Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel s US correspondent based in New York
US President Joe Biden arrives to speak about the economy, in the East Room of the White House on May 10, 2021, in Washington. (AP/Evan Vucci)
NEW YORK The Biden administration irked quite a few allies on Monday when it blocked the approval of a joint statement from the United Nations Security Council that criticized both sides for the ongoing escalation of violence in Israel and Gaza.
Fourteen of the top panel’s 15 members had backed the draft introduced by Norway, which was subsequently amended to include specific criticism of rocket attacks and incendiary device launches from Gaza. However, it also highlighted looming Israeli evictions of Palestinian families in East Jerusalem and called on Israel to maintain the status quo at the city’s holy sites.
US Says Reviewing Open Skies As Putin Moves To Exit By IBTimes News
on May 12 2021 5:43 AM
The United States said Tuesday it was reviewing the previous administration s withdrawal from the Open Skies Treaty as Russia moved formally to leave the post-Cold War accord meant to build trust.
The United States officially left the pact in November after former president Donald Trump s administration said Russia was violating the agreement that allows the two powers and their allies to monitor one another s airspace.
The administration of President Joe Biden said it was taking another look in consultation with US allies. We haven t made a decision on the future of American participation in the Open Skies Treaty. We are actively reviewing matters related to the treaty, State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters.
Brace Yourself for the Outcome of Biden’s China Policy Review
There are powerful reasons to sustain the One China policy, but equally powerful reasons to adapt it to meet the realities of today.
Peter Beinart’s recent
New York Times opinion piece on the Biden administration’s policy toward Taiwan misconstrues the new administration’s approach to Cross-Strait relations, but even more important, fundamentally misunderstands what will be necessary to sustain stability and prosperity in East Asia during a time when China’s increasingly assertive approach toward Taiwan threatens to upend more than four decades of peace in the Western Pacific.
Repercussion for Repression in Belarus
May 10, 2021
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The United States has revoked the general license that had effectively suspended sanctions and authorized transactions with nine Belarusian state-owned enterprises.
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The United States has revoked the general license that had effectively suspended sanctions and authorized transactions with nine Belarusian state-owned enterprises. In a statement, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the punitive move was a “consequence of the Belarusian authorities’ flagrant disregard for human rights.”
In 2015 the U.S. Treasury Department first issued and then repeatedly extended the general license allowing transactions with the nine firms because of what State Department Spokesman Ned Price said was “notable progress at the time in the field of human rights and specifically due to the release of all political prisoners in Bel