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Trump Envoy Jason Greenblatt Due in Israel Wednesday

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s special representative for international negotiations Jason Greenblatt will arrive in Israel on Wednesday for what has typically been a routine meeting with envoys from the Quartet on Middle East peace, comprised of the US, EU, UN and Russia.

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North Korea: New U.N. Sanctions ‘An Act of War’

North Korea’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Sunday declaring the latest round of U.N. sanctions an “act of war” equivalent to a “complete economic blockade,” and threatening the safety of the United States unless it accepts North Korea as a nuclear nation.

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Eli Lake: Nikki Haley Rocks UN

Eli Lake writes at Bloomberg that while most of the focus was on the Jerusalem vote “sideshow” at the UN this week, Ambassador Nikki Haley made real accomplishments this week:

UN Ambassador Nikki Haley drew a list of possible measures against Iran that immediately d