{"id":2071285,"date":"2023-10-18T05:36:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T09:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-to-begin-confirmation-process-for-bidens-pick-for-israel-envoy-amid-war\/"},"modified":"2023-10-18T05:40:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T09:40:26","slug":"senate-to-begin-confirmation-process-for-bidens-pick-for-israel-envoy-amid-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-to-begin-confirmation-process-for-bidens-pick-for-israel-envoy-amid-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate to commence confirmation process for Biden&#8217;s Israel envoy amidst ongoing conflict."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenate-to-begin-confirmation-process-for-bidens-pick-for-israel-envoy-amid-war%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2071285&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><blockquote>\n<h2>Former Treasury Secretary Jack Lew \u2062Faces Opposition\u2062 as Nominee for U.S. Ambassador to Israel<\/h2>\n<p>Former Treasury Secretary Jack Lew is set to \u2063appear before\u200d the Senate Judiciary Committee on\u200c October \u206418th for a hearing regarding \u200bhis\u200d nomination as\u2063 the U.S. \u200dAmbassador to Israel. This nomination has faced criticism from Hamas and \u200bHezbollah in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2023\/09\/05\/president-biden-announces-jacob-j-lew-as-nominee-for-ambassador-extraordinary-and-plenipotentiary-to-the-state-of-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> Mr. Lew&#8217;s \u2062nomination on September 5th. If\u2064 confirmed, Mr. Lew would\u200c succeed Tom Nides, who\u200b concluded his ambassadorship on July 21st.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Republicans are already expressing concerns about Mr. Lew&#8217;s \u200bnomination.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\" id=\"in_article_related_stories\">\n<h2 class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/h2>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-4 sm:line-clamp-3\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/biden-picks-former-treasury-secretary-jacob-lew-as-ambassador-to-israel-5486666?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"text-sm sm:text-base\">Biden\u200b Picks Former Treasury\u200c Secretary Jacob\u200c Lew as \u200dAmbassador to Israel<\/h3>\n<p>            <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/5\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[70px] sm:basis-[120px]\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/biden-picks-former-treasury-secretary-jacob-lew-as-ambassador-to-israel-5486666?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\">\n            <picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" https:><\/source><source type=\"image\/*\" https:><\/source>\n            <\/picture>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-4 sm:line-clamp-3\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epochtv\/live-5-pm-est-disinformation-surrounding-middle-east-conflict-impacting-worlds-perception-of-israel-hamas-war-5511045?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"text-sm sm:text-base\">Disinformation Surrounding Middle \u2062East Conflict \u2062Impacting \u200bWorld\u2019s Perception of Israel-Hamas War<\/h3>\n<p>            <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">10\/16\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[70px] sm:basis-[120px]\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epochtv\/live-5-pm-est-disinformation-surrounding-middle-east-conflict-impacting-worlds-perception-of-israel-hamas-war-5511045?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\">\n            <picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" https:><\/source><source type=\"image\/*\" https:><\/source>\n            <\/picture>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>&#8220;As Obama\u2019s Treasury Secretary, Jack Lew was a key figure in the disastrous Iran\u2062 Nuclear Deal. Iran is the chief sponsor of Hamas. \u2064Jack Lew\u2062 has no business being the US Ambassador to Israel,&#8221; Sen.\u2064 Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Eric_Schmitt\/status\/1713906147512520753?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a> on \u200cX, formerly Twitter, on October 16th.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>&#8220;Jack Lew, Biden\u2019s nominee to be USAMB to Israel, was the key point\u200b man in negotiations &#038; disinfo campaign for Obama\u2019s dangerously flawed deal with Iran. The consequences are felt today\u200d as Iran\u2014flush with cash \u2062due \u200dto Biden\u2019s push to revive the deal at any cost\u2014has\u200d fueled\u2063 carnage in \u2062Israel,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenatorHagerty\/status\/1712645537218887852?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a> Sen. \u2064Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) on X on October\u200b 12th.\u2064 &#8220;Lew must answer for the failed Obama-Biden Middle East strategy as he appears before the Senate Foreign Relations committee for his \u2063confirmation\u2063 hearing\u2062 next week.