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Linda Thomas-Greenfield
A Palestinian carries a box of vegetable oil as he walks past bags of flour on a truck donated by USAID, or the United States Agency for International Development, at a depot in the West Bank village of Anin near Jenin, June 4, 2008 (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)
April 1, 2021, 2:26 am
US gov’t watchdog: Aid agency did not properly vet Palestinians for terror ties
General Accounting Office finds USAID failed to properly check secondary recipients of funds it provided
By JTA and AP
US President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, March 30, 2021. (Evan Vucci/AP)
March 31, 2021, 9:46 pm
Biden quietly giving Palestinians $75 million to help regain ‘trust’ after Trump
After announcing $15m aid to fight COVID, State Department, with no public announcement, notifies Congress of further funds, apparently to encourage PA to return to peace table
By Matthew Lee
A Palestinian pupil walks past United Nations Relief and Works Agency, (UNRWA) and USAID humanitarian aid, on June 6, 2010 in the Shatie refugee camp in Gaza City. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)
March 25, 2021, 9:14 pm
In first under Biden, US announces $15 million in aid for Palestinians
Envoy delivers news in her 1st address at Security Council monthly briefing on Israeli-Palestinian conflict, during which she laments that same attention not given to other issues
By Jacob Magid
Linda Thomas-Greenfield smiles as she testifies during her confirmation hearing for US ambassador to the UN, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill, January 27, 2021, in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)
February 24, 2021, 2:44 am
US Senate confirms Biden’s pick for UN ambassador
Israeli envoy to world body congratulates Linda Thomas-Greenfield on her confirmation, says they’ll work together against ‘anti-Semitic BDS groups’
By AP and TOI staff
United States Ambassador to the United Nations nominee Linda Thomas-Greenfield testifies during for her confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill on Jan. 27, 2021, in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)
January 27, 2021, 9:07 pm
Biden’s UN envoy nominee: BDS activity ‘unacceptable, verges on anti-Semitic’
At Senate hearing, Linda Thomas-Greenfield pledges to combat ‘unfair targeting of Israel,’ encourage states that have normalized with Israel to back Jerusalem at world forums too
By Jacob Magid
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris introduce their nominees and appointees to key national security and foreign policy posts at The Queen theater, November 24, 2020, in Wilmington, Delaware. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
November 25, 2020, 8:27 am
7 things to know about Biden’s latest senior appointments
US president-elect’s nominees include pair of ‘2nd-generation survivors,’ an Iran deal and Gaza ceasefire negotiator, and 2 women trailblazers in diplomacy and national security
By Jacob Magid
This combination of pictures created on November 23, 2020 shows US Ambassador to Liberia Linda Thomas-Greenfield in New York City, former deputy national security advisor and former deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Avril Haines in Washington, DC, former US Deputy Secretary of State Antony J Blinken in Paris, Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas in New York City, and former US Secretary of State John Kerry in Paris. (Photos by various sources / AFP)
November 23, 2020, 9:00 pm
Biden announces Blinken as secretary of state, John Kerry as climate envoy
Ex-Clinton aide to serve as national security adviser, Linda Thomas-Greenfield named next UN envoy, Avril Haines to become first woman director of National Intelligence
By Jacob Magid and Agencies
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