Posts Tagged: State Department
Biden’s Embattled Iran Envoy Suspended for Conduct Lands Teaching Job at Elite University
The man who led the Biden administration's negotiations with Iran before having his security clearance suspended is now joining the faculty of an elite Ivy...
Ex-State Department Officials Admit They Were Wrong
JNS.org - On his way out the door, the retiring U.S. ambassador to Israel, Thomas Nides, has belatedly acknowledged that he “screwed up” in one...
‘Incredibly Disturbing’: ADL Calls on Israel to Reconsider New York Consul General Nomination
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) in a statement to The Algemeiner called for the Israeli government to reconsider the nomination of Likud MK and minister-without-portfolio May...
A New Phase in US-Israel Relations
Israel was rocked by the news on Thursday that the US State Department had ordered NASA scientist Dr. Amber Straughn to cancel her participation in...
US Officials to Boycott Smotrich During his Visit
i24 News - According to a senior political official via Channel 12, Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is now considered "persona non grata,” among the American...
‘Not Just Israel’: Biden Admin Says Human Rights Candidate Axed for Range of Issues
The State Department on Wednesday countered claims made by human rights groups and others that it had withdrawn the nomination of Professor James Cavallaro for...
Top US Lawmaker Objects to Potential F-16 Sale to Turkey
The Biden administration has told Congress it is preparing the potential $20 billion sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey, sources familiar with the matter...
Advice from the Ex-State Department Crowd has Proven Wrong Again and Again
JNS.org – Twice in recent weeks, Arab workers from Gaza have been arrested in Israel for terrorist activity. Can you imagine what would happen if...
US Antisemitism Envoy: France ‘Ground Zero’ for European Antisemitism
France has become the epicenter of 21st century antisemitism in Europe — a phenomena which is now beginning to replicate in other countries around the...
The State Department Elite Don’t Understand the Middle East
According to the late professor John Kenneth Galbraith, "the notion of conventional wisdom … is commonly understood as knowledge that is accepted within a certain...
Blinken Stresses Importance of Concluding Israeli Probe into Reporter’s Killing
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke on Friday to Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and stressed the importance of concluding Israel's probes into the...
US Won’t Give Russia Sanctions Exemption as Part of New Iran Deal, Official Says
The United States will not accept new Russian demands for an exemption to Western sanctions as part of a nuclear deal with Iran, a senior...
US Lawmakers, Jewish Groups Slam Amnesty Report as ‘Demonization’ of Israel
A leading progressive Congressman and the ranking Republican member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee joined other US lawmakers, Jewish groups and Israeli officials on...
Why Is the US Trying To Open a Consulate in Jerusalem for Palestinians?
JNS.org – It is frustrating to realize that even after two successive administrations (those of former US President Donald Trump and his successor, Joe Biden)...
