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26.11.2025 - 12:54 [ Fox News ]

FBI scheduling interviews with 6 lawmakers who encouraged military members to refuse ‚illegal orders‘

On Monday, the Department of War announced that it has opened a formal review into allegations of misconduct against Kelly over the video.

The Pentagon said it may even call Kelly, a retired Navy captain, back to active duty to face court-martial proceedings or other administrative actions under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). Four of the other Democrats are former military, but not retired and therefore are not subject to the UCMJ, according to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. Slotkin is a former CIA officer.

24.11.2025 - 20:04 [ Sen. Elissa Slotkin / X ]

We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community. The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution. Don’t give up the ship.

(November 18, 2025)

24.11.2025 - 20:02 [ CNN ]

Pentagon threatens to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to military service for court martial over illegal orders video

The investigation comes as President Donald Trump has been pushing relentlessly for consequences for Kelly and five other Democratic lawmakers over a video they made reminding servicemembers of their duty to disobey illegal orders, calling their actions “seditious” and “treason.”

Because Kelly was a senior officer who retired from the Navy, he is required to remain available for recall to the military by law. The other five lawmakers, Sen. Elissa Slotkin, Rep. Jason Crow, Rep. Maggie Goodlander, Rep. Chris Deluzio and Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, are not eligible for recall to a military service.

24.11.2025 - 07:03 [ PBS.org ]

U.S. senators say Rubio told them Trump’s Ukraine peace plan is Russian ‘wish list’

Rounds said „it looked more like it was written in Russian to begin with.“

The senators said they spoke to Rubio after he reached out to some of them while on his way to Geneva for talks on the plan. Independent Maine Sen. Angus King said Rubio told them the plan „was not the administration‘s plan“ but a „wish list of the Russians.“

The bipartisan group of senators, who are veteran legislators and among those most focused on foreign relations, stood together at the press conference as they relayed Rubio‘s message on the call.

24.11.2025 - 07:01 [ Kyiv Independent ]

Rubio facing scrutiny after telling US senators that 28-point plan is a Russian proposal passed along to Ukraine

The U.S. bipartisan Senate delegation attending the Halifax International Security Forum had received a phone call from Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

In it, Rubio was quite frank.

According to Republican Senator Mike Rounds, Rubio told senators that the 28-point peace plan drawn up by Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and his Russian counterpart, Kirill Dmitriev, was actually a Russian plan that the U.S. had agreed to pass along to Ukraine.

21.11.2025 - 10:18 [ U.S. Representative Chrissy Houlahan ]

Joint Statement from Lawmakers Slotkin, Kelly, Crow, Deluzio, Goodlander, and Houlahan

(November 20, 2025)

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Representatives Jason Crow (D-CO-06), Chris Deluzio (D-PA-17), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH-02), and Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-06) released the following joint statement:

“We are veterans and national security professionals who love this country and swore an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. That oath lasts a lifetime, and we intend to keep it. No threat, intimidation, or call for violence will deter us from that sacred obligation.“

“What’s most telling is that the President considers it punishable by death for us to restate the law. Our servicemembers should know that we have their backs as they fulfill their oath to the Constitution and obligation to follow only lawful orders. It is not only the right thing to do, but also our duty.“

“But this isn’t about any one of us. This isn’t about politics. This is about who we are as Americans. Every American must unite and condemn the President’s calls for our murder and political violence. This is a time for moral clarity.“

“In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage. We will continue to lead and will not be intimidated.“

“Don’t Give Up the Ship!”

21.11.2025 - 09:43 [ Sen. Elissa Slotkin / Youtube ]

President Trump threatened me and a group lawmakers. Here‘s my response.

(14 hours ago)

Earlier this morning, President Trump threatened me and a group of service and veteran Members of Congress with arrest, trial, and death by hanging.

Here’s my response.

