Posts Tagged: U.S. State Department
Israeli Political Echelon United in Condemnation of Planned U.S. Sanctions
i24 News - With the report that the U.S. State Department is planning to issue sanctions against an IDF unit, politicians across the political spectrum...
The State Department Is Tangled Up in Its Own Jerusalem Rhetoric
JNS.org - The US State Department has accused Israel of “undermining” peace by planning to build homes in areas in and around Jerusalem that happen to...
Iran Dismisses US Charge of Being the World’s Leading Sponsor of Terror
Iran on Sunday rejected an annual U.S. State Department report that called it the world's leading sponsor of terrorism. State TV quoted Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossein...
Sen. Schumer to Holocaust Survivors: File Claims Against French Rail Company
JNS.org - U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) called on Holocaust survivors and families of victims who were deported from Nazi-occupied France through the Societé Nationale des Chemins...
US Says Lieberman Appointment ‘Raises Legitimate Questions’ About Israel’s Direction
The US has expressed its concern about the Israeli government’s swing to the far-right after the appointment of ultra-nationalist former foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman as...
Germany, France Join US in Accusing Israel of ‘Appropriating’ Land in Jordan Valley
JNS.org - Germany and France on Wednesday echoed the US State Department's accusation that Israel has appropriated large tracts of land near the Dead Sea and...
World Leaders Including Canada’s Harper and India’s Modi Congratulate Netanyahu
Leaders and officials from around the world have been extending their congratulations to Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on his re-election to office, after his...
Turkish Ambassador Responds Angrily to Criticism of Erdoğan by U.S. Congressional Committee, Risking U.S.-Turkey Relations
A Turkish Ambassador on Tuesday responded angrily to a letter from four members of the U.S. Congress who wrote to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to...
Abu Dhabi Book Fair Praised After Pulling Anti-Semitic Titles
Jewish human rights group the Simon Wiesenthal Center on Friday praised the Abu Dhabi Book Fair for removing anti-Semitic titles, including the notorious forgery, Protocols of...
Congresswoman Meng Pushes State Department on Israeli Visa Crisis; Kerry Admits 32% of Post-Army Israelis Were Refused B-2 Tourist Visa
The U.S. State Department said that 32 percent of Israelis aged 21 to 27 were refused B-2 tourist visas in 2013, double the 16...
Lack of Oversight at U.S. State Department Leads to $6 Billion in Missing Funds
Daily Caller - The U.S. State Department does not know what happened to $6 billion in money intended to pay outside contractors, including companies in Iraq...
Kerry Says No Deaths From West Bank Terror in 2013, Just Days After Shin Bet Lists Fatalities
"Last year, not one Israeli was killed by a Palestinian from the West Bank," U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told guests at a Munich...
Kerry Frustrated by PA Refusal to Recognize Israel as Jewish State
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is getting frustrated by Palestinian Authority leaders who are refusing to recognize Israel as a Jewish state, creating the...
U.S. State Department Report Praises Israel’s Efforts to Combat Terrorism
A new report from the U.S. State Department praised Israel's efforts to combat terrorism in the last calendar year. The 2012 Counterterrorism Report states: "Israel continued...
