Tag: Biden Administration
Ambassador David Friedman: ‘We left the Middle East in good shape’
One winter morning in 2017, a young man arrived at the Kesher Israel synagogue in the heart of Washington. He prayed fervently, as if his heart was filled with a special request. His tallit...
Biden nominee called US recognition of Golan Heights ‘blatant political move’
U.S. President Joe Biden’s choice to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) called the U.S. recognition of Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights in March 2019 as “a blatant political move” to...
Biden appoints Palestinian American to key intelligence role
U.S. President Joe Biden has appointed Palestinian American Maher Bitar to the role of senior director for intelligence programs at the National Security Council, according to a report in the political journalism site Politico.
Maher served...
Biden picks Dana Stroul to lead Pentagon’s Mideast desk
U.S. President Joe Biden has picked Dana Stroul to lead the Pentagon’s Middle East desk, reported Al-Monitor.
Stroul, currently a fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, was a senior official on the U.S. Senate...
Biden taps two additional Jewish nominees to senior posts in intelligence, health
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has appointed former CIA deputy director David Cohen to return to the same role.
The Biden transition team announced the move on Friday.
Cohen, 57, who is Jewish, will not need U.S....
Biden nominees stress that US will not be rejoining Iran nuclear deal anytime soon
Several nominees for U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s national security team acknowledged on Tuesday that the United States isn’t ready to rejoin the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of...
It’s time to stop counting Jews in the Cabinet
Jewish Democrats are celebrating this week and with good reason. Their party is about to take back power in Washington and end the presidency of the man they all love to hate: President Donald...
Cruz: ‘Biden’s policy on Iran could pose existential threat to Israel’
As the United States enters the Biden era, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) warns that the relationship between Washington and Jerusalem is poised to become particularly fragile, mainly because he believes the policies the new...
Biden must heal the nation and show its adversaries a unified America
What a marvelous time to be America’s enemy! Despots, dictators and other assorted villains are gloating.
I’ll give you two examples. Alluding to last week’s assault on the U.S. Capitol—a shameful episode that President Donald...
Biden taps Samantha Power to lead USAID
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has announced that he will nominate former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power to lead the U.S. Agency for International Development.
“As USAID administrator, she will work with our...