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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 643

Chris Van Hollen

In this image courtesy of DVIDS, a US Air Force Airmen offloads a THAAD launcher from a C-17 GlobeMaster III at Nevatim Air Base, Israel for an exercise, March 1, 2019. (Robert DURR / DVIDS / AFP)
February 25, 2025, 5:55 am
Trump rips up Biden memo aimed at Israel on rights abuses using US arms
President rescinds National Security Memorandum-20, which had required reports to Congress on how weapons being used, as part of progressive bid to curb military aid to Jerusalem
By Jacob Magid and Reuters
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and his wife Sara exit the official Wing of Zion plane in Washington, DC, on July 22, 2024. (Amos Ben Gershom / GPO)
July 24, 2024, 5:07 pm
Netanyahu’s visit said ‘barely registering’ in Washington amid election drama
Prime minister ‘hasn’t really been able to get the traction and the airtime he would have expected,’ says House aide; 35 Democrats set to boycott speech, with VP busy elsewhere
By ToI Staff
US Senator Bernie Sanders speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 8, 2023. (AP/Jose Luis Magana, File)
December 5, 2023, 10:12 am
Senate Democrats upping efforts to condition US military aid to Israel
Sen. Bernie Sanders says concrete measures regarding the protection of civilians must be fulfilled for Senate to approve continued funding
By Ellen Knickmeyer and LISA MASCARO
Passengers at Ben Gurion International Airport, June 6, 2022. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
September 10, 2023, 3:21 am
In last-ditch plea, 15 senators tell Blinken not to okay visa-free travel for Israelis
Democrats argue in letter that Israel won’t be in compliance with requirements of VWP, since Palestinians are still being discriminated against at ports
By Jacob Magid
US President Joe Biden, center, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, left, talk to reporters before a lunch with Senate Democrats on his budget and political agenda, at the Capitol in Washington, March 2, 2023. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
August 18, 2023, 12:29 am
White House said briefing top Democrats on Saudi-Israel normalization talks
Meetings part of tacit effort to rally support for deal, keeping lawmakers in the loop regarding negotiations
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara meet with US Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on March 9, 2016 (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
August 10, 2023, 4:50 pm
Some Democrats ‘dumbfounded’ by Biden’s willingness to hand major gifts to Netanyahu
Two lawmakers say timing not right to add Israel to Visa Waiver Program or to broker a Saudi normalization deal, actions that will bolster PM’s far-right government
By Jacob Magid
Illustrative: Israeli soldiers stand near a battery of the Iron Dome missile defense system in southern Israel on August 6, 2022. (Jack Guez/AFP)
June 27, 2023, 2:18 am
Senators say Israel blocking transfer of US-owned Iron Dome batteries to Ukraine
Graham and Van Hollen say they’re not asking Israel to offer its own air defense equipment to Kyiv, but to revoke veto barring the US from sending systems to Ukraine
By Jacob Magid
US President Joe Biden speaks with Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., as they walk on the South Lawn of the White House after stepping off Marine One on Nov. 10, 2021, in Washington. (AP/Patrick Semansky)
December 2, 2022, 3:58 am
US senator says Biden working to limit Smotrich and Ben Gvir influence in next gov’t
White House has been subtle in expressing concern over far-right’s rise, but Democrat close to president says administration working behind the scenes to push back
By Jacob Magid
Shireen Abu Akleh stands next to a TV camera above the Old City of Jerusalem, in an undated photo. (Al Jazeera Media Network via AP)
June 24, 2022, 7:39 am
Nearly half of Senate Democrats call for US involvement in Abu Akleh probe
AIPAC lobbies against latest congressional effort to join investigation, claiming letter implies Israel is behind Palestinian-American reporter’s death in West Bank last month
By Jacob Magid
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-C.T., center, Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., right, and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-C.T., hold a press conference at the military airbase in Beirut airport, Lebanon, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021. A delegation of four U.S. senators visiting Lebanon promised to work on easing Lebanon's crippling economic crisis. They later traveled to Israel and Tunisia. (AP Photo/ Hassan Ammar)
September 11, 2021, 1:34 am
‘PA not strong enough to lead Gaza reconstruction,’ US senator says after visit
Chris Murphy says he raised US objection to terror stipends with PA premier, discussed possible path forward on issue; Democratic lawmakers express optimism after Bennett meeting
By Jacob Magid
The US consulate on Agron Street in Jerusalem. (CC BY-SA, Magister/Wikimedia)
September 4, 2021, 3:37 am
Visiting Democrats push for reopening US consulate in Jerusalem
Issue shaping up to become a point of conflict between Washington and Jerusalem, with Biden apparently determined to reverse the Trump move
By Jacob Magid
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Democrat of Maryland, January 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
July 16, 2020, 3:21 am
In Washington, a debate over conditioning US aid to Israel heats up
With Netanyahu claiming to be on the brink of annexing parts of the West Bank, moderate Democrats are calling for fundamental changes to America’s funding policy
By Eric Cortellessa
US Senator Chris Van Hollen, a Maryland Democrat, with Senator Debbie Stabenow, a Wisconsin Democrat, right, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, June 16, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
July 10, 2020, 8:33 am
Progressive pro-Israel groups back Senate amendment to ban US aid on annexation
Eight liberal Zionist organizations, including J Street and Americans for Peace Now, say US taxpayer dollars shouldn’t support Netanyahu’s West Bank plan
By Eric Cortellessa
A picture taken in Akcakale at the Turkish border with Syria on October 10, 2019 shows smokes rising from the Syrian town of Tal Abyad after a mortar landed in the garden of a Turkish government building in Akcakale. (BULENT KILIC / AFP)
October 10, 2019, 8:37 pm
US senators propose tough sanctions on Turkey unless it leaves Syria
Bipartisan bill would freeze assets of top Turkish leaders, sanction firms that work with country’s military; Norway suspends arms exports
By AFP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) with Israel's Ambassador to the US Ron Dermer, at the president's guest house, in Washington, DC, February 14, 2017. (Avi Ohayon/ GPO/ File)
June 6, 2019, 2:40 am
Israel said trying to block bipartisan Senate two-state resolution
Diplomats reportedly working to have references to Palestinian statehood removed from text being crafted by Republican Lindsey Graham and Democrat Chris Van Hollen
By ToI Staff
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