by #BarakRavid in #Axios:

"The Biden administration notified Israel two weeks ago that it was reimposing a ban that prohibits U.S. taxpayer funding from being used in any research and development or scientific cooperation projects conducted in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, according to three U.S. and Israeli officials."

https://www.axios.com/2023/06/25/israel-settlements-research-funds-us-taxpayers-ban-biden-trump

#WestBank #Israel #StateDepartment #settlements #grants #research #science

by #BarakRavid in #Axios:

"State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said that during the call 'Blinken reiterated that support by the United States for Ukraine will not change. The United States will stay in close coordination with Allies and partners as the situation continues to develop.'"

https://www.axios.com/2023/06/24/russia-wagner-uprising-putin-g7-call-blinken

#Russia #Prigozhin #Putin #Ukraine #Wagner #UnitedStates #US

by #BarakRavid in #Axios:

"Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday vowed to quash an uprising led by Wagner mercenary boss Yevgeniy Prigozhin, who claimed to have seized the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don."

https://www.axios.com/2023/06/24/wagner-uprising-prigozhin-putin-treason-rebellion-rostov

#Russia #Prigozhin #Putin #RostovOnDon

by #BarakRavid in #Axios:

"Violence in the occupied West Bank dramatically escalated this week after the Israeli military killed six Palestinians in a raid, Palestinian militants killed four Israeli settlers in an attack, Israeli settlers rampaged through a Palestinian town and torched dozens of homes and cars, and Israel conducted a rare drone strike on a car."

https://www.axios.com/2023/06/21/west-bank-escalation-jenin-raid-attack-settler-rampage-israel

#WestBank #Palestinian #Palestine #Israel #DroneStrike

by #BarakRavid in #Axios:

"The Israeli cabinet on Sunday approved a resolution that will allow it to significantly speed up the process of approving new building in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank."

https://www.axios.com/2023/06/18/israel-west-bank-settlements-biden-admin-tensions-smotrich

#WestBank #Palestine #Israel #settlements #Netanyahu

by #BarakRavid in #Axios:

"Resuming the legislation process without an agreement with the opposition on the judicial overhaul is expected to give new momentum to the anti-government protests and reignite internal political tensions."

https://www.axios.com/2023/06/18/israel-netanyahu-judicial-overhaul-resume-biden-tensions

#Netanyahu #Israel #SupremeCourt #protests