A lot has changed in both countries since the last presidential election, but in the halls of Congress, the battle over Israel is playing out in familiar ways.
The request was made by Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen in a letter sent to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday.
Israel must remain above the fray in the US and our leaders must do whatever they can to prevent Israel support from turning into a hot potato issue.
McCarthy arrived to Israel this week with a bi-partisan delegation of 19 other members of Congress to celebrate Israel’s 75th anniversary.
Among those on the 51-member council who did not support the measure was Shahana Hanif, a representative of the heavily Jewish Brooklyn neighborhoods of Borough Park and Park Slope.
For decades, Israel has wanted to live the American dream - now it turns out that it’s a nightmare of polarization and hate-filled rhetoric.
If signed into law, the bipartisan HEAL Act will direct the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to conduct a study on Holocaust education efforts in public schools nationwide.