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Biden Nominee for Top State Dept Post Contributed to Book About How ‘Israel Lobby’ Controls American Politics Uzra Zeya nominated for undersecretary of civilian security, democracy, and human rights Uzra Zeya / georgetown.edu February 18, 2021 12:20 PM President Joe Biden's nominee for a top State Department position played a key role in assembling a book on the nefarious influence of the "Israel lobby" while working for an organization that promoted claims about Jewish media control and dual loyalty to Israel. As a staffer at the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Uzra Zey...

Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, President Biden’s new secretary of State Anthony Blinken was recently asked by CNN’s Wolf Blitzer if the Biden administration would honor President Trump’s recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights.  In response, Blinken questioned the legality of that sovereignty and in...

Biden’s initial posturing regarding Israel is confusing, given that Donald Trump’s pro-Israel approach made significant progress towards peace.

Israel has reason to be deeply concerned about the policy that US President Joe Biden’s new administration will pursue vis-à-vis the Jewish state. As we will see below, those concerns are justified and relate to diplomatic measures already taken by the Biden White House. The appointments of several ex-Obama officials to positions which are related to the Middle East are another reason for concern.   While Prime Minister On Sunday it was announced that the White House is demanding that Israel again allow flights from US airlines to Tel Aviv. Those flights were canceled on January 26, whe...