Tag: Biden Administration
Senate confirms Linda Thomas-Greenfield as next US ambassador to UN
The U.S. Senate confirmed Linda Thomas-Greenfield on Tuesday as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
The final vote was 78-20.
The 35-year veteran diplomat and Louisiana native will arrive in the backdrop of U.S. President Joe...
Can Biden’s zeal to deal work better than ‘maximum pressure’?
If, as a New York Times headline noted, Israel’s reaction to the news that the United States is ready to start talking with Iran was “muted,” there was good reason for the low-key reaction. U.S. Secretary of...
Living in Israel, voting in the PA
In 1996, Arab residents of eastern Jerusalem, which lies within Israel’s sovereign borders, took part in elections in the Palestinian Authority, thereby smashing a taboo. Israel, under the leadership of Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon...
Biden administration: Ready to restart talks with Iran on nuclear deal
The Biden administration made its first major step towards reviving the Iran nuclear deal on Thursday, announcing that it has agreed to meet with Iran and other world powers involved in the 2015 agreement.
“The...
Through its Yemen maneuver, the Biden administration is giving a free pass to Iran
The Biden administration removed the Houthi rebels (Ansar Allah) in Yemen from the U.S. list of terrorist organizations on Feb. 16 after they were added to the list by the previous administration in January, shortly before...
Biden officials ‘recalibrating’ ties with Saudis, opening ‘path to diplomacy’ for Iran
Officials in the Biden administration announced a shift in U.S. Middle East foreign policy on Tuesday towards a more critical stance on Saudi Arabia while opening the door for direct diplomacy with Iran.
In a...
Despite appearances, Iran’s intelligence minister hasn’t broken ranks
Iran’s Tasnim news agency (affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) has strongly criticized Iranian Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi over his remarks in a television interview regarding the future of Iran’s nuclear program and the investigation...
Jerusalem and the new administration in Washington
What does it mean for Israel that the free world has a new leader, U.S. President Joe Biden?
Will it be a “third Obama presidency,” based on coldness towards Israel, or will Biden choose to...
Biden says no to lifting Iran sanctions before Tehran complies with nuclear deal
U.S. President Joe Biden told CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday that he would not lift sanctions on Iran as a way of persuading it to return to the negotiating table, and that it would...
Some Western leaders are ‘divorced from reality’ with regard to Palestinians, Iran
Iranian diplomat Assadollah Assadi was sentenced to 20 years in prison this week for planning a bomb attack in Paris. His sentencing comes at a time when Europeans and the new U.S. administration are...