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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.

Wary of upsetting ongoing negotiations to free hostages, Washington has rejected council action on the matter.
Two of the groups the United Nations tapped to investigate its embattled Palestinian refugee agency praised South Africa’s genocide charges against the Jewish state.
The U.N.’s top political official begs all parties in conflict to “step back from the brink.”
The United Nations has sent a “reconnaissance mission” to northern Gaza as a first step toward the return of displaced residents.
Another speaker, who participated in a press conference, lists current fundraising ties to the United Nations Foundation on X and LinkedIn.
Barbara Leaf told reporters she’s never seen the region so hot, despite having worked in the Middle East nearly her entire career.
Israeli officials have called such accusations blood libels in the past.
“While we all agree that more must be done, we must be honest about what the court did not order,” said Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. envoy.
“Everybody is of the mindset that UNRWA absolutely did unconscionable things,” Rep. Brian Mast told JNS.
Israel’s U.N. envoy is heading up the delegation’s tour of devastated Israeli communities and the Israel-Lebanon border.
Antonio Guterres’ spokesperson tells JNS folding UNRWA into larger UN refugee organization “won’t solve the problems” of the besieged agency.
“Member states have been supportive of my proposals,” including “increasing funding for core activities of UNRWA,” the U.N. secretary-general writes in an alarm-sounding budget notice.