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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 594

Cory Booker

US Senator Cory Booker, a Democrat from New Jersey, speaks on the Senate floor, April 1, 2025. (Senate Television via AP)
April 2, 2025, 8:12 pm
Booker’s 25-hour speech draws Yom Kippur jokes, LA rabbi’s praise
Sharon Brous of IKAR, where the senator also spoke last Yom Kippur, says everyone should ‘find the fortitude’ to be like Booker, who fasted all day while breaking Senate record
By PHILISSA CRAMER
In this image provided by Senate Television, Sen, Cory Booker, Democrat-New Jersey speaks on the Senate floor, April 1, 2025. (Senate Television via AP)
April 2, 2025, 9:15 am
In Biblical call against Trump, Cory Booker proclaims, ‘Hineni’ — I am here
19 hours into record-breaking Senate speech against president, New Jersey Democrat cites Hebrew phrase, later talks of Gaza hostages, fixes yellow support pin to his lapel
By JTA and ToI Staff
US Senator Lindsey Graham speaks at a press conference alongside nine other US senators at a hotel in Tel Aviv on October 22, 2023. (Screenshot)
October 22, 2023, 11:03 pm
Visiting US senators: Hamas must be destroyed, war was opened to prevent Saudi peace
Lawmakers warn Tehran that Gaza war will reach its doorstep if Hezbollah attacks, look ahead to regional peace after Israeli victory
By Lazar Berman
Sen. Ben Cardin, Democrat-Maryland, speaks during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 8, 2021. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP)
October 10, 2023, 10:35 am
Congressional Democrats and Republicans back aid to Israel, with minor dissent
Foreign Relations Committee chair to advance legislation on further assistance, including replenishing Iron Dome supplies; fault line emerges among Democrats
By Ron Kampeas
Shoppers walk along Oxford Street, Europe's busiest shopping street, in London, Dec. 18, 2021 (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
December 20, 2021, 10:22 am
UK may tighten restrictions before Christmas as Europe tries to tame Omicron wave
British health secretary won’t rule out further regulations before end of week, with nation facing surge of infections; US senators Warren and Booker contract virus
By Agencies
Undated photo of the so-called 'Candy Desk,' located in the US Senate. (Public Domain/Wikimedia)
October 12, 2021, 10:33 pm
Secret candy desk puts sugar coating on US Senate business
The ‘candy desk’ — replete with chocolates, sticky lollies and other goodies — is legislators’ guilty pleasure with a unique capacity to unite the deeply divided chamber
By Elodie Cuzin
Senator Cory Booker speaks during a news conference in Hoboken, New Jersey, May 6, 2021. (Seth Wenig/AP)
June 3, 2021, 1:42 pm
US Sen. Booker launches new group of Black, Jewish senators against antisemitism
Black-Jewish coalition will include fellow Democrats Warnock and Blumenthal, also Republican Tim Scott; idea spurred by reports of rising anti-Jewish incidents
By Asaf Shalev
Illustrative: Biden supporters hold banners near the White House, August 27, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
November 7, 2020, 11:04 am
Biden’s team steps up transition plans amid vote-count limbo
Handover period may be truncated but ex-VP’s team started planning in April; advisers say top priority will be announcing chief of staff, then preparing to tackle pandemic
By Will Weissert
Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, speaks during a news conference in Cincinnati. April 16, 2018. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
August 11, 2020, 5:02 am
Bipartisan US bill aims to advance normalized ties between Israel, Arab states
New legislation from senators Portman and Booker would require State Department to publish annual report on countries’ anti-normalization practices
By Eric Cortellessa
Sen. Cory Booker shakes hands with former Vice President Joe Biden after the second of two Democratic presidential primary debates, July 31, 2019, in the Fox Theatre in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
March 9, 2020, 3:22 pm
Booker endorses Biden as US Democratic candidate, says he’ll ‘restore honor’
Decision follows recent announcements of support for former VP from Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, Pete Buttigieg, Beto O’Rourke, Mike Bloomberg, Tim Ryan and John Delaney
By AP
Illustrative: Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) 2020 Conference, in Washington, March 2, 2020. (Alex Brandon/AP)
March 3, 2020, 8:11 am
Sanders and Trump skip AIPAC, but take center stage anyway
Absences of Republican president and leading Democrat candidate to replace him underscore increasing threat to viability of a pro-Israel posture that rests on bipartisanship
By Ron Kampeas
Illustrative: New Jersey Senator Cory Booker speaks during the third Democratic presidential primary debate at Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas, on September 12, 2019. (Robyn Beck/AFP)
January 13, 2020, 8:48 pm
Cory Booker drops out of 2020 presidential race
Democratic candidate had called for a revival of civic grace, saying moral clarity was necessary in trying times, but his campaign never caught fire and struggled with fundraising
By Agencies
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., speaks at a Democratic primary debate hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Art, Wednesday, June 26, 2019, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
December 20, 2019, 4:04 pm
Where does Cory Booker stand on issues that matter to Jewish voters in 2020?
As the US presidential race heats up, along with domestic policy American Jews consider candidates’ takes on Israel, anti-Semitism, and more
By JTA
Clockwise from top left: Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg, Elizabeth Warren, Julián Castro, Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg, President Trump, Cory Booker, Amy Klobuchar, and Andrew Yang arevying to become president in 2020. (Getty Images; design by Grace Yagel/JTA)
December 20, 2019, 12:54 pm
Where the top 2020 presidential candidates stand on Jewish issues
As the US presidential race heats up, along with domestic policy, American Jews consider candidates’ takes on Israel, anti-Semitism and more
By JTA
White House senior adviser Stephen Miller, center, is seen during a congressional picnic on the South Lawn of the White House, June 21, 2019. (Alex Wong/Getty Images via JTA)
December 10, 2019, 11:19 pm
Sanders among Democratic candidates calling for Stephen Miller’s ouster
27 senators sign letter saying Trump aide ‘unfit to serve in any capacity at the White House’ following release of his emails with Breitbart reporter
By Marcy Oster
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