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Thank you Father for this important bipartisan legislation. Pray for God’s heart for the Jewish people in Israel and everywhere to be reflected in U.S. foreign policy.

It is a Land that the Lord your God seeks out; the eyes of the Lord your God, are always upon it, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year. (Deut 11:12)

A bipartisan bill to elevate the status of the U.S. special envoy on anti-Semitism overwhelmingly passed in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday.

Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.), a libertarian, was the sole vote against the legislation.

The Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Act was reintroduced last week by Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.). If enacted, it would upgrade the status of the special envoy to combat anti-Semitism—a position the State Department has left vacant for 20 months—to an ambassadorship requiring Senate confirmation.

The president would be required to fill the position within 90 days. The special-envoy position is currently vacant and has been so since the start of the Trump administration.

“Over the past decade, there has been a rapid rise in anti-Semitic acts and rhetoric in many countries: Jews harassed, assaulted and even murdered; synagogues attacked; graves and cemeteries desecrated; anti-Semitic slurs; targeting the State of Israel with the ‘three Ds’–demonization, double-standard and delegitimization–as my friend the great Soviet refusenik and religious prisoner Natan Sharansky named them,” said Smith.

“Anti-Semitic hatred is hardwired into the ideology of violent Islamist and white supremacist groups. But this evil goes beyond those perpetrators,” he added. “Politicians, entertainers and public intellectuals across the philosophical spectrum have exhibited anti-Semitism. Strong American leadership is essential to battle this bigotry.”

The bill now heads to the U.S. Senate. (Excerpts from Breitbart Jerusalem on Breitbart News)

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Felicia Penner
January 18, 2019

Praise you Jesus, for this bill, and the backing of it by the Dems. Lord, we know that there are many liberal Dems that do not hold with the violent left. Give them courage, Lord, give then a voice, and give them the freedom to walk away from the lies and misguided ideologies. I thank you for another way for the USA to stand with the Jewish people. I pray that it would pass the Senate, and be put into Law. I pray for the perfect ambassador to take this position. Go before our President, regarding this task dear Lord. We pray for the peace of Jerusalem. In their Messiahs name, Yeshua, Amen

Jerry E Sauls
January 15, 2019

I am very thankful that this bill passed in the US House of Representatives and I pray that it will be passed in the US Senate. Heavenly Father lover of all Mankind, I ask that You will touch the hearts and minds of the US Senate causing them to take up this bill and pass it quickly. And I pray that the segment of the Jewish Community that votes liberal, their eyes will be open to who their Real Messiah is and as a result they will be set free from the condemnation that is upon them for rejecting Him as Lord & Savior. Amen!!

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