21.11.2025 - 09:28 [ PBS.org ]

Trump says Democrats’ video message to military is ‘seditious behavior’ punishable by death

(November 20, 2025)

President Donald Trump on Thursday accused half a dozen Democratic lawmakers of sedition “punishable by DEATH” after the lawmakers — all veterans of the armed services and intelligence community — called on U.S. military members to uphold the constitution and defy “illegal orders.”

The 90-second video was first posted early Tuesday from Sen. Elissa Slotkin’s X account. In it, the six lawmakers — Slotkin, Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly, and Reps. Jason Crow, Chris Deluzio, Maggie Goodlander and Chrissy Houlahan — speak directly to U.S. service members, whom Slotkin acknowledges are “under enormous stress and pressure right now.”

21.11.2025 - 09:22 [ Tagesschau.de ]

Nach Aufruf ans Militär Trump wirft sechs Demokraten Hochverrat vor

Ein Video, in dem sechs Kongressmitglieder der US-Demokraten Militärangehörige aufrufen, illegale Befehle nicht zu befolgen, hat US-Präsident Donald Trump in Rage versetzt. Er bezeichnete deren Appell als Hochverrat. Die sechs Demokraten seien „Verräter“, schrieb er auf seiner Plattform Truth Social. Ihr „aufwieglerisches Verhalten“ sei „strafbar mit dem Tode“. In einem weiteren Beitrag begnügte er sich in der für ihn üblichen Großschreibung damit, die Frage zu stellen, ob die Beteiligten eingesperrt werden sollten.

21.11.2025 - 09:13 [ Sen. Elissa Slotkin / X ]

We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community. The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution. Don’t give up the ship.

(November 18, 2025)

07.11.2025 - 23:25 [ Trinidad Express ]

US Senate blocks bid to limit Trump’s war powers on Venezuela

A vote was held to discharge Resolution S.J.Res.90, the Venezuela Hostilities Removal Resolution, a resolution sponsored by Democrats Tim Kaine and Adam Schiff and Republican senator Rand Paul on October 16.

It aimed to invoke the 1973 War Powers Resolution which asserts that US military action should be approved by US Congress.

The motion was not agreed to, 49 US senators voting in favour, but 51 voting against.

02.10.2025 - 00:26 [ RTE.ie ]

SF senator among Irish on intercepted aid flotilla boats

At least four Irish citizens were on board six Global Sumud Flotilla vessels which have been interecpted and detained by the Israeli Navy tonight.

Two of the Irish citizens were on the Sirius and one was on the Alma.

Sinn Féin Senator Chris Andrews was on board the Spectre vessel which was boarded by Israeli military personnel, his party confirmed.

03.09.2025 - 22:22 [ Global Sumud Flotilla ]

Joint Statement, a call for immediate action to ensure humanitarian access to Gaza and to end the genocide of the Palestinian people.

Signatories on board of the flotilla:

– Former Mayor Ada Colau, Barcelona, Spain

– MP Cele Fierro, Movimiento Socialista de los Trabajadores (MST), FIT Unidad, Liga
Internacional Socialista (LIS), Buenos Aires, Argentina

– MP Franciszek Sterczewski, independent, Poznań, Poland

– MP Juan Bordera, Compromís, País Valencià, Spain

– MP Juan Carlos Giordano, Izquierda Socialista (UIT-CI), Frente de Izquierda de los
Trabajadores – Unidad (FIT-U), Argentina

– Councilor Lucía Muñoz Dalda, Palma City Council (Mallorca). Former Member of
Parliament, Spain

– Federal Deputy Luizianne Lins, Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), Brazil

– MP Lorena Delgado Varas, independent socialist, Sweden

– MP Mariana Mortágua, Bloco de Esquerda, Portugal

– Councilor Mariana Conti, City Council of Campinas, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade
(PSOL), Brazil

– Provincial MP Ezequiel Peressin, Izquierda Socialista (UIT-CI), Frente de Izquierda de los
Trabajadores – Unidad (FIT-U), Córdoba, Argentina

