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WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 5: Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) speaks to media outside a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing with sanctuary city mayors, at the US Capitol, on Wednesday, March 5, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Graeme Sloan for The Washington Post via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Published originally by Marc Rod, Jewish Insider<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), an influential member of the conservative wing of the House Republican Conference, said in an interview with Jewish Insider<\/em> last week that Israel stands in a unique place among U.S. allies and that the U.S. should always be ready to assist Jerusalem when it needs help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asked after a recent trip to Israel about potential additional avenues for Congress to support Israel, including future aid packages, Jordan described Israel as \u201cin a category all by themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen they need help, we should be helping Israel because there\u2019s this special bond that exists between the Jewish people and Americans, and Israel and the United States. It\u2019s just a special relationship. And a lot of it is because of the Judeo-Christian connection and heritage that we have,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ohio Republican, who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, helped found the right-wing Freedom Caucus in 2015, and went on to gain influence and support across the GOP conference. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnson was nominated three times for House speaker during the protracted Oct. 2023 speakership fight, but Republicans later withdrew the nomination amid continued opposition from some Republican moderates and pragmatists. Jordan, an ally of President Donald Trump, is seen as still having House leadership ambitions<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While he\u2019s a skeptic of aid to Ukraine<\/a>, Jordan has voted consistently in favor of U.S. aid to Israel, even as a group of Freedom Caucus members, including the group\u2019s then-chairman, opposed U.S. aid to Israel last year unless paired with other funding cuts. Jordan also voted in favor of U.S. aid to Taiwan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jordan led a delegation of House Republicans to Israel last month, his first visit to the Jewish state since before the COVID-19 pandemic. Jordan said that the \u201cresiliency of the Jewish people and the miracle that is the nation of Israel\u201d was all the more evident during this visit, particularly when the group visited the sites of Hamas\u2019 Oct. 7, 2023, massacres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe other big takeaway for me was just how different the Middle East is now\u201d due to Israel\u2019s operations against Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran and the fall of Assad in Syria, Jordan added. \u201cIt was just a terrible tragedy what happened on the 7th of October a year and a half ago, but since then, there\u2019s been a change, and I feel like Israel\u2019s in a stronger position now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jordan said that it\u2019s \u201cobvious\u201d that a two-state solution should be a thing of the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s just not going to fly,\u201d Jordan said. In order to have a two-state solution, \u201cyou\u2019ve got to have each state want to work with the other \u2026 The Palestinians\u2019 stated goal is to destroy the country of Israel. You just can\u2019t do that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regarding the future of Gaza, Jordan said that the U.S. should let Israel take the lead in plotting the path forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAll I know is that you cannot allow this terrorist organization to run that area and the president\u2019s been clear he doesn\u2019t want that either,\u201d Jordan said. \u201cI think we should be supportive of Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asked about how the U.S. should approach Iran and its growing nuclear program, including Trump\u2019s discussions of a nuclear deal and a potential Israeli strike, Jordan said Israel has \u201cmade clear Hamas is not going to be back in power in Gaza\u201d and that it \u201cis not going to let Iran get nuclear capability.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn my mind, that\u2019s just a matter of fact, and that\u2019s exactly the right position,\u201d Jordan said. He spoke to JI prior to Trump\u2019s revelation last week that he had sent a letter to Iranian leaders proposing talks over the regime\u2019s nuclear program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jordan said that Oct. 7 and its aftermath were pervasive themes in every conversation he had in Israel, particularly with the anticipated release of the bodies of the Bibas family during the visit. He also said that visiting holy sites in Jerusalem was \u201ctruly amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking to JI before the recent outbreak of sectarian violence in southern Syria that has left hundreds of civilians dead, Jordan said that a \u201cwait-and-see\u201d approach is necessary regarding the new Syrian government. He said it is a positive development that the supply line from Iran to Lebanon through Syria has been cut off, but said new Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa\u2019s terrorist background is concerning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said that Turkey\u2019s intentions and influence in the new Syrian regime are another \u201cwrinkle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jordan said that there\u2019s also \u201creal optimism\u201d in the region that the Trump administration can build on the Abraham Accords and potentially bring in Saudi Arabia, adding that potential concessions from the U.S. as part of such a deal are up to Trump. Jordan argued that the Trump administration\u2019s decision to override longstanding conventional wisdom to move the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem had created the \u201cfoundation\u201d for the Abraham Accords.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSuddenly people said, \u2018Wow this is different,\u2019\u201d Jordan said. \u201cAnd the president jumped out of this framework of \u2018you have to work on the two-state Palestinian-Israel issue.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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