We’ve been following the major media — Washington Post, CNN — get increasingly perplexed by Americans expressing pro-Israel thoughts to Congress.

Today’s New York Jewish Week should lead to more puzzled looks:

Jewish leaders this week were heading to Israel to show solidarity with the Jewish state — and some to Washington, to weigh in on the current crisis with administration officials, members of Congress and foreign diplomats.

On Thursday, leaders of the United Jewish Communities (UJC) and the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) were due here for meetings with administration and congressional officials.

“The goal is to communicate with our nation’s leaders our collective concerns for the state of Israel during this time of existential threat,” said William Daroff, the UJC vice president for public policy.

He said the Jewish leaders would also do some “brainstorming with administration officials about ways to encourage our allies to include Hezbollah on their official lists of terrorist organizations.”

Meanwhile, check out The Hill’s front-page story:

House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) approached Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on the floor Tuesday evening to see if she would attach her name to the most recent version of a joint resolution supporting Israel in its battle with two militant Islamic groups.

After five days of wrangling between the two leaders, their aides and other members, Pelosi was still withholding her support for the measure, scheduled to be voted on today, because she wanted Republicans to include language asking the two sides to limit civilian casualties.

Finally, here’s a cartoon from aljazeerahinfo.  Anyone care to translate?