U.S. Politics
Plans in the works are not only to restart funding for UNRWA; the new administration is pushing more fiscal aid and a return to the negotiating table as Palestinians head for elections in May.
Knesset speaker disqualifies Joint Arab List MKs’ oaths of office due to altered wording after each lawmaker vows: “I pledge to fight the [Israeli] occupation, racism and apartheid.”
In the face of Tehran’s determination and continued violations of the 2015 agreement, the U.S. administration’s firm stance on full Iranian compliance as a condition for lifting sanctions may crack.
A rare interview with IDF Maj. Gen. Tal Kalman, the head of the Israeli military’s Iran directorate.
The move reflects Washington’s assessment that the measures adopted by the previous administration were “inappropriate and ineffective,” says U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
In addition to COVID relief, $75 million will go to short-term projects aimed at rebuilding U.S.-Palestinian relations, plus funds for sanitation, transportation, job training and grants for small businesses.
“For 30 years, we’ve tried the path of isolationism, and it hasn’t gotten us anywhere. It’s time for a change,” says a senior member of the Arab-Israeli party.
The language, however, “is not meant to convey a position on any final-status issues to be negotiated between the parties to the conflict.”
“We call on members of the national camp to set aside their differences. Israel needs a solid, cohesive right-wing government,” says party leader Bezalel Smotrich.
The New Hope Party leader must end his “foolish” boycott of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Likud officials say, as Yesh Atid enters coalition talks with Ra’am leader Mansour Abbas.
One of the four, “Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory” featured 19 paragraphs criticizing Israel and just one censuring rocket fire on the Jewish state, with no mention of Hamas.
At her confirmation hearing, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) asked Samantha Power about U.N. Resolution 2334 and the Obama administration’s decision to abstain from voting in 2016, which allowed it to be passed.
