Tag: Biden Administration
Biden administration ‘deeply blind’ to inherent flaws of UNRWA, say Mideast experts
The U.S. State Department’s Population, Migration and Refugees Bureau ended 2021 with another payment to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), a move some experts have criticized as wrongheaded and in line...
Gantz was warning Washington, not Tehran
It’s a classic case of good news and bad news. The good news refers to reports that the United States appears to be backing off on its plans to reopen the Jerusalem consulate to...
Biden administration renews talks with Palestinian officials on economic issues
The Biden administration renewed the US-Palestinian Economic Dialogue (USPED) group on Tuesday that had been frozen by the Trump administration.
The meeting, which was held virtually, was the first in five years and brought together...
Biden’s ‘build back better’ message to Iran, Israel and the Arabs
Critics of The New York Times sometimes claim that the newspaper’s biases render it unreadable. But those who avoid it are missing out on one of its key features: the way it serves as a sounding...
US abstention on anti-Israel UNRWA vote marks ‘dangerous backslide’ in policy at UN
The United States voted last week to abstain on a resolution concerning the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), the U.N.’s agency that handles Palestinian refugees—part of several resolutions put forth in...
US, Israel remain at loggerheads over consulate to Palestinians in downtown Jerusalem
Israel and the United States remain at an impasse about American plans to reopen the U.S. consulate on Agron Road in downtown Jerusalem that was closed under former President Donald Trump.
The Biden administration and...
Friedman: ‘I believe the US will respect Israel if Israel respects itself’
It’s been almost a year since U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman completed his service. In an interview with JNS, Friedman—who recently joined former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s new investment fund, Liberty Strategic, as its...
Pro-Israel movements protest US intention to open Jerusalem consulate for Palestinians
A group of more than 100 Israelis gathered on Agron Street in downtown Jerusalem on Wednesday, opposite the old U.S. consulate building, protesting the Biden administration’s announced plan to reopen it as a full...
Senators move to block Biden’s plan to reopen consulate for Palestinians
Three-dozen Republican senators introduced a bill on Tuesday that aims to block the Biden administration’s plan to reopen the U.S. consulate for the Palestinians in Jerusalem.
Upholding the 1995 Jerusalem Embassy Law Act of 2021...
The battle for the US consulate in Jerusalem
The professional echelon at the Israeli Foreign Ministry has described the expected American opening of a consulate to the Palestinians in Jerusalem as an “introduction to the division of the city.” They stress that...