A bipartisan group of United States lawmakers sent a letter on Tuesday to United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions urging him to compel Al Jazeera, the Middle Eastern news outlet owned by the Qatari government, to register as a state-controlled agent in accordance with the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). Al...

In an indication of bipartisan support for fixing the nuclear deal with Iran, a top Democratic lawmaker, said that he agreed with a Republican colleague, and favors “renegotiation” to make the deal “permanent,” at the AIPAC Policy Conference on Monday. Rep. Steny Hoyer (D – Md.), the House Democratic Whip, who...

The Department of Justice announced that it had reached a settlement, including an apology, in a case where a pro-Israel group was unfairly denied its tax-exempt status by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in a statement released Thursday. Z-Street, a pro-Israel organization, applied for tax-exempt status in 2009, and was...

On the Friday edition of his show “Real Time,” television host Bill Maher defended United States President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, Real Clear Politics reported on Saturday. The comedian’s defense of Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital was out of character for Maher, who...

A leading legislative architect of previous sanctions against Iran has described the proposed Congressional legislation as the “gold standard” in fixing the weaknesses in the nuclear deal with Iran that President Donald Trump demanded last week, Axios reported on Thursday. Richard Goldberg, a onetime aide to former Sen. Mark Kirk...

The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it was conditioning roughly half of a periodic contribution to UNRWA (the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East). The administration will transfer roughly $60 million immediately, but the remaining pledge of $65 million has been withheld “for...