Posts Tagged: State Department
Will the State Department Sabotage Trump’s Israel Policy?
President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, and move the US embassy there from Tel Aviv, was opposed by most of the US foreign policy establishment,...
An Ex-State Department Official Is Obsessed With Creating ‘Palestine’
JNS.org - “Creating a full-blown Palestinian state in virtually all the West Bank ... would be a reward to the suicide bombers who have terrorized Israel. ... It would...
Top Democratic Senator Urges State Department to Not Send Collection of Jewish Artifacts Back to Iraq
Top Democratic Senator Charles Schumer on Tuesday called on the State Department to “reconsider” the impending return of a collection of over 2,700 Jewish artifacts to...
US Envoy’s Meeting With Palestinian Officials Characterized as ‘Upgrade’ in Relations
JNS.org - The State Department characterized a meeting with senior Palestinian Authority (PA) officials that included US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman as an “upgrade” in...
Trump State Department Document Recognizes Jerusalem as Israeli; New York Times Ignores It
The Trump administration, breaking with Obama administration precedent, has issued an official State Department document recognizing Jerusalem as part of Israel. And the New York Times,...
Obama Quietly Releases $221 Million to Palestinians During Final Hours in Office, Officials Confirm
JNS.org - In its waning hours, the Obama administration reportedly transferred $221 million to the Palestinian Authority (PA) that had been blocked by Republican members...
Ten Failed State Department Plans for Mideast Peace
JNS.org - Writing on the op-ed page of the New York Times on January 5, former Assistant Secretary of State Martin Indyk argued that dividing control...
Homeland Security Dept Hired CAIR to Train French Officials in Counterterrorism
The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) facilitated a training session last week for a French police delegation, in conjunction with the State Department...
Congress Investigating Obama Admin-Funded Campaign to Unseat Israeli PM
Congress on Friday launched a wide-ranging probe into a secret Obama administration-funded campaign to unseat Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to information exclusively obtained...
State Department Refuses to Condemn Abbas’s Blood Libel in Speech to European Parliament (VIDEO)
The US State Department refused to condemn the use of antisemitic tropes by the president of the Palestinian Authority (PA) in a speech on Thursday before...
AP Reporter Grills State Department Spokesman About Cautioning Israel to Exercise Restraint Following Deadly Tel Aviv Terrorist Attack
US State Department spokesman Mark Toner was grilled on Friday by an Associated Press reporter about double standards being applied to Israel. Responding to comments Toner made in...
State Department Funds Televised Call for Boycotting Israel; The New York Times Is Amused
The State Department is using American taxpayer dollars to finance Palestinian Arabs celebrating violent attacks on Israelis and advocating a boycott of Israel and the...
Obama Administration Launches Campaign to Pressure All 50 States to Overturn Iran Sanctions
The Obama administration is quietly urging the governors of all 50 states to rescind any remaining sanctions on Iran, Bloomberg View reported on Monday. According to the...
Questions Remain Over US ‘Ransom Payment’ to Iran
The Obama administration paid $1.7 billion to Iran following three years of secret negotiations involving "decades-old legal disputes," according to a State Department letter obtained by the Washington...
