State Department condemns vandalism of West Bank mosque
Jewish Journal
January 12, 2012
The United States condemned the vandalizing of a mosque in the northern West Bank.
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Muslim Brotherhood offered assurances on treaty, State Dept. says
Jewish Journal
January 6, 2012
The Muslim Brotherhood assured the United States it would not break Egypt\’s peace treaty with Israel, according to the U.S. State Department.
State Dept. gives to $200,000 grants to MEMRI, Centropa
Jewish Journal
August 15, 2011
The U.S. State Department awarded $200,000 grants each to the Middle East Media Research Institute, or MEMRI, and the Central Europe Center for Research and Documentation, known as Centropa.
U.S. State Dept. to study Saudi texts
Jewish Journal
July 7, 2011
The U.S. State Department is launching a study of Saudi textbooks to determine their reach and whether they promote intolerance.
State Dept. funding study of Israeli, Palestinian incitement in textbooks
Jewish Journal
June 29, 2011
The U.S. State Department is funding a $500,000 study to examine incitement in Israeli and Palestinian textbooks. The study is analyzing textbooks used by Israeli and Palestinian schoolchildren to see how they characterize the other side and topics like religion and history, the Forward reported. It was commissioned by the Council of Religious Institutions of the Holy Land, a Jerusalem-based organization of Islamic, Jewish and Christian religious leaders.
State Department says Israel not preventing human trafficking
Jewish Journal
June 28, 2011
Israel is not in full compliance with the minimum international standards to prevent human trafficking, but is making efforts to bring itself up to par, the U.S. State Department said.
State Dept. warns against sea travel to Gaza
Jewish Journal
June 23, 2011
The U.S. State Department \”strongly urged\” Americans not to travel to Gaza — a warning aimed at Americans joining a flotilla to break Israel\’s naval blockade of the coastal strip.
State Department condemns West Bank mosque torching
Jewish Journal
June 9, 2011
The United States condemned the torching of a West Bank mosque. \”This attack is the latest of several such acts of violence against West Bank mosques. These incidents have served to undermine efforts to promote a comprehensive peace in the region. We call on the Israeli government to investigate this attack and bring the perpetrators to justice, and for calm from all parties,\” said Mark Toner, deputy spokesperson for the U.S. State Department.
Holocaust survivors struggle to receive insurance payouts
Jewish Journal
June 2, 2011
Holocaust survivors continue to face roadblocks, including the United States government, in collecting on insurance policies taken out before the war.
U.S. won’t participate in Durban III, State Dept. says
Jewish Journal
June 1, 2011
The United States will not participate in Durban III, this September, the State Department said. In a letter to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Joseph E. Macmanus, acting assistant secretary for legislative affairs, confirmed the United States would not attend the conference, which in its previous iterations has been a forum for anti-Semitism and anti-Israel sentiment.
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