USPC Action Alert on Gaza - Jan 2024
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USPC Action Alert on Gaza - Jan 2024

Over 23,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza by Israel’s indiscriminate bombardment. Israel’s war on Gaza has displaced over 1.8 million Palestinians, who are now living under severe, inhumane conditions.

South Africa built a genocidal case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) through well-documented, damming evidence. South Africa’s claims were supported by many countries.

The Biden administration is complicit in the genocide of the Palestinians by providing military, economic, and political support to the far-right government in Israel. The Biden administration has gone …

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USPC Annual Summary Report
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USPC Annual Summary Report

On behalf of the USPC Board, I respectfully share with you our abbreviated version of our 2022 annual report on the significant activities we worked on during 2022.

The second year of President Joe Biden’s presidency never saw the light of day on two key promises made by Biden’s campaign to all of us before election.  The first is the promise to reopen the PLO office in Washington, DC and the second is to reopen the shuttered U.S. consulate in East Jerusalem, Palestine's de facto U.S. representative office. Meanwhile, we appreciate Biden’s administration fulfilling his other campaign promises of in the following area; refunding of UNRWA, re-engaging with the Palestinians, and the reinstatement of some of the US Aid funding.

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Foreign Relations Committee Passes Van Hollen Amendment
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Foreign Relations Committee Passes Van Hollen Amendment

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s passage of his amendment to the Department of State Authorization Act, requiring the State Department to provide Senators with the report overseen by the United States Security Coordinator (USSC) regarding the circumstances surrounding the shooting of Shireen Abu Akleh:

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