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Jack Lew is an Iran sympathizer who has no\u2062 business being our ambassador,&#8221; Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) told Fox News on October 15th. &#8220;It\u2019s bad for the United States, it\u2019s bad for\u200b Israel to have\u2063 an\u200c Iran sympathizer\u200d as our ambassador to that \u200ccountry.\u200c He helped Iran evade \u2063American sanctions, and he lied to Congress about it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Lew, as the \u2063head of the Treasury under President Barack Obama, defended the 2015 Joint \u200cComprehensive Plan of Action,\u200c commonly known \u2063as the Iran nuclear deal, which provided Iran\u2062 with \u200dbillions of\u2063 dollars in sanctions relief in exchange for limitations on its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/evidence-of-undeclared-nuclear-activities-discovered-at-locations-in-iran-that-raise-new-concerns-report\/\" title=\"\u2018Evidence Of Undeclared Nuclear Activities\u2019 Discovered At Locations In Iran That Raise New Concerns: Report\">nuclear weapons program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One month\u200b before the final agreement was reached in 2015, Mr. Lew defended \u200bthe Obama administration&#8217;s pursuit of a nuclear accord with Iran.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>&#8220;We know that Iran has historically told the international community\u200c one thing while doing something very different. And since the outset of our \u200bnegotiations, we have abided by a critical principle: distrust\u2063 and\u200d verify,&#8221; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/annual-conference\/full-text-of-us-treasury-secretary-jacob-lews-remarks-at-the-jpost-annual-conference-405309\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> at a conference hosted by The Jerusalem Post. &#8220;So through painstaking verification, we have made \u200csure that the Iranians \u2063are keeping their commitments\u2014allowing us to \u2062continue\u2063 the talks knowing \u200dthat\u2064 Iran was not simply using negotiations as a form of smoke \u200cand\u2062 mirrors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The framework we have established paves the way for an international agreement between Iran and America, Britain, France, Germany, the EU, Russia, and China to prevent Iran from obtaining the most dangerous type \u200bof weapon the world has ever known,&#8221;\u200b Mr. Lew said. &#8220;The region and the world will be a more dangerous \u2062place if we fail, and a nuclear-armed Iran would be \u200ca more menacing supporter of terrorist groups and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-to-begin-confirmation-process-for-bidens-pick-for-israel-envoy-amid-war\/\" title=\"Senate to commence confirmation process for Biden's Israel envoy amidst ongoing conflict.\">destabilizing\u200d regional forces<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to him, &#8220;A diplomatic solution is the best,\u2064 most enduring path to achieve our goal of preventing Iran from\u2064 obtaining a nuclear weapon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After the Iran deal was reached, Mr. Lew continued to advocate for it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Since the goal of sanctions is to pressure bad actors to change their policy, we must be prepared to provide relief from sanctions when they\u200c succeed,&#8221; he said at the Carnegie \u2063Endowment for International Peace. &#8220;If we fail to follow\u2063 through, we undermine our own credibility and \u2064damage our ability to use sanctions to drive policy change. \u2026 Since Iran has kept its end of\u200b the deal, it \u200bis our responsibility to uphold ours in both\u200b letter and spirit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Lew&#8217;s \u2062confirmation hearing comes at a time when \u2064Israel is \u2063defending \u200citself against attacks launched by Hamas on October 7th.<\/p>\n<p>As of now, over 4,000 people,\u2062 including at least 30 U.S. citizens, have been killed. In response, Israel has conducted airstrikes on \u200bGaza, which is controlled by Hamas, \u2063and has targeted\u200d Hezbollah and IRGC locations north of Israel. The Jewish state has vowed \u200bto eliminate Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>Given the critical situation in \u2062Israel, Senate Democrats are urging \u2062for Mr. Lew to be sent \u200bto\u200b Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s no time to waste. Israel is in critical need of a Senate-confirmed U.S. ambassador,\u2064 and nominee <strong>Jack Lew<\/strong> is ready to serve. As\u2062 we return to session tomorrow, it&#8217;s a high priority to get his nomination advanced quickly,&#8221; Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), chairman\u200b of the \u2062Senate Foreign Relations Committee, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenatorCardin\/status\/1713710597085565185?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a> on X on October 15th.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>&#8220;For the U.S. to be without\u200b an ambassador to \u2062Israel at this critical moment would\u2063 be a terrible mistake. <strong>Jack Lew<\/strong> is highly qualified and should \u200dbe confirmed quickly,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChrisCoons\/status\/1712106895970803745?