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Exit interview
After finishing DC tour, an Israeli ambassador known for his discretion is ready to talk
By
Jacob Magid
In astonishingly uncharacteristic interview, Michael Herzog claims State Department bureaucrats withheld weapons to Israel, pans Netanyahu’s handling of Gaza war and judicial overhaul
February 5, 2025, 4:27 am
Speechwriter fired over white nationalist ties tapped for senior State Department post
Darren Beattie, a self-described ‘proud Jew’ who Marco Rubio nominated to be undersecretary for public diplomacy and public affairs, criticized Israel in wake of Oct. 7 attack
By
PHILISSA CRAMER
February 4, 2025, 2:09 pm
After finishing DC tour, an Israeli ambassador known for his discretion is ready to talk
In astonishingly uncharacteristic interview, Michael Herzog claims State Department bureaucrats withheld weapons to Israel, pans Netanyahu’s handling of Gaza war and judicial overhaul
By
Jacob Magid
January 28, 2025, 4:52 am
US has assured multiple Mideast countries that aid will resume after review
Trump administration makes assurances as order to pause most foreign assistance has recipients scrambling to determine if they’ll receive anything when 90-day hold expires
By
Jacob Magid
January 24, 2025, 11:38 pm
US freezes new funding for most foreign aid programs, Israel military aid unaffected
State Department to conduct review to ensure funding aligns with Trump’s ‘foreign policy agenda’; humanitarian food programs and military assistance to Egypt also won’t be impacted
By
Ellen Knickmeyer
and
Farnoush Amiri
January 21, 2025, 10:41 am
US Senate confirms Rubio as secretary of state, giving Trump 1st member of Cabinet
Staunch Israel advocate is confirmed in 99-0 vote; Florida Republican is seen as one of the US president’s least controversial picks
By
AP
and
ToI Staff
January 17, 2025, 6:39 am
Far-left journalists shout at Blinken about Gaza during his last press conference
‘Are you compromised by Israel?’ anti-Zionist Jewish activist yells at secretary of state, claims Israel committing ‘the Holocaust of our time’
By
ToI Staff
and
Agencies
January 14, 2025, 1:02 am
‘Never give up’: Biden says Israel, Hamas ‘on the brink’ of hostage-ceasefire deal
In final foreign policy address, US president says Iran ‘weaker than it has been in decades’, touts his rebuilding of international alliances in four years since Trump’s first term
By
Jacob Magid
and
Agencies
January 10, 2025, 11:52 am
American Israeli settlers sanctioned for violence sue Biden administration
Issachar Manne and Levi Yitzchak Pilant say US violated their constitutional rights to due process and equal protection, dispute allegations they attacked Palestinian civilians
By
ToI Staff
January 4, 2025, 3:08 am
Trump appoints Ortagus as deputy Mideast envoy, but admits he’s not excited about it
In making announcement, US president-elect appears to reference the ex-State Department spokesperson’s previous criticism of him, warns that he expects results soon
By
Jacob Magid
December 20, 2024, 7:43 pm
US diplomats meet HTS chiefs in Syria, the first in-person contact with new rulers
State Department says officials discussed ‘transition principles’ and battling ISIS with members of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which is pushing for terror designation to be lifted
By
Agencies
December 20, 2024, 1:05 pm
US diplomats arrive in Syria to talk to Islamist rulers about country’s future
American envoys to meet with HTS leaders to gauge commitment to democratic transition; US weighs removing terror designation from group, supporting new Syrian government
By
Agencies
December 20, 2024, 9:19 am
Palestinians sue US over failure to evacuate American citizens from Gaza
Lawsuit alleges State Dept. discriminated against Palestinian-Americans by ‘abandoning’ them in Gaza, not making same effort US has made in Lebanon, Afghanistan and other war zones
By
Reuters
and
ToI Staff
December 18, 2024, 6:34 am
Lawsuit claims State Department skirting US human rights law with Israel military aid
Palestinian families accuse US of creating higher standard when assessing alleged Israeli rights violations amid war with Hamas in Gaza; Blinken has previously rejected claim
By
Agencies
and
ToI Staff
November 18, 2024, 11:36 pm
US warns Turkey against harboring Hamas leaders who left Qatar
‘We don’t believe the leaders of a vicious terrorist organization should be living comfortably anywhere,’ especially in a major city of a US ally, says State Department spokesman
By
Reuters
and
Jacob Magid
November 10, 2024, 2:41 pm
Israel said to believe US prepared to go ‘all the way’ with threats over Gaza aid crisis
Ahead of Wednesday deadline for increase of aid to enclave, US defense chief Austin reportedly gives ‘sharp’ message to new counterpart Katz that arms supply could be jeopardized
By
Jacob Magid
,
ToI Staff
and
Agencies
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