– MP Pilar Castillejo, Candidatura d’Unitat Popular (CUP), Catalonia, Spain

Signatories supporting (not on board):

– MEP Pernando Barrena, EH Bildu, Basque Country

– Senator Gorka Elejabarrieta, EH Bildu spokesperson Spanish Senate, Basque Country

– MP Mertxe Aizpurua, EH Bildu spokesperson, Spanish Congress, Basque Country

– MP Diana Urrea, EH Bildu, Basque Country

– MP Irati Jimenez, EH Bildu, Navarre, Basque Country

– MP Rui Tavares, Partido Livre, Portugal

– MP Kathy Lie, SV, Norway

– MP Inês Sousa Real, Partido Animais e Natureza (PAN), Portugal

– MP Paulo Muacho, Partido Livre, Portugal

– MP Mercedes De Mendieta, Izquierda Socialista, FIT-U and UIT-CI, Argentina

– Provincial MP Mercedes Trimarchi, Izquierda Socialista, FIT-U and UIT-CI, Ciudad de
Buenos de Aires, Argentina.

– MP Isabel Mendes Lopes , Partido Livre, Portugal

– MP Jorge Pinto, Partido Livre, Portugal

– MP Patrícia Gonçalves, Partido Livre, Portugal

– MP Filipa Pinto, Partido Livre, Portugal

– MP Daria Gosek-Popiołek, Wspólne Jutro-Lewica, Poland

– MP Joanna Wicha, Wspólne Jutro-Lewica, Poland

– MP Magda Biejat, Wspólne Jutro-Lewica, Poland

– MP Anna Górska, Wspólne Jutro-Lewica, Poland

– MP Dorota Olko, Wspólne Jutro-Lewica, Poland

– MP Malgorzata Tracz, Independent-Koalicja Obywatelska, Poland

– MP Christophe Lacroix, Socialist Party, Belgium

– MP Isabel Moreira, Socialista Party, Portugal

– MP Pedro Nuno Santos, Partido Socialista, Portugal

– Councilor Toni Morillas González, Izquierda unida, Ayto de Málaga, Spain

– Councilor José Miguel López España, Izquierda unida, Ayto. de Fuengirola, Málaga

– Provincial MP Juan Márquez Torres, Izquierda unida, Málaga, Spain

– Mayor Mari Carmen Romero García, Izquierda unida, Almargen, Málaga, Spain

– Mayor María Remedios Fernández Martín, Izquierda unida, Monda, Málaga, Spain

– Mayor Cristóbal Miguel Corral Maldonado, Izquierda unida, Teba, Málaga, Spain

– Mayor Juan Alberto Naranjo Moral, Izquierda unida, Ardales, Málaga, Spain

– Mayor José Miguel Marín Marín, Izquierda unida, Istán, Málaga, Spain

– Mayor José García Orejuela, Izquierda unida, Alameda, Málaga, Spain

– Vice mayor Justo Manuel Muñoz Del Río, Izquierda unida, Ardales, Málaga, Spain

– Vice Mayor Ana Millán Escamilla, Izquierda unida, Monda, Málaga, Spain

– Vice Mayor José Manuel Ortuño Gómez,Izquierda unida, Alozaina, Málaga, Spain

– Vice Mayor Manuel Bermúdez Castañeda, Izquierda unida, Sedella, Málaga, Spain

– Vice Mayor Rubén Ruiz Pacheco, Izquierda unida, Humilladero, Málaga

– Councilor Teresa Sánchez Ramírez, Izquierda unida, Alhaurín el Grande, Málaga, Spain

– Councilor Sheila Jiménez Nystrom, Izquierda unida, Fuengirola, Málaga, Spain

– Councilor Javier Caravias Chaves, Izquierda unida, Alhaurín de la Torre, Málaga, Spain

