Tag: U.S. State Department
Biden admin yet to fix error days after admitting it sanctioned wrong Israeli
Four days after the Biden administration admitted that it accused an uninvolved Israeli citizen of “undermining peace, security and stability” in Judea and Samaria and sanctioned the wrong man, it has yet to fix...
US designates Tehran-aligned militia in Iraq as terror group
The U.S. State Department designated the group Harakat Ansar Allah al-Awfiya, and Haydar Muzhir Ma’lak al-Sa’idi, 46, the Iraq-based militia’s secretary general, as “specially designated global terrorists” on Monday.
Aligned with Iran, the entity is “part of the...
In first meeting with new Palestinian Authority leader, Blinken welcomes plans to reform the...
In his first meeting with the new Palestinian Authority prime minister on Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken welcomed the PA’s plans to pass a series of administrative reforms.
Blinken stressed “the need for full...
US won’t say if it would work with Yair Golan, who denounced haredi Jews
The U.S. State Department commented for the first time on Thursday on controversial statements about ultra-Orthodox Jews by the incoming chief of Israel’s Labor Party, Yair Golan, who was elected with 95% of the...
US State Department to Israel: We have a bridge to sell you (again)
An ex-U.S. State Department official believes that he has come up with a brand-new, innovative, never-before-tried way to reach peace in the Middle East: Give more territory to the Palestinian Authority.
How many times will...
Reporter scolds State: ‘I was under the impression that you guys didn’t speak to...
Matt Lee, the Associated Press diplomatic writer who asks the first questions at U.S. State Department press briefings, pressed the Foggy Bottom spokesman on Thursday about U.S. President Joe Biden’s threat to the Jewish state.
Biden said...
No green light from Washington for Rafah mission, US envoy says
Despite reports to the contrary, the Biden administration has not given Jerusalem its approval of a military operation in Rafah—the southernmost city in the Gaza Strip—the U.S. State Department’s top Middle East diplomat said on...
US report accuses Israel of causing ‘severe’ human rights crisis in Gaza
The Jewish state responded to Hamas’s Oct. 7 terror attack with “a sustained, wide-scale military operation in Gaza, which had killed more than 21,000 Palestinians and injured more than 56,000 by the end of...
In DC, Lapid discusses hostage deal with Blinken, meets with senators
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid discussed efforts to free the 133 remaining hostages being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip during a meeting in Washington on...
Blinken announces program to return Nazi-looted art to descendants
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke via video on Tuesday for the 25th anniversary of the Washington Principles on Nazi-confiscated art and best practices event, announcing a new effort by the U.S. State Department to...