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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, center, waves with the released Palestinian prisoners at his headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Wednesday, Aug. 14 , 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
September 8, 2017, 6:08 am
US lawmakers move to push bill slashing PA funding through busy Senate
Taylor Force Act lumped together with foreign policy appropriations bills to increase chances of passing the Senate by December
By Eric Cortellessa
Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah on July 25, 2017. (AFP Photo/Abbas Momani)
August 15, 2017, 12:39 pm
PLO condemns US lawmakers for bill targeting payments to terrorists
Abbas leads central committee meeting that slams Taylor Force Act as 'extortion' that would harm Palestinian rights
By TOI staff
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tennessee), left, shakes hands with ranking member Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Maryland) during a committee markup meeting on the proposed nuclear agreement with Iran on April 14, 2015. (JTA/Win McNamee/Getty Images)
July 17, 2017, 11:57 pm
Senate panel set to pass bill banning PA funding over terrorism support
Source says committee in negotiations over a revised version of the Taylor Force Act to be approved before August recess
By Eric Cortellessa
Chairman Bob Corker (R-TN) left,, speaks as Sen. Benjamin Cardin (D-MD) sits at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in Washington DC, February 9, 2017. (Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP)
July 10, 2017, 2:50 am
Senate panel to hold hearing on Taylor Force Act
Veteran diplomat Elliott Abrams to testify in favor of bill cutting US funds to Palestinian Authority for its payouts to terrorists
By Eric Cortellessa
Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., right, accompanied by Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., listening during a news conference about legislation on Iran policy and Middle East security, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington (Evan Vucci/AP Images/JTA)
June 17, 2017, 12:39 am
Senate Democrats edge closer to backing cuts in Palestinian aid
Secretary Tillerson said earlier this week that PA intended to stop paying terrorists, but the Palestinians promptly contradicted him
By JTA and Eric Cortellessa
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 13, 2017. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)
June 14, 2017, 9:36 pm
Tillerson waters down statement that Palestinians ‘changed policy’ of terror payments
Secretary now tells House members there's an 'active discussion' between DC and Ramallah about ending allowances for terrorists
By Eric Cortellessa
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 13, 2017. (AP /Jacquelyn Martin)
June 13, 2017, 10:19 pm
Tillerson warns against steps that could freeze out Russia
Secretary of state stops short of opposing package of fresh sanctions on Moscow in retaliation for election meddling
By Richard Lardner
Former deputy assistant to US President Donald Trump Sebastian Gorka (YouTube screenshot)
April 4, 2017, 1:54 am
Trump aide Gorka ‘backed Hungarian anti-Semitic militia’
In 2007 interview, adviser to president expressed support for group allegedly inspired by fascist Arrow Cross, later outlawed for being a threat to minorities
By TOI staff
Deputy assistant to US President Donald Trump Sebastian Gorka (YouTube screenshot)
March 17, 2017, 10:30 pm
Democratic senators call for probe of report Trump aide aligned with Nazi group
Sens. Blumenthal, Cardin and Durbin 'deeply concerned' by claims Sebastian Gorka concealed membership in far-right, anti-Semitic Hungarian group
By Eric Cortellessa
Senate Banking Committee member Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J. gives his opening statement on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, during the committee's hearing on Iran sanctions. (AP/Susan Walsh)
March 3, 2017, 11:44 am
Trump’s Israel envoy nominee likely to earn Democrat support
NJ senator Bob Menendez says he is 'inclined' to back David Friedman as ambassador
By TOI staff
A lawyer looks over a map of Beit El prior to a High Court hearing in 2012 (Noam Moskowitz/Flash90)
February 17, 2017, 1:20 pm
Trump’s Israel envoy financed illegal building on Palestinian land – report
A dormitory built in West Bank settlement of Beit El with funds donated by David Friedman said to have a demolition order outstanding against it
By TOI staff
David Friedman, Donald Trump's Israel envoy-nominee, speaking to reporters at a pro-Trump event in Jerusalem, October 26, 2016. (Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel)
February 16, 2017, 2:32 pm
Trump’s pick for Israel ambassador faces dicey Senate hearing
David Friedman, a firm supporter of Israeli settlements, likely to be confronted by critical lawmakers, expected to apologize for J Street-kapos insult
By AP and Eric Cortellessa
Chairman Bob Corker (R-TN) left,, speaks as Sen. Benjamin Cardin (D-MD) sits at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in Washington DC, February 9, 2017. (Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP)
February 13, 2017, 4:20 pm
Trump intended to move embassy to Jerusalem at 12:01 on Day 1, top Republican says
Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee claims US president stepped back from controversial relocation after considering regional fallout
By Stuart Winer
The Ulpana outpost, adjacent to the Beit El settlement (Noam Moskowitz/Flash90)
February 8, 2017, 10:31 pm
Newly approved settler homes financed by Trump’s Israel envoy pick – report
David Friedman heads organization that raised millions of shekels for construction in West Bank settlement of Beit El
By TOI staff
Secretary of State-designate Rex Tillerson testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
February 1, 2017, 11:20 pm
Rex Tillerson confirmed as US secretary of state
Republican-led Senate approves Trump's nomination of former ExxonMobil CEO as nation's chief diplomat
By Agencies
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