This support for Putin comes amid widespread protests in Iran challenging the regime's legitimacy, and a continued crackdown in which the regime has killed hundreds of innocent civilians heroically risking their lives for freedom.
Our view: The administration must use all of our economic and diplomatic tools to immediately cut off the cash flow to the Iranian regime.
Standing with the Iranian protesters means cutting off the cash flow to their oppressors.
Supporting Ukraine and standing up to Putin requires stopping Iran from arming Russia.
Now is the time to fully enforce sanctions and cut Iran off from the international financial and oil markets.
Event Next Week
Getting the Shot: Capturing History with Israeli Photographer Ziv Koren
Ziv Koren sits down with AIPAC to discuss his 25-year-long career as a photojournalist, his latest book 50 of Tel Aviv's Most Intriguing Streets, his experience documenting the war in Ukraine, and his passion for capturing Israel through his lens.
Palestinian Leaders Continue to Glorify Terrorists
On Sunday, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh met with the family of a terrorist killed while attacking Israeli troops, calling him a "martyr."
The Palestinian PM posed for a picture with masked gunmen wearing terrorist insignia, including that of Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Shtayyeh is also pictured alongside Fathi Hazem, the father of the terrorist who carried out a shooting attack on Tel Aviv’s Dizengoff Street in April, killing three and injuring six.
Context: Shtayyeh's public glorification of terrorists comes just days after the murder of two Israeli soldiers and violent Palestinian riots.
Meanwhile: The Palestinian Authority continues its pay-for-slay program, financially rewarding terrorists and their families for attacks committed against Israel.
The bottom line: The PA must stop glorifying terrorists, clamp down on rising radicalization and work with Israeli security services to combat terror.
The U.S. must continue to support our ally Israel as it works to protect its citizens from terror attacks.
Anti-Israel U.N. Commission Releases Second Outrageous Report
On Thursday, the U.N.'s anti-Israel Commission of Inquiry (COI) submitted its second report to the General Assembly.
Context: Last May, the U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) established an unprecedented, open-ended COI to permanently target the Jewish state.
What's in it: The report reflects the UNHRC's outrageous, predetermined bias against Israel.
Notably, it mentions Israel 277 times and doesn’t mention Hamas once.
The bottom line: The United States must reject this biased, U.N.-funded attack against Israel and continue to oppose efforts to isolate, attack and delegitimize the Jewish state.
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Urge Congress to pass the COI Elimination Act.
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