Tag: Biden Administration
‘It’s essential to protect historical truth’: Jewish groups react to Biden’s recognition of Armenian...
Jewish organizations responded positively to the United States officially recognizing as a genocide the killing and deportation of more than a million Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century.
The declaration...
GOP lawmakers join Pompeo to unveil Iran sanctions bill
Attempting to send a signal that the GOP does not support the Biden administration’s efforts to rejoin the Iran nuclear deal, or the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), former Secretary of State Mike...
Bipartisan group of senators urge Biden to nominate anti-Semitism envoy ASAP
A bipartisan group of senators on Monday urged U.S. President Joe Biden to quickly nominate a candidate to serve as the U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism and confront rising anti-Semitism worldwide.
The...
Why is HIAS seeking to make America’s border crisis even worse?
Over the weekend, President Joe Biden finally conceded that what was happening at America’s southern border is a “crisis,” a word that his administration had consistently refused to use when referring to the situation...
America’s Middle East allies unite against Iran, see start of talks as ‘betrayal’
The renewal of indirect talks last week between the United States and Iran to revive the 2015 nuclear deal—the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)—appears to have escalated tensions in the Middle East, as...
Israel’s envoy blasts Biden administration over renewal of UNRWA funding
The United States announced on Wednesday that it is working with Congress to drastically increase aid to the Palestinians, including renewing aid to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which deals primarily with...
Biden’s push for restoring aid to Palestinians faces legal hurdles and brewing political crisis
In recent days, the Biden administration has moved rapidly to restore funding to the Palestinians that had been largely severed during the Trump administration.
Concerns are being raised, however, that the funding could both violate...
Prospects for ‘improved’ nuclear deal dim as talks restart in Vienna
Ahead of the opening of indirect negotiations between Iran and the United States in Vienna through intermediaries, Iran presented a tough and uncompromising stance calling for the lifting of all sanctions if the United...
Iran and Israel’s strategic paradox
The past year was very good for Israel, security-wise. The number of attacks was relatively low, and the intensive focus on the pandemic (and elections) pushed aside issues that in normal times would have...
Biden revokes Trump-imposed sanctions against ICC prosecutor
U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday lifted the sanctions against International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda that were imposed seven months ago by his predecessor, former President Donald Trump.
The move was also directed at Phakiso Mochochoko,...