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Republican lawmakers clash over Gaza aid after Trump says 'people are starving'

Earlier this week, Trump said Israel bears responsibility for the distribution of aid, and that a lot of people could be saved. "You have a lot of starving people," he said during a visit to Scotland

Humanitarian aid is airdropped over Gaza as seen from northern Gaza Strip, July 27, 2025
 A WELCOME sign to the community of Kedumim in Samaria: For millions of Jewish Americans, and many Christians, Judea and Samaria are an integral part of their spiritual and religious heritage; using their correct names is an affirmation of their religious and cultural identity, the writer argues.

Time for Congress to ditch 'West Bank,' call it Judea and Samaria - opinion

 MK Simcha Rothman, December 9, 2024.

Rothman proposes bill to change all mentions of ‘West Bank’ in Israeli Law to ‘Judea and Samaria’

 US Senator Cotton (R-AR) following a US Senate Republicans meeting. Capitol Hill in Washington. November 13, 2024.

Senator Tom Cotton introduces bill to replace 'West Bank' with 'Judea and Samaria'


Is Harris antisemitic? Tapper reminds Cotton that her Jewish husband fights antisemitism

Sen. Tom Cotton defends Trump's remarks, blaming Jewish voters for a potential 2024 loss.

 Doug Emhoff attaches mezuzah to his new VP residence. 18 November 2021.

Senator Tom Cotton calls Biden's delay of weapons to Israel 'bureaucratic sleight-of-hand'

Cotton's letter was sparked by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's accusation that the Biden administration deliberately prevented the shipment of weapons to Israel. 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee nomination hearing for Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX), on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 5, 2020

Rashida Tlaib calls on ICC to arrest Netanyahu; US Senators tell ICC to back down

The statement urges the ICC to issue arrest warrants for Netanyahu and other Israeli officials who Tlaib claims are “accountable for genocide” . 

 Rep. Rashida Tlaib (MI-12) addresses attendees as she takes part in a protest calling for a ceasefire in Gaza outside the U.S. Capitol

Taylor Force Act addition targets banks in effort to block pay for slay

A group of 13 Senate Republicans, spearheaded by Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), on Monday introduced a bill “aimed at eliminating Palestinian ‘martyr payments.’”

Republican Senator Tom Cotton from Arkansas,

Taylor Force Act addition seeks to block 'pay for slay'

“Such flouting of anti-terrorism financial regulations is only possible through the maintenance or use of correspondent accounts at United States banks.”

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee nomination hearing for Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX), on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 5, 2020

Republican Senator Tom Cotton calls slavery 'necessary evil'

“As the Founding Fathers said, [slavery] was the necessary evil upon which the union was built."

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee nomination hearing for Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX), on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 5, 2020

Ted Cruz, Tom Cotton: Trump should support annexation

Seven GOP senators say Trump peace plan will reverse "Obama-Biden legacy."

Senators Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham at the King David Hotel ahead of the opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem