U.S. State Department

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Religious leaders visit US for first-time interfaith program
19.10.2018
The goal is to engage in conversation and explore how to protect the rights of religious minorities.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom on July 26, 2018. There, he announced the creation of the International Visitor Leadership Program. Credit: U.S. Department of State.
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State Department: No ‘Jerusalem, Israel’ on US passports
Jackson Richman04.10.2018
The Trump administration may be withholding recognition of Israel’s capital on passports for the time being because of its much-anticipated Mideast peace plan.
A view of Jerusalem. Credit: Berthold Werner via Wikimedia Commons.
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Trump administration ‘fully supports’ Israel’s right to defend itself
09.08.2018
“It’s a very concerning situation that has taken place in Gaza,” said State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert. “We condemn the launching of missile attacks into Israel and call for an end to the destructive violence.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington D.C., on March 5, 2018. Photo by Haim Zach/GPO.
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Watchdog group sues U.S. government to obtain records of BDS groups under Obama administration
08.08.2018
Judicial Watch filed the FOIA lawsuit in order to obtain records from 2015 of groups affiliated with BDS movement, which lobbied "the Obama administration to adopt policies to harm companies doing business with Israel,” the group said in a statement.
From the Oval Office, U.S. President Barack Obama speaks on the phone with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sept. 27, 2013. Credit: Pete Souza/White House.
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Jonathan S. Tobin27.03.2018
We shouldn’t believe all the ‘experts’
Why those claiming to know everything about Iran have a shakier understanding of the subject than Donald Trump or John Bolton.
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Jonathan S. Tobin14.03.2018
How to separate chaos from policy
The Trump circus has become the media narrative, but like a lot of what this administration has done, replacing Tillerson with Pompeo makes sense.
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Trump cites Iran-deal wrangles in Tillerson firing, Iran hawk Pompeo in at State
Sean Savage13.03.2018
In a not-so-surprising move, Trump ousts U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, citing disagreements on the Iran nuclear deal as a contributing factor.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with United U.S. Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 15, 2017. Credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO/
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Report: U.S. plans to open Jerusalem embassy in May for Israel’s 70th anniversary
23.02.2018
According to the preliminary plans, U.S. ambassador to Israel David Friedman will move his office, along with a small staff of around four to five people, to a building in Jerusalem known as the Diplomat Hotel, which the State Department acquired in 2014.
A view of Jerusalem. Credit: Berthold Werner via Wikimedia Commons.
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State Department designates Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh as ‘global terrorist’
31.01.2018
The U.S. State Department has listed Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and two Egyptian terrorists—Liwa al Thawra and Harakat Sawa’d Misr—as “specially designated global terrorists.”
Head of the Hamas government Ismail Haniyeh (right) and senior Fatah official Azzam Al-Ahmed (left) raise their hands together at a news conference that announced a reconciliation agreement between the rival Palestinian factions in Gaza City on April 23, 2014. Credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90
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US State Department denies report of UNWRA aid freeze
08.01.2018
The U.S. State Department has denied a report that $125 million in American funding to UNRWA has been frozen.
Palestinian boys raise their hands at a school in Gaza supported by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in September 2011. Credit: U.N. Photo/Shareef Sarhan.
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