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Mike Wagenheim

Mike Wagenheim

Mike Wagenheim is a Washington-based correspondent for JNS, primarily covering the U.S. State Department and Congress. He is the senior U.S. correspondent at the Israel-based i24NEWS TV network.

Jake Walles, the U.S. consul general and chief of mission in Jerusalem from 2005-2009, recently said that, for almost all practical matters, it makes little difference in the end whether the sign above the door reads, “U.S. Consulate” or “Palestinian Affairs Unit.”
While U.N. Special Coordinator for the Peace Process Tor Wennesland urged steps to prevent “another destructive and bloody round of violence,” Russia used the U.N. Security Council’s monthly meeting on the Situation in the Middle East to call for Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas to reunite.
As U.S. national security advisor prepares for his trip to Israel and the Palestinian Authority, senior Biden administration official says Washington and Jerusalem “will talk about where we see the state of Iran’s nuclear program and some of the timelines.”
The Illinois Investment Policy Board is scheduled to vote on divesting its pension funds of investments in Unilever at its meeting on Wednesday morning in Chicago, multiple sources told JNS.
“Bangladesh has centers of innovation, a big population, resources and people understand that the next step in business is innovation, as the old technologies are cold and spoiled, and have a limited lifespan,” said Ilan Sztulman Starosta of the Israeli Consulate in Dubai.