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US-supplied military equipment arriving in Israel, December 2023. (Ministry of Defense Spokesperson's Office)
February 8, 2025, 12:58 am
US State Department informs Congress of $7.4 billion arms sale to Israel
Package includes billions in munitions, related equipment that will start being delivered this year; senior Democrat says administration defied his request for sale to be paused
By Agencies and ToI Staff
US House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Gregory Meeks, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and US Embassy in Israel Charge D'affaires Michael Ratney at the US Embassy's Independence Day celebration on July 5, 2021. (Ziv Sokolov/US Embassy in Jerusalem)
July 6, 2021, 11:49 pm
At US embassy, Bennett pushes for return of bipartisan backing for Israel
Premier uses Fourth of July address to vow to strengthen ties with Democrats, which are seen to have taken a hit in recent years
By Jacob Magid
Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., speaks during the House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing on the administration foreign policy priorities on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Washington. (Ting Shen/Pool via AP)
May 18, 2021, 9:27 pm
Top Democrat won’t urge delay of $735m sale of precision missiles to Israel
Gregory Meeks, head of the powerful US House Foreign Affairs Committee and an AIPAC ally, will instead hold talks with White House on the issue
By Jacob Magid
Secretary of State Antony Blinken talks with Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., after a House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing on the administration foreign policy priorities on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Washington. (Ting Shen/Pool via AP)
May 18, 2021, 3:46 am
Top Democrat looking to delay $735 million sale of precision missiles to Israel
Gregory Meeks, head of the powerful House Foreign Affairs Committee and an AIPAC ally, wants to give panel time to review deal in light of Gaza fighting
By Jacob Magid
Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., speaks during the House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing on the administration foreign policy priorities on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Washington. (Ting Shen/Pool via AP)
April 22, 2021, 9:21 am
Bipartisan support grows for US congressional bill expanding Arab-Israeli ties
Legislation would build on last year’s Abraham Accords between Israel and Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Sudan and Morocco
By Ron Kampeas
US Rep. Gregory Meeks speaks during a news conference outside the USPS Jamaica station, August 18, 2020, in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
April 15, 2021, 8:29 am
Despite Biden OK, ‘concerned’ Democrat says US Congress to review UAE arms deal
Chairman of House Foreign Affairs Committee says he still has questions over $23 billion sale, which White House is now advancing after initial suspension
By Jacob Magid
US Rep. Gregory Meeks speaks during a news conference outside the USPS Jamaica station, August 18, 2020, in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
January 6, 2021, 6:14 am
New House foreign affairs head looks to resume US aid to Palestinians
NY Democrat Gregory Meeks rules out conditioning defense aid to Israel on accepting a Palestinian state, but indicates Congress will support efforts to reenter Iran nuclear deal
By Shaun Tandon
US Rep. Gregory Meeks, Democrat-New York speaks during a news conference outside the USPS Jamaica station, in the Queens borough of New York, August 18, 2020. (John Minchillo/AP)
December 4, 2020, 12:35 am
Pro-Israel Democrat Gregory Meeks voted chair of key House foreign affairs panel
AIPAC, J Street ally from New York to succeed Eliot Engel, winning vote by 148 to 78 over more progressive Joaquin Castro; supports US rejoining Iran nuke deal
By Jacob Magid
Rep. Brad Sherman, a Democrat of California, talks to reporters in a basement corridor at the Capitol in Washington, January 4, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
October 6, 2020, 4:41 pm
Pro-Israel groups audition Dems seeking top congressional foreign policy seat
Reps. Brad Sherman, Gregory Meeks, and Joaquin Castro arrange Zoom meetings with the Democratic Majority for Israel, J Street
By Ron Kampeas
Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, questions former White House national security aide Fiona Hill, and David Holmes, a US diplomat in Ukraine, as they testify before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
August 7, 2020, 11:30 pm
Dems seeking House foreign affairs job would restrict Israel aid over annexation
All 3 candidates running to chair powerful committee say American assistance shouldn’t go toward Israel annexing parts of West Bank, signaling growing Democratic support for idea
By Eric Cortellessa
Democratic Representative Yvette Clarke of New York speaks at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, January 2, 2020, in New York. Behind her, from left, are fellow Democratic Rep.s Grace Meng, Eliot Engel, Gregory Meeks, Carolyn Maloney, Max Rose, and Hakeem Jeffries. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
January 3, 2020, 12:24 am
NY Democrats condemn anti-Semitic attacks, but say unclear what’s fueling them
Eliot Engel says he never believed Holocaust could occur in US, but ‘it could happen here if people excuse it’; Hakeem Jeffries: ‘We’re not going to tolerate this in our community’
By Josefin Dolsten
Democratic National Committee Deputy Chair Rep. Keith Ellison (Democrat - Minnesota), right, talks to reporters as he leaves a House Democratic caucus meeting at the US Capitol, in Washington, DC, February 8, 2018. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)
February 13, 2018, 8:41 am
Senior Democrat Keith Ellison dined with Iranian president, Louis Farrakhan
Top DNC official and two other congressmen attended private dinner on the sidelines of 2013 UN General Assembly in New York
By Stuart Winer
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