– Councilor Maria Francisca Sancho Fernández, Izquierda unida, Con Ronda, Málaga,
Spain

– Councilor Francisco Miguel Vera Rivero, Izquierda unida, Istán, Málaga, Spain

– Councilor María Ángeles Del Pozo Cortes, Izquierda unida, Alameda, Málaga, Spain

– Councilor Rocío Calderón Muñoz, Izquierda unida, Rincón de la Victoria, Málaga, Spain

– Councilor Montserrat Paniagua López, Izquierda unida, Rincón de la Victoria, Málaga,
Spain

– Councilor Alba Delgado Ruiz, Izquierda unida, Arriate, Málaga, Spain

– Councilor María del Pilar Ruiz Muñoz, Izquierda unida, Antequera, Málaga, Spain

– Councilor Antonia Claros Atencia, Izquierda unida,Torrox, Málaga, Spain

– Councilor Aurora María Palma Palma, Izquierda unida, Almáchar, Málaga, Spain

– Vice Mayor Javier Segarra Pascual, Izquierda unida, Periana, Málaga, Spain

– MP Daniel Riazat, independent socialist, Sweden

– Senator Alice Mary Higgins, independent, Ireland

– Senator Frances Black, independent, Ireland

– Senator Eileen Flynn, independent, Ireland

– MP Marina Gonçalves, Partido Socialista, Portugal

– MP Miguel Matos, Partido Socialista, Portugal

– MP Jamila Madeira, Partido Socialista, Portugal

– Senator Lynn Ruane Independent, Ireland

– Deputy Laia Estrada, CUP, Catalan parliament

– Deputy Dani Cornellà, CUP, Catalan parliament

– Deputy Laure Vega, CUP, Catalan parliament

– Federal deputy Sâmia Bomfim, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL), Brazil

– State deputy Luciana Genro, Presidenta da Fundação Lauro Campos e Marielle Franco,
Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL), Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

– State deputy Josemar Carvalho, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL), Río de Janeiro,
Brazil

– State deputy Monica Seixas, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL), São Paulo, Brazil

– State deputy Camila Valadão, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL), Espirito Santo,
Brazil

– District deputy Fábio Félix, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL), Federal District, Brazil

– Councilor Roberto Robaina, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL), Porto Alegre, Brazil

– Councilor Vivi Reis, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL), Belém, Brazil

– Councilor Luana Alves, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL), Brazil

– Councilor Jurandir Silva, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL),, Brazil

– Councilor Bruna Biondi, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL), Brazil

– Councilor Professora Angela, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL), Brazil

– Federal Deputy Glauber Braga, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL), Brazil

– MP Pierre-Yves Dermagne, Parti Socialiste, Member of the House of Representatives,
Belgium

