The State Department Near Eastern Affairs account on Twitter sent two statements within seconds about the weekend’s violence.
An increase of $1 million to the budget of the State Department's Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism has been authorized as of Wednesday.
US Special Envoy for Iran Rob Malley was put on unpaid leave and lost his security clearance, reportedly over his handling of classified information.
Shapiro served as US Ambassador to Israel from 2011 to 2017.
Israel used to be in the highest standard in regard to human trafficking but was downgraded one level in 2021.
The US State Department noted that Waters "has a long track record of using antisemitic tropes to denigrate Jewish people.”
In the eyes of the State Department, granting a group of Jews permission to study Torah in a yeshiva in Samaria raises the same level of concern as the murder of Nigerian children.
The United States said earlier this week that it would stop providing Russia some notifications required under the arms control treaty.
A spokesperson reiterated that the US sees the return to Homesh as inconsistent with previous commitments made to US governments.
"We are concerned by today’s provocative visit to the Temple Mount... and the accompanying inflammatory rhetoric," read the official statement.
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