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House Republicans have sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken requiring introducing new sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. We write to you to express deep concerns about the Biden Administration s implementation plans for the Nord Stream 2 sanctions required under the Protecting Europe s Energy Security Act (PEESA), as amended by the Protecting Europe s Energy Security Clarification Act (PEESCA), the letter says, as reported by the U.S. Foreign Affairs Committee.
It is noted open-source reporting has cited numerous entities suspected of being engaged in sanctionable activity related to the Russian malign Nord Stream 2 pipeline project. Critical to our ability to conduct Congressional oversight and to ensure adherence to the spirit and letter of the law is a clearer understanding of the evidentiary threshold the State Department is using when weighing additional sanctions designations under PEESA, as amended, reads the letter.
January 7, 2021 at 1:54 pm
In what reads like a tentative attempt to bring the US back on track when it comes to international diplomacy, the US Foreign Affairs Committee representative, Gregory Meeks, has said that humanitarian aid for the Palestinians may be resumed in order to prioritise two-state politics. Clearly advocating for the two-state compromise which would, allegedly, provide both parties with self-determination , Meeks stated, We may need to restart the US assistance to Palestinian people, demonstrating that the United States is ready to lead again.
Humanitarian aid, therefore, is not to be given to the Palestinians out of the goodness of the donors heart, but rather as a weapon leveraged to assert power. Given that President-elect Joe Biden will not condition financial aid to Israel, the politicisation of humanitarian aid for the Palestinians is clearly intended to maintain the cycle of Israel s human rights violations. The Palestinian people will gain some tem