Tag: U.S. State Department
Palestinians sue State Department over aid to Israel
A lawsuit filed Tuesday by Palestinians from Gaza and their U.S. relatives accuses the State Department of circumventing a law that prohibits U.S. military aid to foreign forces implicated in gross human rights abuses...
State Department: US hasn’t determined if Israel violated Lebanon ceasefire
The U.S. State Department said on Monday that the Israeli-Hezbollah ceasefire, which went into effect last Wednesday, is thus far “successful, broadly speaking,” with no determination yet made of accusations of Israeli violations.
Despite ongoing...
US offers $5m for info on Hezbollah-linked 1994 plane bombing
The United States is offering a $5 million award for information leading to the arrest of any individual who abetted the 1994 bombing of a commercial flight in Panama believed to have been carried...
Blinken touches down in Israel for 11th time since Oct. 7
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken touched down at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Tuesday morning, marking the diplomat's 11th visit since the Hamas terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
Blinken met with...
State Department denies receiving forewarning of Iranian attack on Israel
The U.S. State Department denied on Tuesday that it received forewarning from Iran about the Islamic Republic’s ballistic missile attack on Israel earlier that day.
Reuters reported after the attack that a “senior Iranian official” said...
US hypocrisy marks the anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s murder
In his press briefing on Friday, U.S. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller was asked about how the Biden administration is responding to the dire situation for women in the Islamic Republic. The journalist referred...
PA committed to peace, US says after Fatah militia claims Judea terror attacks
The Palestinian Authority has “consistently” shown a commitment to peace with Israel, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday, days after a group tied to its ruling Fatah faction claimed responsibility for two terrorist attacks.
“The...
US sanctions Israeli security coordinator, NGO for ‘extremist settler violence’
The U.S. State Department announced new sanctions on Wednesday on an Israeli nonprofit and civilian security coordinator that it alleges are engaged in “extremist settler violence” in Judea and Samaria.
“Extremist settler violence in the...
US, 31 countries launch global ground rules for countering Jew-hatred
The United States was one of 32 countries to sign onto a non-legally binding Global Guidelines for Countering Antisemitism plan in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, the day before the 30th anniversary of the bombing of the...
‘Pretext is a big word,’ State Department spokesman scolds Palestinian reporter
Matthew Miller, the U.S. State Department spokesman, pushed back twice on Monday during a press conference when Said Arikat, D.C. bureau chief for Al-Quds, suggested that Israel targeted the al-Mawasi humanitarian zone on the “pretext”...