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a> Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) on X on October 11th.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>&#8220;Our nation needs a confirmed Ambassador \u2064to Israel. As a member of the Senate \u2062Foreign Relations Committee, I look forward to voting to advance <strong>Jack Lew<\/strong>&#8216;s nomination next week \u2063and working to fill other vacancies in the region as soon as possible,&#8221; Sen.\u200c Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenDuckworth\/status\/1712509506679103988?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How do terrorist\u200b groups Hamas and Hezbollah justify their\u2064 opposition to Jack Lew&#8217;s nomination as U.S. Ambassador to Israel?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u2064Secretary, Jack \u2064Lew played a\u200b key role in negotiating the\u200b Iran nuclear deal, which\u200c Republicans vehemently opposed,&#8221; said Senator\u2062 Ted Cruz. \u2063&#8221;His involvement in such a controversial and flawed agreement \u200draises serious concerns about\u2062 his judgment and ability to effectively represent the United States in Israel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Senator Cruz is not alone in his opposition to Mr. Lew&#8217;s \u2062nomination. Several other Republican senators have also voiced their objections, citing concerns over his stance on the Iran deal\u200c and his support for the Obama administration&#8217;s policies\u2062 towards Israel.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Republican opposition, Mr. Lew&#8217;s nomination has faced criticism from terrorist \u200dgroups Hamas and Hezbollah. Both\u2063 organizations have condemned the nomination and expressed their opposition to\u200c any U.S. representative in Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas, a Palestinian militant group,\u2063 issued\u2064 a \u2063statement calling Mr. Lew &#8220;a staunch supporter of Israel&#8217;s \u2063oppressive policies&#8221; and accused him of being &#8220;biased against the Palestinian cause.&#8221; Hezbollah, a Lebanese-based militant group backed\u2062 by Iran, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-extends-proxy-voting-policy-that-republicans-sued-her-over-last-year\/\" title=\"Pelosi Extends Proxy Voting Policy That Republicans Sued Her Over Last Year\">expressed similar sentiments<\/a>, describing Mr. Lew as \u2063&#8221;a symbol of American imperialism\u2062 in \u200bthe\u2064 region.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite the opposition,\u2063 President\u2064 Biden stands by his\u2063 decision \u200dto nominate \u200cMr. Lew as Ambassador to Israel. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-governor-shuts-down-plan-that-could-have-helped-trump-in-legal-battles\/\" title=\"GOP Governor Blocks Plan to Aid Trump in Legal Battles\">recent\u200c press conference<\/a>, President Biden praised Mr. Lew&#8217;s\u200c experience and expertise, stating that he is \u200b&#8221;uniquely qualified&#8221; for the role.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Jack Lew has \u2063a deep understanding\u200b of \u2063the \u2064challenges facing Israel and the broader \u200bMiddle East region,&#8221; said President Biden. &#8220;His\u200b knowledge and experience will be invaluable as we work to strengthen the U.S.-Israel relationship\u2062 and promote peace\u2062 and \u200bstability in the region.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>President Biden&#8217;s nomination of Mr. Lew comes at a critical time for U.S.-Israel relations. The recent conflict between\u2063 Israel and Hamas has strained the relationship, and\u200c both sides are seeking \u2064a path towards peace and stability.<\/p>\n<p>If confirmed, Mr. Lew\u200b will have \u2064a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marketmind-asian-markets-face-tough-act-to-follow\/\" title=\"Asian markets face challenging task ahead\">challenging task ahead<\/a> \u2063of him. He will need to \u200crebuild trust and \u200cfoster a \u2064productive relationship with Israeli\u2062 leaders while also addressing the concerns\u200b and grievances of the Palestinian \u200cpeople.<\/p>\n<p>Overall,\u200d the opposition to Mr. Lew&#8217;s nomination reflects the deep \u2062divisions and complexities surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian\u200d conflict.\u2064 It is a conflict that has spanned\u200d decades\u2064 and defied easy solutions.<\/p>\n<p>As the Senate Judiciary Committee prepares to hold\u200b hearings on Mr. Lew&#8217;s nomination, \u2063the debate over\u200c his suitability for\u2063 the role of U.S. Ambassador to Israel will continue. Ultimately, it will be up to the Senate to decide whether to confirm Mr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Treasury Secretary Jack Lew will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Oct. 18 regarding his nomination as U.S. Ambassador to Israel. Hamas and Hezbollah have recently criticized the nomination. President Joe Biden announced Lew&#8217;s nomination on Sept. 5. 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