Capitol Hill

Israel Allies Foundation convenes global pro-Israel conference in Washington

The three-day gathering will focus on international legislative cooperation, responses to global challenges facing Israel, and issues related to antisemitism and regional security.

Previous guests at the IAF Chairman's Conference include Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Courtesy)
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during the Reagan National Defense Forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, US, December 6, 2025.

Hegseth says he would have ordered second strike on Caribbean vessel

FBI Director Kash Patel speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, DC, US, November 12, 2025

FBI probing Democrats who called for US military to refuse illegal Trump orders

(L-R): Josh Gottheimer, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Norman Brownstein

No. 24: Norman Brownstein, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Josh Gottheimer: Lobbying for Israel in DC


Young Israeli-Americans return from battle to take up their next fight on Capitol Hill

Benaya Cherlow put himself at the forefront of the effort to do what he said his government has not: reach out to Democrats, without giving up. 

Young Israeli-Americans return from battle to take up their next fight on Capitol Hill

Jewish college students testify on Capitol Hill about rampant antisemitism on campus

The schools represented at Thursday's hearing made international headlines for threats against Jewish students in the wake of the attacks on October 7.

House Education and The Workforce Committee hearing titled "Holding Campus Leaders Accountable and Confronting Antisemitism" on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, December 5, 2023.

US Supreme Court begins arguments over Trump ballot disqualification

Trump was not present at the arguments. Instead, he planned to start his day at his Florida home and travel to Nevada, according to a source familiar with his plans.

 Demonstrators gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court ahead of arguments in former U.S. President Donald Trump's appeal of a lower court's ruling disqualifying him from the Colorado presidential primary ballot, in Washington, U.S., February 8, 2024.

Capitol Hill endangers US national security by denying funding to Israel - opinion

As Americans, it is important to remember that Israel is fighting a war on behalf of the United States. If not Israel, we would need to fight these wars ourselves, which could cost us American lives.

 SEN. BERNIE Sanders’s move to force a vote on potentially limiting US military aid to Israel, though it lost, marks a significant dent in the long-standing bipartisan support for Israel in Congress, the writer argues.

US still welcomes Hamas lobby on Capitol Hill - opinion

AMP’s presence in America’s highest corridors of power, so soon after Hamas’s slaughter of Israeli innocents, threatens to stain US-Israel relations and empower extremists. 

 OSAMA ABUIRSHAID, executive director of American Muslims for Palestine, poses for a photo after activists defaced the office entryway of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY).

'Ceasefire now': Hundreds arrested at anti-Israel protest in US Capitol

Many of the protesters wore shirts reading "Jews say ceasefire" and "not in our name."

Protesters calling for a cease fire in Gaza and an end to the Israel-Hamas conflict occupy the rotunda of the Cannon House office building with a civil disobedience action on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, October 18, 2023.

US Jewish demand security funding increase amid rising antisemitism

The briefing was organized by the JFNA together with SCN (Secure Community Network), ADL, and the OU (Orthodox Union), with the support of six other major Jewish organizations.

 Democratic Senator Chris Murphy.

Proud Boy, sentenced to 10 years for US Capitol attack, says 'Trump won'

Members of the Proud Boys and their supporters march during a rally in Portland, Oregon

No shooter at US Capitol after police fall to 'bad call'

People inside the US Capitol during summer recess were urged to take shelter immediately.

The US Capitol building is seen in Washington, US, November 16, 2021.

Pence says Trump conduct around 2021 Capitol attack was reckless but not criminal

Former US vice president and Republican presidential candidate Mike Pence said he felt President Donald Trump's words and actions leading up to the Capitol attacks were reckless but not criminal.

 Storming of the DC Capitol, January 6, 2021.