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Topic: Eliot Engel

May 16, 2013
10:53 pm

Israeli security forces inspect the site of a terror attack at a bus stop at the Tapuah junction in the northern West Bank, Tuesday, April 30, 2013 (photo credit: Flash90)

Congressmen urge Abbas to fire terrorist glorifier

Letter sent to PA president condemns Fatah official for his ‘open support for the murderer of Evyatar Borovsky’ last month

April 27, 2013
12:49 am

North Korean army officers and soldiers attend a rally at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, in February. (photo credit: AP/Jon Chol Jin)

US lawmakers introduce tough N. Korea sanctions bill

Modeled on Iran sanctions, measures may impact companies and banks in China, through which Pyongyang does most of its business

April 8, 2013
11:55 pm

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks during a ceremony at the nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz. (photo credit: AP/Hasan Sarbakhshian/File)

US lawmakers push for new sanctions on Iran

Bill could target regime officials with travel bans and seizure of assets

March 19, 2013
4:41 pm

Free Syrian Army fighters from the Knights of the North brigade leave one of their caves to reconnaissance a Syrian army forces base of al-Karmid, at Jabal al-Zaweya, in Idlib province, Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 27 (Photo credit: AP/Hussein Malla)

US senators offer bill to aid Syrian opposition

Bob Casey and Marco Rubio propose to supply rebels with humanitarian aid and defensive equipment

March 16, 2013
10:17 am

In this Monday, December 17, 2012 photo, Syrian rebels listen to their trainer teaching them how to use the RPG in Maaret Ikhwan, near Idlib, Syria (photo credit: AP/Mohammed Muheisen)

CIA ‘monitoring extremists in Syria for possible drone strikes’

Unit that runs covert program in Pakistan and Yemen said to be collecting intel on Islamic militants in Syria, some of whom are aligned with al-Qaeda

By Michal Shmulovich

March 16, 2013
1:45 am

US lawmaker pushes for lethal aid to Syrian rebels

Democratic Congressman Eliot Engel proposes legislation to provide funds to anti-Assad opposition

March 1, 2013
12:20 am

Michael Oren (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-Anne Mandlebaum)

Israel’s US envoy hosts meeting on Israeli-Greek-Cypriot ties

Ambassador Michael Oren touts shared economic and strategic interests

February 27, 2013
5:46 pm

US Congress (Photo credit: CC BY-SA Dougtone, Flickr)

US lawmakers look to hurt Iran’s purse, stop nukes

New bill requires secretary of state to determine if Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps is a foreign terrorist organization

February 16, 2013
2:20 am

Washington seeks tougher sanctions on N. Korea

Following Tuesday’s nuclear test, Pyongyang threatens further, unspecified measures of ‘greater intensity’

By Matthew Pennington

January 16, 2013
5:02 pm

Florida’s Deutch to lead Dems on Mideast subcommittee

Relative newcomer will head eight Jewish representatives, has led efforts to restrain Iran

December 22, 2012
12:28 am

Chuck Hagel arrives at Camp Ramadi, in central Iraq, for a short visit with US servicemen, July 22, 2008. (photo credit: courtesy United States Marine Corps)

Top House Democrat: Hagel has an ‘endemic hostility towards Israel’

From the web Eliot Engel latest to express deep concerns about possible defense secretary, Foreign Policy reports

December 14, 2012
11:32 pm

Rep. Gary Ackerman is one of a number of veteran pro-Israel lawmakers leaving Congress. (Courtesy of the Israel Policy Forum via JTA)

New US Congress will be missing some of its longtime pro-Israel pillars

Retirements and defeats mean a new group of supporters will take the reins on Middle East issues

By Ron Kampeas

December 14, 2012
10:31 pm

Jonathan Pollard speaking during an interview at the Federal Correction Institution in Butner, NC, in May 1998. (photo credit: AP/Karl DeBlaker/File)

Pollard gathered intel on Arab and Soviet weaponry, not US military activities, CIA document reveals

Declassified 1987 damage assessment says jailed spy’s Israeli handlers ‘never expressed interest in US military activities, plans, capabilities or equipment’

By Ron Friedman and JTA

December 12, 2012
4:50 pm

Bi-partisan letter urging Pollard’s release circulated in US Congress

Statement has so far collected 40 signatures and will be sent to President Obama

July 26, 2012
8:37 am

Congressmen to hold moment of silence for Munich 11

Rep. Ted Deutsch: ‘There is still time for the world to honor these athletes and to unite against terrorism’

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