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Biden administration issues harshest critique yet on Israeli settlement building

State Dept. spokesman says recently announced plans for new homes ‘completely inconsistent’ with efforts to maintain calm; ‘We are deeply concerned’

October 26, 2021, 10:22 pm

Biden administration issues harshest critique yet on Israeli settlement building

State Dept. spokesman says recently announced plans for new homes ‘completely inconsistent’ with efforts to maintain calm; ‘We are deeply concerned’

By Jacob Magid

Seats are prepared for a session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, Sept. 13, 2021. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images via JTA)

October 24, 2021, 8:29 am

Biden taps Atlanta Jewish leader as envoy to UN Human Rights Council

Michèle Taylor, also a former member of the US Holocaust Museum Memorial Council, currently serves on the board of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights

By Ron Kampeas

Former US president Donald Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon speaks with reporters in New York, on August 20, 2020. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AP/File)

October 22, 2021, 12:28 am

House votes to hold Trump ally Steve Bannon in contempt

Move comes after political strategist refused to give committee documents and testimony about his interactions with Trump before the deadly January 6 siege

By MARY CLARE JALONICK

Construction work is seen in the West Bank settlement of Yakir, on June 11, 2020. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)

October 21, 2021, 10:29 pm

Israel set to okay 3,000 new settlement homes, 1,300 Palestinian homes

Civil Administration’s planning committee will convene next week to approve West Bank construction for first time during Biden administration and under new Israeli government

By TOI staff

Newly president, Isaac Herzog speaks at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on July 7, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/FLASH90)

October 20, 2021, 8:25 pm

‘State of emergency demands emergency steps’: Herzog forms Israeli Climate Forum

President appoints former Hadash MK to head panel, which will lead deliberations about climate crisis and determine the state’s role in combating it, ahead of UN climate confab

By TOI staff

Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., chair of the House select committee tasked with investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol speaks as the committee meets to hold Steve Bannon, one of former president Donald Trump's allies in contempt, on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 19, 2021. Listening is Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

October 20, 2021, 12:29 pm

House panel probing Capitol storming votes to hold Steve Bannon in contempt

Charges come after political strategist refuses to give committee documents and testimony about his interactions with Trump before the deadly January 6 siege

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and Farnoush Amiri

TV cameras in front of the 'Grand Hotel Vienna' where closed-door nuclear talks take place in Vienna, Austria, June 20, 2021. (Florian Schroetter/AP)

October 17, 2021, 3:51 pm

Nuclear talks in Brussels to resume on Thursday, Iran lawmaker says

After meeting with Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, MP says discussions with UK, China, France, Russia and Germany to restart for the first time since June

By AFP and TOI staff

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett attends the Golan Heights Conference on Economics and Regional Development on October 11, 2021. (David Cohen/Flash90)

October 15, 2021, 2:45 pm

Bennett confirms he’ll attend UN climate change conference in Glasgow

PM’s office says he’ll lead Israeli delegation to forum of world leaders at the end of the month, alongside Environment Minister Tamar Zandberg and Energy Minister Karine Elharrar

By Lazar Berman and Agencies

October 14, 2021, 10:45 pm

Bannon defies congressional January 6 subpoena, risking contempt charge

Political strategist refuses to give panel documents and testimony about his interactions with former president Trump before the deadly siege of the Capitol

By Eric Tucker, MARY CLARE JALONICK, Jill Colvin and Michelle R. Smith

Military Intelligence chief Aharon Haliva, right, presents ranks to a new intelligence officer during a ceremony on October 13, 2021. (Israel Defense Forces)

October 14, 2021, 1:51 pm

IDF Intel chief: Iran enriching ever more nuke material, but we’ll constrain it

Maj. Gen. Haliva tells intelligence officers Tehran is looking to challenge Israel’s military superiority, as Washington, Jerusalem consider how to confront its nuclear ambitions

By Judah Ari Gross

Dilawar Syed, president of the software company Freshdesk, speaks during a Tech Stands Up rally outside City Hall in Palo Alto, California, March 14, 2017. (Eric Risberg/AP)

October 14, 2021, 8:18 am

US Jewish groups blasts GOP for stalling nomination of Muslim man

Republicans won’t confirm Dilawar Syed as Small Business Administration deputy chief because of agency’s payouts to abortion providers; would be highest-ranking Muslim in gov’t

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and MARIAM FAM

Palestinian Ambassador Riyad Mansour addresses the United Nations Security Council, at UN headquarters, January 22, 2019. (AP/Richard Drew)

October 12, 2021, 7:10 pm

Frustrated with US, but reluctant to fight, PA envoy looks elsewhere for help

Ramallah’s man in New York, UN ambassador Riyad Mansour, tells ToI he appreciates what Biden administration has done but recognizes that Washington won’t push Jerusalem into talks

By Jacob Magid

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at the Makor Rishon Conference, October 11, 2021 (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

October 11, 2021, 2:15 pm

PM set to lead Israeli delegation to UN climate talks in Glasgow

Bennett expected to attend conference of global leaders at the end of the month, along with Environment Minister Tamar Zandberg and Energy Minister Karine Elharrar

By Lazar Berman and Agencies

US envoy to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Hady Amr meets with Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh, in Ramallah on July 13, 2021. (WAFA)

October 8, 2021, 9:23 am

Visiting US envoy raises human rights with Israelis, terror payments with PA

US State Department says Hady Amr used meetings in 4-day trip to advance ‘tangible improvements for Palestinians while preserving prospects for 2-state solution’

By Jacob Magid

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, walks to a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021, in Washington. (Alex Brandon/AP)

October 8, 2021, 5:09 am

Senate dodges US debt disaster, voting to extend borrowing into December

Party-line Democratic vote to raise debt ceiling by nearly half-trillion dollars brings instant relief in Washington and far beyond, but still only a reprieve for 2 months

By KEVIN FREKING, Alan Fram and Alexandra Jaffe