– MP Håkan Svenneling, Vänsterpartiet, Sweden

– MP Malcolm Momodou Jallow, Vänsterpartiet, Sweden

– MP Adrian Zandberg, Razem, Poland

– MEP Alicia Homs, PSOE (S&D), Spain

– MEP Ana Catarina Mendes, PS (S&D), Portugal

– MP Ana Isabel Santos, PS, Portugal

MEP Ana Miranda, BNG (Greens/EFA), Galicia

– Regional MP António Lima, Bloco de Esquerda, Azores, Portugal

– Councilor Beatriz Gomes Dias, Bloco de Esquerda, Lisbon City, Portugal

– MEP Benedetta Scuderi, Europa Verde – Verdi (Greens), Italy

– MEP Brando Benifei, PD (S&D), Italy

– Councilor Carla Castelo, Evoluir Oeiras, Oeiras City, Portugal

– MEP Carola Rackete, Die Linke (The Left), Germany

– MEP Catarina Martins, Bloco de Esquerda (The Left), Portugal

– MEP Catarina Vieira, GroenLinks (Greens), Netherlands

– MEP César Luena, PSOE (S&D), Spain

– MEP Cristina Guarda, Europa Verde – Verdi (Greens), Italy

– MEP Daniel Attard, Partit Laburista (S&D), Malta

– MP Eva Cruzeiro, PS, Portugal

– MEP Evin Incir, Arbetarepartiet Socialdemokratena (S&D), Sweden

– MP Freddy Mockel, Ecolo, Walloon Parliament, Belgium

– Senator Hajib El Hajjaji, Ecolo, Belgium

– MEP Hana Jalloul, PSOE (S&D), Spain

– MEP Irena Joveva, Gibanje Svoboda (RENEW), Slovenia

– MEP Irene Montero, Podemos (The Left), Spain

– MEP Isa Serra, Podemos (The Left), Spain

– Councilor Joana Mortágua, Bloco de Esquerda, Almada City Council, Portugal

– MEP Leire Pajin, PSOE (S&D), Spain

– MEP Leoluca Orlando, Greens/EFA, Italy

– MEP Lynn Boylan, Sinn Féin (The Left), Ireland

– MP Maciej Konieczny Razem, Poland

– MEP Marc Botenga, PTB (The Left), Belgium

– MP Marcelina Zawisza, Razem, Poland

– MP Margaux De Ré, Ecolo, Belgium

– MEP Maria Ohisalo, Vihreä liitto (Greens), Finland

– MP Marta Stożek Razem, Poland

– MEP Marta Temido, PS (S&D), Portugal

– MEP Matjaž Nemec, Socialni demokrati (S&D), Slovenia

– MEP Merja Kyllönen, Vasemmistoliitto (The Left), Finland

– MP Miguel Costa Matos, PS, Portugal

– MEP Mimmo Lucano, Alleanza Verdi e Sinistra (The Left), Italy

– MEP Mounir Satouri, Les Écologistes (Greens), France

– MEP Özlem Demirel, Die Linke (The Left), Germany

– MP Paulina Matysiak, Razem, Poland

– MEP Per Clausen, Enhedslisten – De Rød-Grønne (The Left), Danmark

– MEP Pernando Barrena, EH Bildu (The Left), Basque Country

– MEP Rima Hassan, LFI (The Left), France

– MEP Saskia Bricmont, Ecolo, (Greens/EFA), Belgium

– Councilor Sérgio Aires, Bloco de Esquerda, Porto City Council, Portugal

– MP Tiago Barbosa Ribeiro, PS, Portugal

– MEP Vicent Marzà Ibañez, Compromís (Greens/EFA), Spain

– MEP Vlad Voiculescu, PLUS (Renew), Romania

– MP Boris Barrera Moreno, Partido Comunista de Chile, Chile

– MP Lydia Mutyebele Ngoi, Parti Socialiste, Member of the House of Representatives,
Belgium

– MP Rajae Maouane, Ecolo, Member of the House of Representatives, Belgium

– Spokesperson and coordinator Álvaro Sanz Remón, Izquierda Unida, Cortes de Aragon,
Spain

– MP Alejandro Bodart, MST en el Frente de Izquierda Unidad y la Liga Internacional
Socialista (LIS), Ciudad de Buenos Aires (mc), Argentina

– MP Vilma Ripoll, MST en el Frente de Izquierda Unidad y la LIS, Argentina

– MP Guillermo Pacagnini, MST en el Frente de Izquierda Unidad y la LIS, Provincia de
Buenos Aires, Argentina

– MP Luciana Echevarría, MST en el FIT Unidad y la LIS, Córdoba, Argentina

– MP Leonardo Rivero, MST en el FIT Unidad y la LIS, Jujuy, Argentina

– Provincial Representative Julieta Campo, Izquierda Socialista en Frete de Izquierda
Unidad y la UIT-CI, Neuquén, Argentina

– Federal Deputy Valmir Assunção, Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), Brazil

– Federal Deputy Natalia Bonavides, Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), Brazil

