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by Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt
June 3, 2015

“Iran is not negotiating in good faith, and they smell American weakness,” the New York congressman warned in Congress several weeks ago. “Our enemies do not respect weakness, they only respect strength. But today…I challenge our president… to bring the Iranian government to their knees. You are the leader of the free world. Act like it.” The man of harsh words is none other than freshman Congressman Lee Zeldin, U.S. Representative of New York’s 1st congressional district, a mere five months in office, yet not shying away from taking vocal stances on foreign policy. Zeldin is not only one of the youngest legislators, at 35 – he is the only Republican Jew in both houses of Congress today, inheriting that title from former U.S. House Majority leader and powerhouse Eric Cantor, who was unexpectedly defeated in a Republican primary in Virginia last summer. READ MORE