1. Bills, Resolutions, & Letters 2. SFOPS season starts – House text/report/markups 3. Hearings 4. On the Record *Brought to you in cooperation with Americans…

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“The Trump administration has not announced any change in U.S. policy when it comes to entry of Palestinians to the United States,” said Lara Friedman, president of the Foundation for Middle East Peace and a former U.S. foreign service officer in Jerusalem. “One [denial] could be just a random happenstance, two could be a coincidence. Three, it’s reasonable to ask whether or not there hasn’t been a de facto shift in U.S. policy that is denying visas to Palestinians to come to the U.S. based on their political views, which would be deeply troubling.”

As reported in last week’s Round-Up, on 5/10 the House Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations marked up the draft FY2020 State, Foreign…