Posts Tagged: US State Department
Palestinian Authority Freezes Contacts With Visiting US Officials Over Threatened Closure of PLO Office in DC
JNS.org – Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas announced that he has frozen all contact with the US over the Trump administration’s move to shutter the...
Palestinian Authority Threatens to Sever Communication With Trump Administration Over Threatened Closure of PLO’s DC Office
JNS.org – The Palestinian Authority (PA) threatened on Saturday to sever communication with the Trump administration if the U.S. follows through with a threat to shutter...
US State Department Confirms Upcoming Trump Meeting With Netanyahu
JNS.org - The US State Department confirmed on Tuesday President Donald Trump will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu next week on the sidelines of...
US to Return Trove of Jewish Artifacts to Iraq, Despite Protests
The United States will return to Iraq next year a trove of Iraqi Jewish artifacts that lawmakers and Jewish groups have lobbied to keep in...
US State Department Rejects Reports of Trump Ending Israel-Palestinian Peace Efforts
The US State Department forcefully denies reports claiming that President Donald Trump was considering ending his efforts to reach an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement. The White House...
US Lawmakers Pass Bill Requiring Greater Oversight on European Antisemitism
JNS.org - The US House of Representatives unanimously passed legislation requiring greater State Department reporting on European antisemitism. The bill, known as the Combating European Anti-Semitism Act of...
US State Department Criticized for Omitting Trump’s Travel Plans to Israel in Saudi Embassy Tweet
JNS.org - The US State Department was criticized Monday for a tweet by its embassy in Saudi Arabia that omitted President Donald Trump’s plan to visit Israel...
US Lawmakers Call on State Department to Allow Listing of Jerusalem as Part of Israel on Passports
JNS.org - Dozens of members of Congress have signed a letter urging Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to reverse the longstanding US policy of not allowing...
US Issues Travel Alert for Europe, Amid Fear of ISIS, Al Qaeda Terrorist Attacks
The U.S. State Department issued a travel alert for Europe on Monday, saying U.S. citizens should be aware of a continued threat of terrorist attacks...
US State Department Blacklists Hamas Terror Commander
JNS.org - The US State Department designated Hamas terror commander Abu Anas al-Ghandour as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist last week, imposing sanctions on Ghandour for...
Hezbollah Evacuating Positions Near Golan Heights, Syrian Media Reports
JNS.org - Fighters with the Lebanon-based terror organization Hezbollah have reportedly begun retreating from Lebanon’s southern border with Israel, according to a Syrian news agency. The...
State Department Historian Criticized for Defending Holocaust-Era US Visa Policy
JNS.org - Holocaust scholars are taking issue with a State Department historian’s comments defending 1940s consular officials who rejected visa applications from Jewish refugees. Melissa Jane Taylor,...
State Department: Trump Budget Cuts Won’t Reduce US Aid to Israel
JNS.org - US foreign aid to Israel will not be reduced under President Donald Trump’s proposed budget cuts, the State Department said Thursday. “Our assistance to Israel...
A Palestinian State Is Not in America’s Interest
In 1948, the conventional "wisdom" at the US State Department was that the reestablishment of a Jewish state would damage US interests because the Jewish state would be aligned...
