Tag: U.S. State Department
Israel invited by Biden administration to participate in summit on democracy
The U.S. State Department published a list of countries invited to participate in its virtual Summit for Democracy next month with Israel listed alongside more than 100 other countries. Israel and Iraq were the only Middle...
Israel clarifies Palestinian NGO designation, assures US ties of ‘utmost importance’
An Israeli government official reiterated on Tuesday that they had briefed the United States about the impending designation of six Palestinian NGOs as terror organizations.
In an interview with Israel’s Army Radio, Joshua Zarka, deputy director-general of...
Former US ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro rejoins State Department to assist with Iran
Former U.S. ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro has been hired by the U.S. State Department to assist with the indirect negotiations between the United States and Iran in the Biden administration’s attempt to reenter...
US State Department probes incident of swastika etched into one of its elevators
The U.S. State Department began investigating who was behind the etching of a swastika on a wood panel in one of the department’s elevators on Monday.
According to Axios, which first reported the incident, U.S. Secretary...
America and Germany to collaborate on Holocaust-education efforts
The United States and Germany launched a dialogue on Holocaust issues on Thursday in the face of rising anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial, signing a letter of intent during a ceremony.
According to a State Department...
US State Department human-rights report returns to using ‘occupied’ territories
The Biden administration returned to using the term “occupied” when referring to the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights and eastern Jerusalem in its annual human-rights report issued by the U.S. State Department.
Under the...
US blacklists two Iranian officials, families for human-rights violations
The U.S. State Department designated two Iranian government interrogators of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Tuesday for their “gross violations of human rights.”
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement: “I...
State Department nominee contributed to book claiming ‘Israel lobby’ controls politics
U.S. President Joe Biden’s nominee for a leading position in the U.S. State Department previously worked on a book that accused the “Israel lobby” of influencing American politics and was employed by a magazine...
State Department: America firmly opposes ICC war-crimes probe of Israel
The U.S. State Department said it “firmly opposes” the announcement by the International Criminal Court of the opening of its investigation into Israel and the Palestinians over war-crimes allegations.
“We will continue to uphold our strong commitment...
Master diplomat George Shultz, and his interworking with Soviet and Jewish affairs
The long-term secretary of state, George Shultz, who died on Feb. 6 at the age of 100, will be remembered most for his negotiations on the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty in 1987 and the...