– Federal Deputy Talíria Petrone, PSOL, Brazil

– Federal Deputy Tarcisio Motta, PSOL, Brazil

– Federal Deputy Pastor Henrique Vieira, PSOL, Brazil

– Federal Deputy Fernanda Melchionna, PSOL, Brazil

– Federal Deputy João Daniel, Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), Brazil

– Federal Deputy Patrus Ananias, Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), Brazil

– Federal Deputy Luiza Erundina, Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), Brazil

– Federal Deputy Ivan Valente, PSOL, Brazil

– Federal Deputy Jack Rocha, Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), Brazil

– Federal Deputy Nilto Tatto, Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), Brazil

– Federal Deputy Chico Alencar, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL), Brazil

27.08.2025 - 18:05 [ Democracy Now ]

Israeli Forces Raid West Bank as Senators Van Hollen and Merkley Visit Church Attacked by Settlers

In the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces are conducting a raid on Nablus. At least 80 Palestinians have been injured. This comes a day after Israeli forces raided Ramallah and al-Bireh. According to the Palestinian Red Crescent, 58 people were injured, eight by live fire and 14 by rubber-coated bullets. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said that a child had to receive surgery after being hit by live fire. Israeli forces detained three Palestinians in the raid.

19.07.2025 - 23:53 [ Senator Van Hollen / Facebook ]

A truly outrageous and sickening request from the Netanyahu government.

The U.S. should not be complicit in or use ANY governmental, American taxpayer resources to aid and abet what amounts to the ethnic cleansing of Palestinian civilians from Gaza.

We cannot stand for this.

14.07.2025 - 22:20 [ Communist Party of Israel ]

Senators Bernie Sanders, Peter Welch and Chris Van Hollen in Solidarity with Odeh

(16 hours ago)

“We strongly condemn the effort to expel MK Ayman Odeh from the Israeli Knesset,” the US senators said. “If Israel is going to call itself a democracy, it must tolerate peaceful dissent.” The senators linked the expulsion effort to Odeh’s calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, an end to Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, and a political solution between Israelis and Palestinians.

“For over a decade, MK Odeh has been a leading advocate for peace, justice, and Jewish-Arab partnership,” they said. “The current expulsion effort is a direct response to MK Odeh’s outspoken and brave calls.” The lawmakers described the move as sending “a chilling message to millions of Palestinian citizens of Israel: that their representation is conditional and their rights revocable.” “We stand in solidarity with MK Odeh and with the right of all lawmakers, Arab and Jewish, to speak freely and without fear of political retribution,” they said.

18.06.2025 - 20:14 [ Politico.com ]

Alex Padilla: ‘Not shocked in the least bit’ about Brad Lander’s arrest

Padilla, in a phone interview after his speech, said he was “sadly, not shocked in the least bit” to hear of Lander’s detention. He spoke to POLITICO about Lander, the backstory of his appearance at Noem’s news conference, the words that pushed him to interrupt her remarks and more.

13.06.2025 - 00:12 [ Forbes Breaking News / Youtube ]

‘This Is Not An Isolated Incident’: Cory Booker Condemns Padilla’s Removal From DHS Press Briefing

During remarks on the Senate floor Thursday, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) spoke about the removal of Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) from a DHS briefing.

12.06.2025 - 23:12 [ Politico.com ]

Alex Padilla confrontation in LA shocks senators

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said it “sickened my stomach — the manhandling of a United States Senator.” Padilla’s California colleague Adam Schiff called for an immediate investigation.

Several other Democrats were dropping the word “fascism” in conversations as they made their way out of the Capitol.

12.06.2025 - 23:07 [ Guardian News / Youtube ]

California senator Alex Padilla forcibly removed from Kristi Noem LA press conference

Security guards wrestled Padilla out of the conference room as he explained he was a senator and wanted to ask the homeland security secretary a question.

