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Antony Blinken in 2015 at the U.S. State Department. Credit: Perfect 5hot / Shutterstock.com

Senate confirms Tony Blinken as US Secretary of State

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The U.S. Senate confirmed Tony Blinken on Tuesday as the 71st U.S. secretary of state. The final tally was 78-22. Blinken, who is Jewish, will succeed Mike Pompeo as America’s top diplomat. Blinken previously served as U.S....
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman light Hanukkah candles at the Western Wall on December 22, 2019. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

Ambassador David Friedman: ‘We left the Middle East in good shape’

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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...
Neera Tanden. Source: Screenshot.

Biden nominee called US recognition of Golan Heights ‘blatant political move’

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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...
President Barack Obama exchanges a wave with Alya Dorelien Bitar, one-year-old daughter of Maher Bitar, the outgoing National Security Council Director for Israeli and Palestinian Affairs, and his wife, Astrid Dorelien, during a family photo in the Oval Office, Sept. 21, 2015. Photo: Pete Souza/White House.

Biden appoints Palestinian American to key intelligence role

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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...
Dana Stroul. Source: Screenshot.

Biden picks Dana Stroul to lead Pentagon’s Mideast desk

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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...
Former Deputy CIA director David Cohen, who was appointed to the same position by U.S. President-elect Joe Biden. Credit: Central Intelligence Agency via Wikimedia Commons.

Biden taps two additional Jewish nominees to senior posts in intelligence, health

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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....
Tony Blinken testifies in front of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee during his nomination hearing to be U.S. Secretary of State. Source: Screenshot.

Biden nominees stress that US will not be rejoining Iran nuclear deal anytime soon

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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...
President-elect Joe Biden announcing his picks for his national security team. Source: Joe Biden/Facebook.

It’s time to stop counting Jews in the Cabinet

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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...
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, 2019. Credit: U.S. Senate Photographic Studio via Wikimedia Commons.

Cruz: ‘Biden’s policy on Iran could pose existential threat to Israel’

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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...
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Biden must heal the nation and show its adversaries a unified America

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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...