Jacob Lew

Palestinian women and girls struggle to reach for food at a distribution center in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, File)

The US says it pushed retraction of a famine warning for north Gaza. Aid groups express concern

U.S. officials say they asked for — and got — the retraction of an independent monitor’s warning of imminent famine in north Gaza. The international Famine Early Warning System Network issued the warning this week.
 
Palestinian women and girls struggle to reach for food at a distribution center in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Global monitor says famine is weeks away in north Gaza. A US diplomat calls warning ‘irresponsible’

 
Jacob Lew, former treasury secretary under President Barack Obama, testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing to examine his nomination as Ambassador to the State of Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Jacob Lew, former treasury secretary to Obama, confirmed as US ambassador to Israel

 
Jacob Lew, former treasury secretary under President Barack Obama, arrives to a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing to examine his nomination as Ambassador to the State of Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Biden’s pick to be ambassador to Israel tells senators he’ll ensure the US ally ‘has what it needs’

 
FILE - Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew speaks during the discussion panel at the World Bank/IMF annual meeting at IMF headquarters in Washington, Oct. 7, 2016. The White House says President Joe Biden has nominated Lew to serve as his next ambassador to Israel.( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Biden nominates former Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew to serve as ambassador to Israel

 

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