JERUSALEM POST
Thank you Senator Mark Kirk
by Eric R. Mandel
November 29, 2016

With all the tumult surrounding the American presidential election, virtually unnoticed was the departure of one of Israel’s best friends in the Senate. The mainstream pro-Israel community lost a great champion of the US-Israel relationship: Senator Mark Kirk. Senator Kirk fought tirelessly to strengthen America’s support of Israel, insisting that Israel is America’s indispensable partner in region. He was passionate about fighting the boycott movement, recognizing its goal as the destruction of the State of Israel, not a two-state solution. But his chief claim to fame was his relentless campaign to denounce the Iranian regime as a threat to American national security interests. READ MORE