Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee pressed President Biden’s nominee for ambassador to Israel, Democrat Jack Lew, on his past work on Iran sanctions during a nomination hearing Wednesday.
Several pro-Palestinian demonstrators protesting against Israel disrupted the first few minutes of the hearing. After they were escorted out, the meeting continued uninterrupted.
Lew defended his record on the Iran deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, and asserted he would work to advance a “negotiated two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.”
“I want to be clear, Iran is a threat to regional stability and to Israel’s existence,” Lew said. “If confirmed, I will uphold President Biden’s commitment to deny Iran a nuclear weapon.”
GOP SENATORS COULD BLOCK JACK LEW FROM ISRAEL AMBASSADORSHIP OVER CONTROVERSIAL PAST WITH IRAN
Jack Lew during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee nomination hearing in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023.…