Secretary of State Tillerson Wants Israel to Give Back $75 Million in Military Aid
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is spearheading an effort to force Israel to give back $75 million in aid allocated by Congress last year.
Trump Threatens North Korea With “Fire and Fury Like the World Has Never Seen”
The exchanges between North Korea and the US are taking on even more ominous tones as President Donald Trump takes a strong stand against a despotic regime that is responding with threats containing explicit nuclear threats.
Rex Tillerson’s State Department Slams Israel Harder Than Obama’s Did in New Report
In its annual report on terrorism, the US State Department blamed Palestinian violence on Israel, using language even more anti-Israel than was used in last year’s report submitted by Obama’s Secretary of State, John Kerry.
PA Dismisses Tillerson Claims Terror Payments Will Stop
Tillerson had declared the purported change in PA policy on Tuesday.
Bowing to Trump Pressure, Palestinian Authority Will No Longer Pay Terrorists, Families: US
Secretary of State Tillerson announced the PA will no longer pursue its policy of paying the families of convicted terrorists as a result of pressure from the Trump administration.
Tillerson: Trump Put ‘A Lot of Pressure’ on Netanyahu and Abbas to Revive Peace Talks
“There were very substantive discussions in Israel with both Netanyahu as well as Abbas,” Tillerson told reporters.
After Tillerson Says Trump Weighing How Embassy Move Affects Peace, Controversy Continues
Secretary Tillerson told NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday that the president was carefully weighing whether the move would help or harm the peace process.
50 Lawmakers Push for ‘Jerusalem, Israel’ Birthplace Designation on US Passports
Under the current policy, Americans born in Jerusalem have no country of birth listed on these documents; they are identified only as having been born in Jerusalem.
Trump Administration Tells Congress Iran Complying With Nuclear Agreement
The Trump administration told Congress on Tuesday that Iran is complying with the terms of the nuclear deal, but they are launching a review to determine whether it is in America’s security interests to lift the remaining sanctions.
Russia and US Face Off Over Assad
In the wake of the US missile strike against Syria, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met with Vladmir Putin on Wednesday, echoing the words of President Donald Trump, when he said that relations between the world’s two superpowers are at an all-time low.