Tag: U.S. State Department
State Department rejects analogy of Russian war, Israeli ‘occupation’
Matthew Miller, U.S. State Department spokesman, began Foggy Bottom's press briefing on July 10 by noting it was the 500th day of Russia's war on Ukraine.
"For 500 days, the Ukrainian people have endured the...
Ariel University decries ‘racist and BDS-like’ State Department
A U.S. State Department decision to cease scientific and technological cooperation with Israeli entities over the 1949 armistice line, commonly known as the Green Line, is racist and smacks of a BDS-like double standard,...
Israel a ‘serial bomber of civilian places,’ reporter says at State Department briefing
Said Arikat, Washington bureau chief of Al-Quds, has a long history of slandering Israel at U.S. State Department press briefings. On June 15, he began by posing a question about Amnesty International calling for the International Criminal Court to...
US calls Roger Waters’s Berlin show antisemitic
The United States has condemned as antisemitic a recent concert in Berlin by Pink Floyd musician and co-founder Roger Waters.
The May 17 performance “contained imagery that is deeply offensive to Jewish people and minimized...
John Kerry to visit Jerusalem as part of Mideast working trip
John Kerry, U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, will visit Jerusalem as part of a May 31 to June 7 trip that will also take him to Amman, Dubai and Oslo, the U.S. State...
US State Department designates five al-Shabaab leaders as terrorists
Maxamed Siidow, Cali Yare, Maxamed Dauud Gabaane, Suleiman Cabdi Daoud and Mohamed Omar Mohamed—all influential leaders of al-Shabaab, a terror group based in Somalia—have now been labeled Designated Global Terrorists under Executive Order (E.O.) 13224 by...
I’m deeply troubled that the State Department is deeply troubled
The U.S. State Department says it is “deeply troubled” that the Israeli government has lifted a ban on Jews living in the community of Homesh. Well, I’m deeply troubled that the State Department is...
Israeli, US diplomats discuss Negev Forum in Washington
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met in Washington on Wednesday with Ronen Levi, the director-general of Israel’s Foreign Ministry.
During the meeting, which was closed to the press, the two diplomats discussed “a...
Blinken considers new envoy to bolster Abraham Accords
The Biden administration says it plans to expand the 2020 Abraham Accords begun under former President Donald Trump and is determining an appointee to work towards increasing Israeli ties with Arab and Muslim-majority countries.
Dan Shapiro, who...
Palestinian paper’s DC bureau chief accuses Israel of murdering Dee family killers
“Let me begin by what happened today. The Israeli army killed four Palestinians. One of them is a young woman, 26 years old, a mother of three, in her hometown at a checkpoint,” said...