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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif in Geneva, Switzerland, in 2015. Credit: U.S. Mission/Eric Bridiers.

John Kerry to visit Jerusalem as part of Mideast working trip

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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...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the headquarters of the European Union in Brussels on March 4, 2022. Credit: Alexandros Michailidis/Shutterstock.

US State Department designates five al-Shabaab leaders as terrorists

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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...
View of the unauthorized outpost of Homesh, in the West Bank, on Nov. 17, 2022. Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90.

I’m deeply troubled that the State Department is deeply troubled

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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...
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman meets with Israeli Foreign Ministry Director General Ronen Levy in Washington, D.C., on May 17, 2023. Photo by Freddie Everett/U.S. State Department.

Israeli, US diplomats discuss Negev Forum in Washington

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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...
Dan Shapiro. Source: Twitter.

Blinken considers new envoy to bolster Abraham Accords

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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 journalist Said Arikat at a U.S. State Department press briefing on May 4, 2023. Credit: YouTube Screenshot.

Palestinian paper’s DC bureau chief accuses Israel of murdering Dee family killers

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“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...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at a joint press conference in Jerusalem, Jan. 30, 2023. Photo by Yoav Ari Dudkevitch/POOL.

State Department won’t engage ‘hypothetical’ of Blinken, Netanyahu DC meeting

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In the May 2 press briefing at the U.S. State Department, a spokesman dodged a reporter’s question about whether Secretary of State Antony Blinken would meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should the...

The State Department wants more antisemites in Jerusalem

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Just one week after President Joe Biden announced the creation of a task force to fight antisemitism, his State Department is criticizing Israel for deporting a violent antisemite. The name of the antisemite is Salah...
U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price briefs reporters, Nov. 3, 2021. Credit: Freddie Everett/State Department.

How a Palestinian journalist slanders Israel at the US State Department

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A Palestinian journalist routinely bashes Israel during the question and answer period at U.S. State Department briefings, and State Department spokespersons rarely correct the record. By allowing anti-Israel bias to penetrate the briefing room...

US sanctions Chinese companies for helping Iran circumvent petroleum sanctions

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Two Chinese state-run entities are being placed under sanctions by the U.S. State and Treasury Departments for helping Iran circumvent sanctions on exporting petroleum and petrochemical products. The sanctioned companies include Zhonggu Storage and Transportation...