Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, earlier this month. She was murdered in a stabbing attack.