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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 468

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

Representative-elect Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) holds a baby while talking to fellow members of Congress during the first session of the 116th Congress at the US Capitol on January 3, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images/AFP)
January 4, 2019, 8:27 pm
Contrary to her tweet, other refugees were elected to Congress before Ilhan Omar
Holocaust survivor Tom Lantos, Rudy Boschwitz who fled the Nazis as a toddler and Ileana Ros-Lehtine, who escaped Cuba as a child, were all refugees
By Ron Kampeas
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks with reporters on his way to the senate chamber, as the Senate takes up a House-passed bill that would pay for President Donald Trump's border wall and avert a partial government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Dec. 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
January 4, 2019, 6:46 pm
US lawmakers reintroduce pro-Israel bill that didn’t make cut in last Congress
Legislation includes measures to safeguard US military aid to Israel and offer federal protection to states that pass laws divesting from groups that boycott Israel
By Ron Kampeas
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, Oct. 22, 2018. (Amos Ben-Gershom/Israeli Government Press Office)
October 23, 2018, 4:38 am
Netanyahu honors congresswoman on eve of retirement for pro-Israel record
‘We have never had a better defender of Israel and a better defender of the truth,’ prime minister tells Florida Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
By Ron Kampeas
Mourners bring flowers as they pay tribute at a memorial for the victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 25, 2018, in Parkland, Florida. (David Santiago/Miami Herald via AP)
April 13, 2018, 8:42 pm
House members blast anti-Semitic attacks on Parkland school shooting survivors
Student leaders have been likened to Nazis on social media; ‘Policy differences are never an excuse for anti-Semitism’
By JTA
View of the grave of late Argentinian prosecutor Alberto Nisman at La Tablada Israelite cemetery in Buenos Aires, on January 10, 2018. (Eitan Abramovich/AFP/Getty Images via JTA)
January 20, 2018, 9:45 am
US lawmakers call for probe into murder of Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman
Demand for ‘full and just investigation’ into death of Jewish prosecutor who traced AMIA attack to Iran introduced in House and Senate
By JTA
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen speaking at the National Leadership Assembly for Israel at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on July 28, 2014. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/JTA)
May 1, 2017, 5:45 pm
Veteran pro-Israel congresswoman to retire
64-year-old Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, who has represented a heavily blue district, says she simply lost desire to run again
By JTA
Elie Wiesel arrives for a roundtable discussion on the Iran nuclear deal on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, March 2, 2015. (Win McNamee/Getty Images via JTA)
April 28, 2017, 9:42 pm
US lawmakers introduce bill to commission Elie Wiesel bust in Capitol
Survivor, laureate, ‘was one of the greatest moral forces in the world,’ says Rep. Steve Cohen, one of 51 co-sponsors
By JTA
Illustrative: a screenshot from the documentary 'Crossing the Line 2,' which depicts rising anti-Semitic activity on North American campuses. (Courtesy)
December 5, 2016, 6:23 pm
US lawmakers look to expand definition of anti-Semitism for schools
House legislation, mirroring Senate bill passed last week, would outline when Israel criticism crosses into anti-Semitism
By JTA
People dance together as they react to the news of the death of former Cuban President Fidel Castro outside the restaurant Versailles on November 26, 2016 in Miami, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images North America/AFP)
November 27, 2016, 3:05 am
Miami revelers celebrate ‘Freedom!’ at Fidel Castro’s death
‘It took too long,’ say exiles in largest Cuban-American community, as people of all ages dance in the streets
By Leila Macor
An aerial view of the Temple Mount as seen on March 1, 2013. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
October 11, 2016, 4:24 pm
UNESCO to vote on text describing Temple Mt, Western Wall as Muslim holy sites
In letter ahead of debate, 39 US legislators urge agency to reject resolution, slam ‘obsessive hostility towards Israel’
By ToI Staff
Thousands of protesters attend a rally against anti-Semitism near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Sunday, September 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, Pool)
October 8, 2016, 4:19 am
US bill seeks to keep closer eye on European anti-Semitism
Bipartisan House measure stresses ‘urgent need’ to ensure safety and security of Europe’s Jewish communities
By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
Holocaust survivors walk with others through the main gate of the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz in Poland, on January 27, 2016 (AP/Czarek Sokolowski)
June 8, 2016, 4:11 am
US House calls on Germany to ‘fulfill moral obligation’ to Holocaust survivors
Resolution urges Berlin to reaffirm financial commitment to fully address unique needs of victims of Nazi regime
By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
The David’s Sling missile defense system undergoes a final round of tests on Dec. 21, 2015 in Israel. (AP Photo courtesy of Israel Ministry of Defense/via JTA)
May 23, 2016, 7:37 am
US defense bill to invest $600m in Israeli missile defense
House version of National Defense Authorization includes AIPAC-backed provisions to bolster cooperation
By JTA
Yemenite Jews walking to Aden, the site of a reception camp, ahead of their emigration to Israel, 1949. (Kluger Zoltan/Israeli National Photo Archive/public domain)
March 4, 2016, 6:06 am
House bill links peace talks to Jewish refugee recognition
Bipartisan legislation seeks to include in US peace efforts redress for Jews who fled Arab lands and Iran
By JTA
Balint Homan served as Hungary's Minister of Religion and Education during World War II. (Wikimedia Commons)
December 7, 2015, 1:56 am
US lawmakers protest statue honoring Hungarian who deported Jews
House leaders say Balint Homan, a minister during WWII, ‘spearheaded anti-Jewish legislation, paved way for atrocities’
By JTA
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