Speaking to reporters after the incident, Padilla said: ‚If this is how this administration responds to a senator with a question, you can only imagine what they’re doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day labourers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California and throughout the country‘

12.06.2025 - 23:04 [ Los Angeles Times ]

Sen. Alex Padilla handcuffed by federal agents at immigration press conference

About five minutes into a press conference at the Westwood federal building, Noem told the media that the Trump administration planned to “liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that the governor and the mayor have placed on this country.”

Padilla, who was standing near a wall on one side of the room, then tried to interrupt Noem to ask a question, video footage shows. Cameras turned toward him as two Secret Service agents tried to push him backward. “Sir, sir, hands up,” one said.

25.04.2025 - 00:06 [ Senator Chris Van Hollen / Bluesky ]

It’s been 50+ days since the start of a complete blockade on food & humanitarian relief to civilians in Gaza. Jose Andres is right: End the blockade & suffering. Release all the hostages. End the war. No more Oct 7ths. Security, dignity, human rights & self-determination for all.

(April 23, 2025)

08.04.2025 - 19:41 [ Senator Chris Van Hollen / Bluesky ]

Today Trump and Netanyahu talked about their plan to have Palestinians „voluntarily“ leave Gaza. Let‘s be clear: nothing about this is voluntary — it would mean the coerced deportation of 2 million people from Gaza and U.S. taxpayers should have NOTHING to do with it.

(April 7, 2025)

13.03.2025 - 09:18 [ New York Times ]

‘Part of My Core’: How Schumer Decided to Speak Out Against Netanyahu

(19.03.2024)

It was here, he recalled, inside this hulking red brick school deep in south Brooklyn, where at 16 he was glued to his transistor radio to hear breaking news of the Arab-Israeli War of 1967. It was where he idolized Sandy Koufax, the Jewish pitcher for the Dodgers who refused to play on Yom Kippur, and learned it was cool to be proud of his heritage.

And on Sunday, Mr. Schumer, the New York Democrat, majority leader and highest-ranking Jewish official in the United States, returned to explain how his upbringing in Jewish Brooklyn in the shadow of the Holocaust prompted him to deliver a politically risky speech that brought about a watershed moment in the politics of U.S.-Israeli relations.

10.10.2024 - 03:10 [ Reuters ]

U.S. approved secret nuclear power work for Saudi Arabia

(March 27, 2019)

Many U.S. lawmakers are concerned that sharing nuclear technology with Saudi Arabia could eventually lead to a nuclear arms race in the Middle East. (…)

Last month, Democratic House members alleged in a report that top White House aides ignored warnings they could be breaking the law as they worked with former U.S. officials in a group called IP3 International to advance a multibillion-dollar plan to build nuclear reactors in the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia.

10.10.2024 - 02:51 [ CommonDreams.org ]

Senators Express Concerns Over Reports That Saudis Want US Support for Nuclear Program

(Oct 04, 2023)

Amid reports that Saudi Arabia is seeking United States support for its nuclear energy program—whose capacities critics fear could be utilized to develop nuclear weapons—a group of 20 U.S. senators on Wednesday urged President Joe Biden to „seriously consider“ whether such a move is in the national interest as the administration brokers a possible normalization deal between the kingdom and Israel.

10.10.2024 - 01:30 [ JNS.org ]

US senators press Saudi Arabia for peace deal with Israel by end of year

“We are here at a historic time … and now it is an historic moment of opportunity,” Blumenthal stated. “It really is a magnificent potential achievement with enduring effect to match the successes of the battlefield with diplomatic successes.

10.10.2024 - 01:20 [ Reuters ]

In Jerusalem, US Senator Graham urges Israel-Saudi normalisation before year end

(October 8, 2024)

„We can get you a treaty through the Senate between the United States and Saudi Arabia, a defense agreement like you have in Japan and Australia, if you do it on President Biden‘s watch,“ Graham, who is seen as close to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, told reporters in Jerusalem.

