Tag: Jerusalem

Ryan NicolMay 15, 2018
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U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen was one of 70 Americans honored by Israel, as the country celebrated its 70th year of independence Monday night. The South Florida congresswoman was among honorees at a ceremony at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C. Accompanying the designation was a video address from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu […]

Scott PowersJanuary 24, 2018
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7min514
Heat of the Israel-Palestinian conflict flared Wednesday at the Florida House Government Accountability Committee when a pro-Palestine student charged that a resolution supporting Jerusalem as the capital of Israel is a threat to peace, and then the bill’s sponsor interpreted her comments as apparent threats of terrorism. “There will be no true peace and safety […]

Scott PowersDecember 21, 2017
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President Donald Trump‘s decision to move America’s embassy in Israel to Jerusalem has a congressional sponsor, U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, who’s been pushing the issue for several years. DeSantis, the Republican from Ponte Vedra Beach, introduced a bill Thursday to have Congress declare Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and to seek to move the […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 29, 2017
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In a declaration that many will see as yet another pre-Senatorial campaign play, Gov. Rick Scott waded into foreign policy waters Wednesday. His take: the U.S. Embassy in Israel should be in Jerusalem, not Tel Aviv. That position is fairly standard among those on the right, and Scott timed his espousal of it as an appetizer for […]


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