Thursday, August 13, 2026

Jewish Publisher Rips Ossoff Over Israel Voting Record. NEWSMAX

Jewish Publisher Rips Ossoff Over Israel Voting Record

By Nicole Weatherholtz | Wednesday, 12 August 2026 02:16 PM EDT

Atlanta Jewish Times Publisher Michael Morris blasted Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., in an open letter Wednesday, telling the Georgia Democrat to "stop lying" about his support for Israel and accusing him of siding against the Jewish state when his votes matter most.

"I apologize for being blunt, but please, stop lying to me and your constituents," Morris wrote. "I hear you claim, over and over again, that you support Israel — that your support is 'ironclad.' It is not."

Morris said Ossoff presents himself as a staunch supporter of Israel when politically convenient but has compiled a Senate voting record that tells a different story.

"When a rhetorical bill reaches the floor — condemning Hamas after Oct. 7 or affirming Israel's right to defend itself — you vote with heartfelt sympathy for Israel," Morris wrote.

But when Israel needs actual military support, Morris charged, Ossoff has repeatedly voted to restrict it.

"You are with Israel on the votes that cost you nothing, and against it on the votes that actually matter," Morris wrote. "All that heartfelt sympathy is smoke and mirrors."

Morris singled out Ossoff's July 30, 2025, vote for a resolution that sought to block a U.S. arms sale to Israel. Ossoff later issued a statement defending his position, but Morris rejected the explanation.

"That statement is not evidence of support — it is merely an excuse for the absence of it," Morris wrote.

Morris also hammered Ossoff for supporting some resolutions from Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., aimed at cutting off weapons transfers to Israel in late 2024 and again in July 2025.

Morris also said Ossoff went even further on April 15, 2026, when he voted "to block every sale on the floor."

Morris also questioned whether Ossoff changes his message depending on his audience, pointing to the senator's appearance at a Voices of Muslims gala in Duluth, Georgia.

"Did you tell that room your support for Israel is 'ironclad,' the way you tell your Jewish constituents?" Morris asked. "Or does the message change with the audience?"

Morris ended with a direct challenge, urging Ossoff to prove his support for Israel with his Senate votes.

"You campaigned as a supporter of Israel," Morris wrote. "Demonstrate your support with your vote on the Senate floor."

"If instead you choose to keep voting against Israel, at least do not come home and obfuscate your vote — own your record," he added.

Nicole Weatherholtz ✉

Nicole Weatherholtz, a Newsmax general assignment reporter covers news, politics, and culture. She is a National Newspaper Association award-winning journalist.

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Thank you too, Moses Julius!

Blessings on all ye heads,

Steve Martin

“What in the World” by Steve Martin

What in the World

From time to time I will write on what is happening in the world, for as believers we must be aware. We can’t stick our head in the sand and let the rest go to hell.

Scripture commands that we be the salt of the earth.

Yeshua (Jesus) Himself told us that in Matthew 5:13, “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by people.”

Who wants to be thrown out and trampled on? We will if we don’t act as we have been commanded to.

And it is not just the pastors’ or the rabbis’ job.

When a U.S. state like Massachusetts passes a law stating babies in the womb can be murdered (what it actually is) at nine months, what Christian or Jew would agree with that and just say, “Well, not my business.”

“The eyes of the Lord are in every place,
watching the evil and the good.” Proverbs 15:3. NASB

Do what you can. Write about it. Talk about it. Get on social media and say something to counteract what so many say and do.

Don’t be quiet and shut up. We will be held accountable as to what we did or didn’t do.

Ahava and Shalom,

Steve Martin

(I can’t be quiet.)

Lion of Judah. King Yeshua.

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Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Israel, Venezuela restore consular ties after earthquake mission, chief rabbi’s appeal. All Israel News

First official channel between Israel and Venezuela since 2009

Isamar Mata

| Published: August 12, 2026

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Amb. Yoed Magen and Brigadier General Elad Edri meeting with Venezuela’s Minister of Infrastrure (Photo: Israel MFA)

Seventeen years, three Venezuelan leaders, and one extended Israeli government aid mission later, Israel and Venezuela restored consular ties on Tuesday, marking the first step toward renewed relations between the two countries.

The unexpected path back began not at a negotiating table, but in the aftermath of an earthquake, after a 32-member Israeli government delegation traveled to the country following two powerful earthquakes on June 24.

The mission arrived against the backdrop of years of strained relations. Venezuela maintained close ties with Iran and an openly hostile posturetoward Israel under Nicolás Maduro and his predecessor, Hugo Chávez. Following Maduro’s capture by U.S. forces, then-Vice President and now Interim President Delcy Rodríguez accused the operation of having “Zionist undertones.”

On the ground, however, the Israeli delegation encountered a strikingly different response. IDF Brig. Gen. Elad Edri said the team was “positively stunned” by the warm reception as its initial structural-assessment mission expanded into a nearly month-long national recovery effort. Rodríguez personally thanked the delegation before its departure.

Venezuela’s chief rabbi, Isaac Cohen, presented the foreign minister with a letter to Rodríguez calling for the restoration of diplomatic and consular ties with Israel.

Cohen framed Israel’s decision to help Venezuela in terms of historical reciprocity.

“I would call it justice that Israel shows solidarity and support to the great country of Venezuela,” the rabbi said in a televised interview following the meeting, noting that Venezuela was among the countries that supported the creation of the State of Israel at the United Nations.

Cohen stressed that while “diplomatic relations” had been severed, “human relations” between Israel and the Venezuelan people were never broken.

“There are highs and lows in diplomatic relations,” he added. “But to remain indifferent instead of showing solidarity with the Venezuelan people is not part of the teachings of Judaism.”

By the next day, the two governments announced the restoration of consular ties.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said the agreement followed talks with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Félix Plasencia González in recent weeks.

“The move creates an official coordination channel between Israel and Venezuela, which have not maintained diplomatic relations since 2009,” Sa’ar said.

Under the agreement, the countries will establish a mechanism to provide consular services to their citizens and continue technical cooperation stemming from the earthquake recovery effort.

Their joint statement also highlighted Venezuela’s Jewish community as “an important historic bridge of friendship” between the two countries.

For Cohen, the restoration of consular ties is only a first step. He likened the new arrangement to a period of “courtship” before marriage, with the full restoration of diplomatic relations still to come.

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