The Muslim Brotherhood and Israel
On January 10, 2017, the office of US Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) announced that he and Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Florida) reintroduced a bill to have the State Department designate the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) a terror organization. The purpose of the statute is “to protect Americans from the threat of radical Islamic terror,” because the MB “espouse[s] a violent Islamist ideology with a mission of destroying the West.” Once the MB is designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization, the US can prohibit them from receiving funds to sponsor their terrorist activities.
