The US abstention in a UN resolution vote last week might endanger US - Israel relations. The United States - Israel relations took a big dip this week after Secretary of State John Kerry criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government for failing to be a bigger voice in the efforts to establish a more sustainable peace in the Middle East.
The US State Department has added five more Russians to the Magnitsky list which prohibits them from the entering the US as punishment for human rights violations in Russia.
Syrian opposition negotiator said that the peace talks are pressured all because of the US Secretary of State. He said that it is pressured to attend the peace talks in Geneva in order to negotiate on issues like halt to air strikes.
State Department rejected 32 lawmakers' call to close PLO office in D.C. Elizabeht Trudeau said that it is an important partner.
