The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to confirm Daniel Shapiro as America’s next ambassador to Israel.
Shapiro was nominated to the post in March by President Obama. At the time he was serving as senior director for the Middle East and North Africa at the National Security Council. He had coordinated Jewish outreach for the Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign.
The president’s nomination of Shapiro was praised by a wide range of Jewish groups.
It is not a change in their belief that Iran must be stopped from acquiring a nuclear weapon. It is a change in their belief about Israel’s ability to achieve that goal. That belief is the genuine shift.
While it may feel noble to push for gun reforms and other so-called peaceful measures to strengthen our society, there will inevitably be moments where this society cannot keep us safe.
We, the entire country, were awakened by air raid sirens and a few minutes later by an ear-splitting continuous shriek on our phones. EXTREME ALERT!
His one-man show, “Marcus is Alive,” now playing at The Hobgoblin Playhouse is part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival.
IDF’s “Preemptive and precise” strikes killed high Iranian officials and scientists, Iranian state media reports.
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