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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.

The U.N. agency shut down discussion last week about the renewal of Francesca Albanese’s role as special rapporteur on Palestinian rights.
“Such evasion networks bolster Iran and Hezbollah, undermining Lebanon,” read a statement from the U.S. State Department.
A diplomatic source told JNS that following vigorous negotiations, the resolution won’t have a perpetual tool to facilitate investigating Israel.
The move could trigger additional U.S. financial penalties, and the State Department told JNS it opposes the authority’s candidacy
U.S. State Department’s says it looks forward to participating in what a source says will be a ministerial-level summit.
“Every day that we fail to sanction the terrorist Popular Resistance Committees,” stated Rep. Brad Sherman, “is another day that we fail to secure justice for their victims.”
“If confirmed, it will be my responsibility to carry out the president’s priorities, not mine,” said the nominee for U.S. envoy to Israel.
A spokesman for the United Nations secretary-general said the claim was due to poor “brand management.”