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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen. Robert Menendez, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, warned that a coalition government that includes far-right politician Itamar Ben-Gvir “could seriously erode bipartisan support in Washington.”
October 27, 2022, 10:30 am
Nov. 1 Israeli Election Could End in Another Stalemate
Political parties are split into sides “for” or “against” former Prime Minister Netanyahu.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
Deborah E. Lipstadt, nominated to be Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, with the rank of Ambassador, speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
March 29, 2022, 6:07 pm
Lipstadt Nomination Clears Committee
The nomination for Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism now heads to the full Senate for confirmation.
By Dave Schechter
Deborah Lipstadt at a confirmation hearing on Feb. 8, 2022.
March 8, 2022, 4:56 pm
Lipstadt Nomination Stalled Again
A Republican senator angered by a Lipstadt post on Twitter has placed a “hold” on her nomination, preventing a committee vote.
By Dave Schechter
Michèle Taylor (seen here at the State Department in December) is about to take up her post as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council.
February 23, 2022, 3:55 pm
Michèle Taylor Now ‘Madame Ambassador’
The daughter of a Holocaust survivors is expected to take her oath of office as United States Ambassador to the UN Human Rights Council, where Israel will be high on the Council’s agenda.
By Dave Schechter
Deborah Lipstadt at a confirmation hearing on Feb. 8, 2022.
February 8, 2022, 6:22 pm
Lipstadt Testifies at Confirmation Hearing
The lone voice of dissent came from a Republican who said that Lipstadt “engaged in malicious poison” on social media.
By Dave Schechter
Rabbi Adam Starr and Deborah Lipstadt at a January 2020 march against anti-Semitism in New York.
December 22, 2021, 2:05 pm
YIR: Lipstadt Nomination Hailed Locally
August 2021: The Emory professor is acclaimed professionally and by those whose relationship is personal.
By Dave Schechter
Michèle Taylor has been nominated to be U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council.
December 22, 2021, 2:00 pm
YIR: Biden Nominates Atlantan to U.N. Human Rights Council
October 2021: Michèle Taylor is an Atlanta resident and has been active in Jewish, Holocaust, human rights, and political organizations.
By Dave Schechter
August 10, 2021, 5:00 pm
Lipstadt Nomination Hailed Locally
The Emory professor is acclaimed professionally and by those whose relationship is personal.
By Dave Schechter
November 8, 2020, 8:56 am
Biden a Veteran Friend of Israel, Settlement Critic, May Be at Odds Over Iran
In 1982, a young Delaware senator clashed with Menachem Begin in a ‘highly emotional confrontation,’ but Netanyahu now considers the president-elect ‘part of our family’.
By RAPHAEL AHREN
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