State Department

Israeli gunshot ‘likely’ killed Shireen Abu Akleh, US concludes after analyzing bullet

The bullet was too damaged to definitively settle the question of who shot the Al Jazeera journalist in May, the U.S. analysts concluded.

Gilad Erdan, left, Elan Carr and Mencahem Magolin presenting a report on BDS in Brusels, Belgium on Sept. 25, 2019 (Yonni Rykner)

In a striking move, State Department plans to label 3 large human rights groups as anti-Semitic

A State Department statement will claim that Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and Oxfam back the boycott Israel movement. The groups deny the claims.

What does Mike Pompeo as secretary of state mean for Israel and the Jews?

The new pick for secretary of state is on board with President Trump on Israel, Iran and taking shots at minorities. Russia? Not so much.

Israel

Police recommendation to indict Netanyahu an ‘internal Israeli matter,’ US says

Israel

Trump officials advised Israel to expand Jewish prayer at Western Wall, prevent it at Temple Mount

Politics

David Satterfield, veteran US diplomat with Mideast experience, named assistant secretary of state

Israel

ZOA calls on Rex Tillerson to quit over State Department saying Palestinian terrorism stems from ‘lack of hope’

Israel

US ambassador to Israel sits in on special envoy’s meeting with Palestinians, marking a policy shift

Politics

Liberman asks US to pull out of UN Human Rights Council

Israel

US condemns ‘cowardly’ Jerusalem terror attack that killed two

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