„The next president will have a very difficult time getting 67 votes,“ he said in reference to the two-thirds majority needed in the U.S. Senate for approving a defense treaty.

26.09.2024 - 18:22 [ Bernie Sanders, U.S. Senator for Vermont ]

NEWS: Sanders and Colleagues Move to Block Arms Sales to Israel

The Senate will vote on these resolutions when it reconvenes in November. Let me explain why these arms sales must not proceed.

Israel clearly had the right to respond to Hamas’ horrific terrorist attack on October 7th, which killed 1,200 innocent Israelis and took hundreds of hostages. But Prime Minister Netanyahu’s extremist government has not simply waged war against Hamas. It has waged all-out war against the Palestinian people, killing more than 41,000 Palestinians and injuring more than 95,000 – 60 percent of whom are women, children, or elderly people. Netanyahu has bombed hospitals and schools, starved children, destroyed infrastructure and housing stock, and made life unlivable in Gaza. The United States must end its complicity in this atrocity.

Sending more weapons is not only immoral, it is also illegal. The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act lay out clear requirements for the use of American weaponry – Israel has egregiously violated those rules.

26.09.2024 - 18:10 [ Common Dreams ]

Sanders Unveils Resolutions to Block US Arms Sales as Israel Rejects Cease-Fire Call

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders and a pair of his Senate colleagues on Wednesday formally introduced resolutions aimed at blocking a series of proposed arms sales to the Israeli government as it bombards Gaza and Lebanon, deepening humanitarian crises there and pushing the region to the brink of all-out war.

The six Joint Resolutions of Disapproval, five of which were backed by Sens. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), would together prevent the sale of $20 billion of U.S. weaponry to Israel. The Biden administration approved the massive sale of Joint Direct Attack Munitions, tank ammunition, F-15 fighter jets, and other military equipment last month.

07.09.2024 - 16:26 [ U.S. Senator Patty Murray ]

Senator Murray Statement on the Death of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi

“I am heartbroken and angry about the killing of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, an American citizen, in the West Bank today, who was reportedly peacefully protesting against illegal settlement activity. The government of Israel must deliver answers immediately and hold the perpetrators of this killing accountable. I will be in close touch with the Biden administration to press the Israeli government for full transparency and accountability. My heart is with Aysenur’s family and loved ones during this difficult time.

“Moreover, Israel must take swift action to put an end to the illegal settler-driven violence that has escalated to a dangerous level in the West Bank. Extremist settler violence in the West Bank, and the associated, ongoing expansion of illegal settlements and outposts, must come to an end—it is important for Israel’s own security and the stability of the entire region.”

31.08.2024 - 21:03 [ CodePink ]

Tell the Women of the Senate: Arms Embargo NOW!

During the DNC in Chicago, we made our demand for an arms embargo on Israel clear. Time and time again, we heard politicians — including Sen. Tammy Duckworth who told us back in October that she would continue sending weapons to Israel — posing as advocates for women and reproductive rights while arming Israel. They can’t hide from one undeniable fact: Genocide is not feminist.

Send a letter to the women of the Senate below and tell them: We Need an Arms Embargo on Israel NOW!

21.03.2024 - 01:32 [ New York Times ]

‘Part of My Core’: How Schumer Decided to Speak Out Against Netanyahu

(19.03.2024)

It was here, he recalled, inside this hulking red brick school deep in south Brooklyn, where at 16 he was glued to his transistor radio to hear breaking news of the Arab-Israeli War of 1967. It was where he idolized Sandy Koufax, the Jewish pitcher for the Dodgers who refused to play on Yom Kippur, and learned it was cool to be proud of his heritage.

And on Sunday, Mr. Schumer, the New York Democrat, majority leader and highest-ranking Jewish official in the United States, returned to explain how his upbringing in Jewish Brooklyn in the shadow of the Holocaust prompted him to deliver a politically risky speech that brought about a watershed moment in the politics of U.S.-Israeli relations.