Netanyahu point man Ron Dermer meets Trump at Mar-a-Lago
Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer met with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at his Florida estate on Sunday, Axios reported on Monday, citing two Israeli and two American officials.
The former said that Dermer conveyed messages to Trump from...
Katz: ‘There will be no ceasefire and no pause’ in Lebanon
"There will be no ceasefire and no pause" in the fight against Hezbollah in Lebanon, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday.
Following his first meeting on Monday with the IDF General Staff Forum,...
Israel envoy in New York City: ‘We, the Jewish people, prefer peace’
Israel does not want an endless war, Ofir Akunis, the consul general of Israel in New York, told JNS in a sit-down interview at his office on Thursday. “We, the Jewish people, prefer peace,”...
Trump reportedly plans to name Rubio, Mike Waltz, Stephen Miller to roles
President-elect Donald Trump plans to name Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) secretary of state, Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.) as national security advisor and Stephen Miller, an adviser to the former president, as deputy chief of...
Trump nominates Stefanik for UN envoy role
President-elect Donald Trump on Monday nominated Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), chair of the House Republican Conference, to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations in his upcoming administration.
“I am honored to nominate Chairwoman Elise...
‘Fake news’ behind criminal probes into PMO, says Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday night slammed the "media's fake news" as being responsible for the mounting probes into alleged misconduct by officials in his office.
"In recent days, my office has been subjected to wild and...
Netanyahu among first leaders to call Trump following election win
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with Donald Trump on Wednesday, becoming one of the first world leaders to congratulate the U.S. president-elect.
Wednesday morning's phone conversation, which lasted some 20 minutes, was described as...
Macron’s error: The UN did not create Israel
French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron told his cabinet last month that Israel was created by a decision of the United Nations and that the Jewish state should not “disregard the decisions of the U.N.”
However, the United...
Protesters storm French Football Federation over Israel game
Scores of anti-Israel protesters burst into the French Football Federation offices in Paris on Monday, and demanded the cancellation of an upcoming Nations League game between France and the Jewish state.
In video footage posted...
Knesset passes law to immediately fire teachers with terror sympathies
An Israeli law that will allow Jerusalem's Education Ministry to dismiss teachers who carry out or publicly support acts of terrorism, as well as cut off funding for educational institutions that glorify terror, passed...