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Haim Saban blasts blocked US weapons to Israel: ‘Bad decision on all levels’

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U.S. President Joe Biden’s choice to halt offensive military transfers to the Jewish state out of opposition to a ground invasion by the Israeli Defense Forces into Rafah to defeat Hamas has earned praise...
U.S. President Joe Biden walks with National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan along the Colonnade of the White House to the Oval Office on Jan. 22, 2021. Credit: Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz.

Sullivan tells Israeli counterpart Biden committed to diplomacy on Iran

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U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan hosted his Israeli counterpart, Israeli National Security Adviser Eyal Hulata, at the White House on Tuesday morning. It was the first in-person meeting of the U.S.-Israeli Strategic Consultative Group...
Wendy Sherman signs her appointment papers to become the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State at a ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 2021. Credit: State Department Photo by Mark Stewart.

Incoming Israeli national security adviser meets with US counterparts

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Eyal Hulata, the incoming Israeli national security adviser, met with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman on Tuesday, during which, according to a U.S. State Department readout of the meeting, the two discussed a number of...
Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi (right), chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces, with CENTCOM Commander, Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie, Jr., June 23, 2021 Source: Twitter/IDF.

IDF’s Kochavi meets with Sullivan, intelligence officials to discuss regional security

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Israel Defense Forces’ Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi met with National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Wednesday in Washington, D.C., to discuss regional security challenges and Israeli concerns about the flaws of the 2015...
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaking with U.S. President Joe Biden on June 13, 2021. Credit: Ariel Zandberg/GPO.

Biden congratulates Bennett, agrees to work closely on regional security, Iran

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Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spoke with U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday just hours after the Israeli leader was sworn into office. Biden offered his “warm congratulations” to Bennett and “highlighted his decades of steadfast support...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a tour of the Golan Heights. Credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO.

Netanyahu to Blinken: Golan Heights ‘will remain forever part of Israel’

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office pushed back against U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blinken over his comments that stopped short of endorsing the Trump administration’s recognition of the Golan Heights in 2019. In an...
U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blinken. Credit: mccv/Shutterstock.

Blinken to discuss Iran with European allies as White House convenes NSC

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U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blinken was slated to discuss Iran and other foreign-policy issues with his British, French and German counterparts on Friday. “The secretary will have an opportunity to discuss with some of...
Barbara Leaf. Source: YouTube.

Biden to tap former ambassador to UAE to National Security Council

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U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is expected to name former U.S. Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates Barbara Leaf to the White House National Security Council, reported Vox on Monday, citing sources familiar with the situation. Leaf will join...
Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman with Yossi Cohen, national security adviser to the prime minister of Israel, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 18, 2015. Credit: U.S. Department of State.

Biden expected to tap more Obama alumni for national security posts

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U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is expected to tap more alumni from the former Obama administration for national security positions, according to media reports. Biden is expected to nominate Wendy Sherman, who was the lead negotiator...
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on June 16, 2016. Credit: David Azagury/U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv.

Jewish and pro-Israel groups, policy experts react to Biden national security picks

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U.S. President-elect Joe Biden announced a number of cabinet and national security picks on Monday that offers a view into the direction his administration will pursue regarding foreign policy. For the Jewish and pro-Israel...