Eliot Engel

THE TRAGIC SHOOTING OF US CONGRESSWOMAN Gabrielle (Gabby) Giffords and the killing of six others on January 8, as Giffords was holding one of her…

USUALLY, JANUARY AND February are lazy summer months in Argentina and Brazil. Millions of locals and tourists relax, sunbathe, and gaze at the…

The US this weekend denied that its efforts to arrange a resumption of direct talks have collapsed, and said it is planning further consultations and…

TWO THINGS ARE CERTAIN about the mid-term US elections: Voters put the House of Representatives in the hands of the Republican Party and the…

New York Congressman Eliot Engel was set to speak at a rally on the National Mall in Washington DC Thursday to encourage the release of Gilad…

As Republicans captured a majority in the House of Representatives from President Barack Obama's Democrats and secured major gains in the Senate on…

WASHINGTON – Eric Cantor has spent a lifetime relishing in wearing the other hat. Among Jews, the Republican congressional whip from Richmond, Va.,…

WASHINGTON – Turkey is denying that the US warned it that it might lose out on arms deals because of its stance toward Israel and Iran. “No country…

WASHINGTON – The White House denied on Monday that it had issued an ultimatum to Turkey to change its stance toward Israel and Iran to avoid…

NEW YORK – More than 23,000 people have a signed a petition urging the US State Department to investigate passengers on the Mavi Marmara who are…

Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Syria’s President Bashar Assad on Thursday together unleashed vicious rhetoric against Israel, with…

WASHINGTON – In the past year, the UN Human Rights Council passed a resolution praising Sri Lanka, took no action on Iran and passed 18 resolutions…

WASHINGTON – In the past year, the UN Human Rights Council passed a resolution praising Sri Lanka, took no action on Iran and passed 18 resolutions…

US President Barack Obama’s decision to re-appoint an ambassador to Syria was a “mistake,” US Congressman Eliot Engel (D-New York) told The Jerusalem…

The 54 Democrat members of Congress (no Republicans) who signed the January 21, 2010 letter to President Barack Obama initiated by Reps. Jim…

Israeli lawmakers are seeking a law that will make compensation for Jewish refugees expelled from Arab countries after 1948 an integral part of any…

Iran's leader got a welcoming bear hug from the Brazilian president, who urged Western nations to drop threats of punishment over the Iranian nuclear…

The United States expressed grave reservations Thursday with the findings and recommendations of a UN report that accused Israel of war crimes during…

Despite fierce opposition from pro-Israel advocates, including Jewish groups and bipartisan lawmakers, the White House awarded its highest civilian…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu stayed on message in a meeting with Jewish members of Congress this week, striking a pragmatic tone in expressing…