Foreign Policy

Washington, D.C. - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Wednesday lauded legislation by Congressmen Brad Sherman and John Shadegg to promote U.S. and Israeli cooperation on efforts to develop alternative energy technology.

Sherman and Shadegg introduced bipartisan legislation to encourage companies and academic researchers from the close allies to work together on alternative energy projects.

In his address to the special session of Congress, Olmert said the United States and Israel œshare a desire for energy security.

Washington, D.C. - The House on Tuesday approved bipartisan legislation cosponsored by Congressman Brad Sherman to end all direct aid to the Hamas-run Palestinian Authority until Hamas renounces violence and recognizes Israels right to exist.

œHamas ran on a platform of ethnic cleansing and genocide, pushing all Jews in the Middle East into the Mediterranean. They won on that platfom, and for us to see dollars going to a regime which is bent on ethnic cleansing and genocide would be absolutely absurd, Congressman Brad Sherman said.

Washington, D.C. - Congressman Brad Sherman on Wednesday, speaking at a House hearing on the proposed takeover of terminal operations at six United States ports by a Dubai company, demanded that the UAE prohibit œcontributions by its citizens to Hamas and other organizations listed on the U.S. State Department terrorist list.

Sherman also demanded that the state-owned Dubai Ports World, and the UAE cease participation in a boycott of Israel.

Washington, D.C. - The House International Relations Committee on Thursday adopted a pair of resolutions calling on Turkey to acknowledge the slaughter of Armenians by Ottoman Turks around the time of World War I.

œIt is long past time for us to criticize the Ottoman Empire for the first genocide of the 20th century, said Congressman Brad Sherman, a member of the prestigious panel.

œIgnoring genocide is the last act of genocide, Sherman added. œWhere would modern Germany be if it was ruled by a government denying the Holocaust?

Washington, D.C. - Congressman Brad Sherman on Thursday urged House colleagues to join him in calling on Great Britain to keep out of England a radical sheik who has advocated terrorism.

Sheik Yussuf al-Qaradawi, a Qatari-based cleric, has hailed those who commit suicide bombings, called for the murder of Jews, and advocated the use of children in terrorist attacks. In an interview about Palestinian suicide operations against Israelis, he told the BBC in 2004 that he œconsiders this type of martyrdom operation as an evidence of Gods justice

Washington, D.C. - The South/South-East Asian tsunami disaster that occurred on December 26 is one of the largest natural disasters in recorded history. With an estimated 150,000 dead, and millions left homeless and threatened with disease, hunger and thirst, the global community is rallying together to help the victims. In the San Fernando Valley, there are community organizations and religious centers gathering donations of clothing, medical supplies, and money for the relief efforts.

[Washington, D.C.] – Congressman Brad Sherman, the top Democrat on the new House Subcommittee on International Terrorism, Non-proliferation and Human Rights, continues to call on the Belgian government to clarify their laws concerning the prosecution of non-Belgians for crimes against humanity.