Posts Tagged: State Department
Blinken Denies Taliban Blocking Americans from Leaving Mazar-i-Sharif
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken denied on Tuesday reports that the Taliban had blocked Americans attempting to fly out of of a northern Afghan...
Airlift Begins for Afghans Who Worked for US During its Longest War
Some 200 Afghans were set to begin new lives in the United States on Friday as an airlift got under way for translators and others...
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Holds, Egyptian Mediators Shuttle Between the Two Sides
A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas-led Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip held on Saturday as Egyptian mediators pressed on with talks with the two...
US Condemns Erdogan Comments on Jewish People as Antisemitic
The United States on Tuesday strongly condemned recent comments by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on the Jewish people as antisemitic, State Department spokesman Ned Price...
Biden Administration Approved $735 Million Arms Sale to Israel
President Joe Biden's administration approved the potential sale of $735 million in precision-guided weapons to Israel, and congressional sources said on Monday that US lawmakers...
State Department Report Acknowledges Palestinian Authority Payments to Terrorists as Biden Administration Seeks to Resume Aid
The US State Department has acknowledged that the Palestinian Authority (PA) has not “terminated payments for acts of terrorism,” according to a non-public report to...
Jewish Groups Call for Action Against State Department Official After Racist and Antisemitic ‘Blood and Faith’ Blog Is Revealed
Jewish leaders and groups as well as New York Congressman Ritchie Torres expressed outrage Sunday after revelations that a State Department official had a long...
Will Biden’s National Security Team Repeat Past State Department Mistakes?
President Biden's foreign policy and national security team reflects a resurgence of the State Department's worldview. An examination of this worldview and its track record...
Anti-Israel Rallies Display Outrageous Hatred and Hypocrisy
A chant of "death to Israel" and "death to America" triggered an enthusiastic response on Wednesday during an anti-Israel protest in Brooklyn. Similar rallies were held...
Report: US Secretary of State Pompeo to Visit Israel Next Week Despite Corona Pandemic
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is set to fly to Israel next week for a one-day visit despite the coronavirus pandemic, Channel 13 reported...
An Open Letter to Secretary Pompeo on the West Bank and International Law
JNS.org - I want to heartily congratulate you on your bold statement of policy declaring that “the Trump administration is reversing the Obama administration’s approach...
US State Department Task Force Meets on Countering Hezbollah Activities
The State Department task force on thwarting the activities of the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah met in the Netherlands on Monday and Tuesday, an official...
Latest Attack, Travel Warning, Expose Depth of Holland’s Terror Threat
Mention Holland, and most people think of brightly-colored tulips, gently-flowing canals, legal marijuana, and Rembrandt. But there is an underside. The US State Department issued a travel...
Netanyahu Hails US Decision to Shutter PLO Mission in DC
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the US decision to close the PLO mission in Washington, DC on Tuesday evening. "The US made the right decision...
