Israel
November 8th, 2015
Sen. Cruz Shines Light on Obama Administration’s Failure to Stand With American Victims of Terrorism
Last week I chaired a hearing for the Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts titled “Justice Forsaken: How the Federal Government Fails the American Victims of Iranian and Palestinian...
August 6th, 2015
Ted Cruz Says Iran Agreement Would Make America Under Obama The World's Largest Sponsor Of Terrorism
The world's current largest sponsor of terrorism is responsible for supplying the implements to kill Americans in the Middle East conflicts. The agreement itself permits Iran's 19,000 enriching centrifuges to continue...
April 8th, 2015
The only democracy in the Middle East and a decades-long ally of the U.S. with a supportive voting record in the U.N. to boot, now faces a hostile President Obama determined to bring Israel to heel before he is out of office...
March 31st, 2015
Tomorrow is the deadline for the United States, Iran, and other nations to come to an agreement regarding the future of Iran’s nuclear activities. I have previously supported sanctions against Iran and I remain very...
February 2nd, 2015
WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Congressman Lee Zeldin, R-NY-1, today sent a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry asking for information regarding media reports that U.S.
December 18th, 2014
Today, the European Union did an about-face of the worst kind, reversing their designation of Hamas as a terrorist organization. The General Court of the EU found that the original decision to include Hamas as a terrorist...
December 10th, 2014
Editor's Note: A resolution co-sponsored by U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia unanimously passed the Senate yesterday to condemn the use of civilians...
November 19th, 2014
The attacks Tuesday morning that killed three Americans and a Briton while they were worshiping in a Jerusalem synagogue are acts of vicious cowardice. The subsequent celebration of the attacks over loudspeakers in the...
October 23rd, 2014
The attacks in Ottawa and Jerusalem yesterday are stark reminders that while radical Islamic terrorism may have originated in the Middle East, it is not confined to that region. Our great and good friends in Canada and...
August 12th, 2014
Obama's Mideast policy can be classified as disaster jointly administered by John Kerry, who shows why the voters were right to reject him in 2004, and Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state, who left office before...
October 9th, 2015
My thoughts and prayers are with the Israeli people who are enduring a new escalation of Palestinian terrorism.
July 31st, 2015
Yesterday I introduced a resolution, S. Res. 238, defining the start of Congress’ 60-day review period and detailing flaws within the submittal of the agreement.
April 7th, 2015
Non-proliferation used to be the policy of America and the West. It has not been completely successful, but has worked okay.
March 4th, 2015
Following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a joint session of Congress, I released the following statement.A nuclear Iran is unacceptable.
January 9th, 2015
In response to the Palestinian Authority’s attempts to dictate terms to Israel at the recent United Nations Security Council, I released the following statement in defense of Israel:It is a sad day for the United States and...
December 16th, 2014
Below is a list of funding and language that I helped ensure were included in the FY15 omnibus appropriations bill. These items address important national and conservative priorities.
December 1st, 2014
Hillary Clinton has the office closest to the door; the Democrats want her gone!The evidence mounts almost daily, as Clinton dodges the arrows (and shoes), and Elizabeth Warren continues to shoot them. The fake Indian...
November 18th, 2014
Two Palestinians attacked a synagogue in Jerusalem and killed four Israeli worshipers. This act of terror must immediately be condemned by the international community.As we mourn the death of the three American citizens...
August 12th, 2014
We’ve all heard about the violence in the Middle East between Israel and Hamas. As Israel tries to defend itself against thousands of rockets fired by the terrorist group Hamas, death tolls continue to grow, and communities...
August 1st, 2014
The Senate has sent a unified message to the world: we will not rest until the Hamas terrorists responsible for the horrific murder of Naftali Fraenkel are found and justice is served. Two Israeli teens, Gilad Shaer and Eyal...