On Wednesday, Hamas militants and the Israeli government vowed to keep on fighting even though US President Joe Biden in a previous phone call with Prime Minister.
Several countries have banned the Islamic Relief charity for allegedly funneling money to Hamas Tommy Vietor, Jon Lovett, and Jon Favreau / Getty Images Adam Kredo • May 19, 2021 5:00 pm
Crooked Media, the content mill founded by former Obama administration officials, tweeted and then deleted a message urging its supporters to send money to an anti-Semitic charity that has been tied to terrorism.
The company in a Tuesday tweet asked its followers to support several charities, including Islamic Relief, a global charity that several countries have banned for allegedly funneling money to Hamas, the Iranian-backed terror group that is firing thousands of rockets at Israeli civilians.
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The unreleased draft report points to struggles by diplomats in citing American leadership during the pandemic.
Portions of an unreleased State Department report cited former President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the U.S. from international forums as weakening U.S. global leadership. | AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez
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In a sober critique of the Trump administration’s Covid-19 response, an unreleased State Department report points to a “void of U.S. international leadership” as diplomats struggled during the early stages of the crisis to portray America as an example for the world.
Portions of a draft report, obtained by POLITICO, cited former President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the U.S. from international forums as weakening U.S. global leadership.
State Department Cuts Ties With Islamic Charity Over Anti-Semitism Getty Images Adam Kredo • January 18, 2021 5:50 pm
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The State Department has cut ties with Islamic Relief Worldwide, an international charity that the United States accuses of spreading anti-Semitism. The public accusations represent a wholesale shift in how the United States approaches a global charity that was, until recently, an official partner of the American government and raked in hundreds of thousands in taxpayer dollars.
The State Department is conducting a full review of the organization and U.S. government funding due to the anti-Semitism exhibited repeatedly by IRW’s leadership, Ellie Cohanim, the deputy special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism, told the
New U.S. Global Fragility Strategy Recognizes Environmental Issues as Key to Stability
A new Global Fragility Strategy, released late last year by the U.S. Department of State, signals a growing awareness of the role that environmental issues play in fragility, conflict, and peace. According to the State Department’s Office of Foreign Assistance, in the last five years alone, “the U.S. government has spent $30 billion in 15 of the most fragile countries in the world.” These “large-scale U.S. stabilization efforts after 9/11 have cost billions of dollars but failed to produce intended results,” writes Devex’s Teresa Welsh. As a result, Congress passed into law in 2019 the Global Fragility Act, legislation that directed the Department of State to lead the development of a new 10-year Global Fragility Strategy that sets out a new U.S approach to conflict prevention and stabilization in fragile contexts.