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Dec 27, 2022, 4:46 PM

What Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer did for US-Israel ties

Left: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., leaves the chamber, Friday, Dec. 23, 2022. Right: House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., arrives at the Capitol, Nov. 17, 2022. (Photos: AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

The outgoing US Speaker and Majority Leader strengthened the relationship immeasurably through their public actions and, especially, behind the scenes

Jun 20, 2022, 7:37 PM

The Biden visit and the return to bipartisanship

Left: Then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks before a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 3, 2015 (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik); Right: US President Joe Biden shakes hands with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in the Oval Office of the White House, Aug. 27, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

After a quiet mending of the immeasurable harm Bennett's predecessor did to US-Israel ties, the two countries' leaders have an opportunity to make real advances

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Ester Kurz is the former Director of Legislative Strategy and Policy at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.