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FILE - US representative Eliot Engel before a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, July 28, 2015, on the Obama administration's case for the Iran nuclear agreement. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
April 11, 2026, 6:52 am
Longtime US congressman Eliot Engel, whose defeat augured surge in anti-Israel sentiment, dies at 79
AIPAC eulogizes the Jewish lawmaker as a ‘steadfast friend of the pro‑Israel community,’ while fellow New York Democrats remember him as a ‘great champion of the Bronx’
By Grace Gilson
GOP Representative Brian Mast of Florida, wearing an IDF uniform, talks with reporters as Republicans hold a caucus meeting at the Capitol in Washington, October 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
December 11, 2024, 6:41 am
Lawmaker who assisted IDF as civilian volunteer to lead House foreign affairs panel
GOP’s Brian Mast has been a pugnacious defender of Israel in Congress, wore an Israeli uniform to the US Capitol in show of support after Oct. 7
By Ron Kampeas
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy waves as he walks on stage before speaking at an annual leadership meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition, Nov. 19, 2022, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
November 20, 2022, 8:30 am
McCarthy vows to remove Omar from foreign affairs committee over Israel criticism
Likely next House speaker hints move also a response to Democratic lawmaker’s criticism of his Israel support, in tweet deemed antisemitic by many; and for calling him liar, coward
By Ron Kampeas
Representative David N. Cicilline, a Rhode Island Democrat, speaks during a House Judiciary Committee hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC, June 2, 2022. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images via JTA)
September 29, 2022, 9:27 pm
Progressive congressman beats moderate to head US House Middle East subcommittee
Rhode Island Rep. David Cicilline says he will address ‘humanitarian crises, human rights abuses, and political upheaval’ in the region
By Ron Kampeas
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at a press conference at Ramstein Air Base in Germany on September 8, 2021. (Olivier DOULIERY / POOL / AFP)
September 13, 2021, 9:50 pm
Blinken faces US Congress to defend handling of Afghanistan pullout
Top American diplomat set to insist to House committee that Biden administration prepared for range of scenarios, with lawmakers expected to challenge him over Taliban takeover
By AFP
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas hosts a Congressional delegation at his Ramallah office on July 8, 2021. (WAFA)
July 14, 2021, 8:40 am
US lawmakers castigated Abbas for terror payments during ‘tense’ Ramallah meet
He said families would be penniless without ‘welfare’ money; they asked if PA also pays cancer victims; opposed his call for Israel-Arab deals to wait ’til Palestinian issue solved
By Jacob Magid
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
(From L-R) Sheldon Adelson, Miriam Adelson and US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman attend a ceremony marking the start of the school year for the inaugural class of students at Ariel University's medical school on October 27, 2019. (Josef Photography)
September 10, 2020, 5:48 pm
Congress probing sale of ambassador’s residence in Israel to Adelson
House Democrats demand to know how much rent will be paid by US taxpayers while Friedman remains there, and whether broker was used and independent property appraisal was conducted
By LISA MASCARO and Josef Federman
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)
August 5, 2020, 9:26 am
Liberal Jewish groups warn against hawkish pick for House Foreign Affairs post
Five organizations, including J Street and Americans for Peace Now, send letter to House panel laying out criteria for who should replace Eliot Engel as chair
By Eric Cortellessa
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a press briefing at the State Department on Wednesday, May 20, 2020, in Washington. (Nicholas Kamm/Pool Photo via AP)
June 4, 2020, 9:24 am
Ousted US State Department watchdog confirms investigations into Pompeo
Steve Linick tells congressional committee members that prior to being fired by Trump he was probing secretary of state on misuse of government resources, arms sale to Saudi Arabia
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and Eric Tucker
In this frame grab from from video, people search in the rubble following Saudi-led coalition airstrikes that killed at least six, including children, officials said, in the residential center of the capital, Sanaa, Yemen, May 16, 2019. (AP Photo)
July 18, 2019, 8:11 am
US House votes to block sale of weapons to Saudi Arabia
Lawmakers are concerned about high civilian causalities from Riyadh-led military campaign in Yemen, and Trump administration’s use of emergency protocol to approve $8 billion deal
By Richard Lardner
Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
May 29, 2019, 9:19 pm
Top US Democrat downplays rift between his party and Netanyahu government
In Jerusalem, Congressman Eliot Engel dismisses concerns over colleagues Omar and Tlaib; says there is ‘nothing wrong’ with PM’s close alignment with Trump
By Raphael Ahren
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades, at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem on December 8, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
May 27, 2019, 4:08 pm
US wants Israel, Cyprus to head off Russian influence in eastern Mediterannean
Senior US lawmaker says energy finds off Cypriot coast offer new opportunities to counter Moscow in the region
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS
Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, arrives for US President Donald Trump's State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 5, 2019 (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
March 5, 2019, 9:53 am
Trump: Ilhan Omar comments are a ‘dark day for Israel’
Jewish groups petition to have Muslim American Democrat removed from Foreign Relations Committee over remarks about those with ‘allegiance to a foreign country’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota listens as lawmakers speak about the Voting Rights Enhancement Act on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on February 26, 2019. (Joshua Roberts/Getty Images/AFP)
March 3, 2019, 11:18 pm
Jewish Democrat calls Omar’s dual loyalty remark a ‘vile anti-Semitic slur’
House Affairs Committee chair Eliot Engel says Minnesota lawmaker must ‘commit to making her case on policy issues without resorting to attacks’
By Marcy Oster
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