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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 363

Thomas Pickering

Palestinian refugees collect aid parcels at a United Nations food distribution center in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on January 21, 2018. (AFP/Said Khatib)
July 2, 2018, 9:41 pm
American ex-UN envoys urge restoration of Palestinian refugee funds
Former ambassadors say cuts to UNRWA could have ‘national security ramifications’ for US allies, such as Israel
By AP and ToI Staff
J Street Executive Director Jeremy Ben-Ami addressing the group’s conference in Washington, March 21, 2015. (Courtesy JTA/J Street)
October 4, 2016, 6:15 am
J Street ad campaign to back pro-Iran deal Congressional candidates
Liberal Jewish political action group to spend $500,000 in two swing states
By ToI Staff
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump steps off his plane after arriving for a campaign rally at Germain Arena, Monday, Sept. 19, 2016, in Ft. Myers, Fla. (AP/ Evan Vucci)
September 23, 2016, 1:01 am
Two former US ambassadors to Israel sign letter opposing Trump
Thomas Pickering and Dan Kurtzer join 73 other retired diplomats to castigate Republican nominee and endorse Clinton
By Eric Cortellessa
Illustrative: An Iran Air Boeing 747 passenger plane sitting on the tarmac of the domestic Mehrabad airport in the Iranian capital Tehran, January 15, 2013. (AFP/Behrouz Mehri)
June 24, 2016, 11:43 pm
Iran deal advocate, an ex- envoy to Israel, was on Boeing payroll
Thomas Pickering was employed by aircraft maker from 2001-2006, later serving as a consultant
By JTA
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks during the Iowa Republican Party's Lincoln Dinner, Saturday, May 16, 2015, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
January 19, 2016, 12:56 am
Bush slams Clinton, Slaughter over proposal to ‘shame Israel’
While GOP presidential hopeful castigates rival, veteran US diplomats say former secretary of state unlikely to have considered idea
By Eric Cortellessa
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks to volunteers at a United Steelworkers Union Hall, Bettendorf, Iowa, December 22, 2015. (Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP)
January 12, 2016, 3:45 am
Clinton received plan to secretly galvanize Palestinian protests
Former envoy to Israel emailed proposal to then-US secretary of state that Palestinian, Israeli women should spark Tahrir-style protests to push sides into talks
By Eric Cortellessa
Former US ambassador to Israel Daniel Kurtzer at Princeton University, February 1, 2011 (AP/Mel Evans)
July 27, 2015, 9:28 pm
Former US ambassadors to Israel back Iran deal
7 past State Department officials claim ‘risks will be much higher for US and Israel’ without nuclear accord
By Deb Riechmann
A Libyan man walks through the rubble of the damaged US Consulate in Benghazi after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens, on the night of Tuesday, September 11, 2012. (photo credit: AP/Mohammad Hannon)
September 20, 2013, 9:21 am
House GOP grills Pickering, Mullen on Benghazi
Administration officials deny accusation of ‘whitewashing’ in report on September 11, 2102, attack
By Bradley Klapper
Libyans protest against Islamic militias in Benghazi, a week after the attack on the US Embassy that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others in September 2012. (photo credit: AP /Mohammad Hannon)
May 9, 2013, 12:38 pm
Former diplomat describes Libya embassy attack
Gregory Hicks’s account of the death of Ambassador Chris Stevens revives disputes while producing no major revelations
By Donna Cassata
Outside the former US Embassy in Tehran. (photo credit: CC BY Örlygur Hnefill, Flickr)
From the WebApril 18, 2013, 4:49 am
Report urges White House to rethink Iran sanctions
Former senior officials and outside experts suggest penalties on Tehran push chances of detente further away, New York Times reports
In this June 26, 2008 file photo, then-senator Chuck Hagel speaks on foreign policy at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC (photo credit: AP/Lauren Victoria Burke)
January 15, 2013, 1:42 pm
Ahead of confirmation battle, Hagel begins rounding up support
Obama’s choice for secretary of defense reaches out to senators to answer questions over Israel and Iran
By Donna Cassata
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