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Henry Kissinger discusses the Vietnam War at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas, April 26, 2016. Photo by Marsha Miller/Flickr via Wikimedia Commons.

Kissinger denies holding back resupply during Yom Kippur War

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Henry Kissinger, who served as national security advisor and secretary of state during the Nixon and Ford administrations, denied that he intentionally delayed critically needed military supplies to Israel during the 1973 Yom Kippur...
U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton speaks at a press conference in the David's Citadel Hotel in Jerusalem on June 25, 2019. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

US uncovers Iranian plot to assassinate John Bolton, says report

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At least two members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had planned to assassinate former National Security Advisor John Bolton, a U.S. Justice Department official told the Washington Examiner. The official said evidence exists to indict...
U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan. Source: Screenshot.

US National Security Advisor: Washington engaged in indirect diplomacy with Iran

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The United States and Iran have been engaged in indirect diplomacy in an effort to revive the 2015 nuclear deal, White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on Friday. “Diplomacy with Iran is ongoing,...
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....
Senior adviser to the president Jared Kushner at Ben-Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, ahead of his departure with U.S.-Israeli delegation from Tel Aviv to Abu Dhabi, Aug. 31, 2020. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Report: Kushner talked to new national security advisor

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White House senior adviser Jared Kushner has talked with incoming U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan about the Trump administration’s Mideast policies, U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman told the Knesset’s foreign relations committee...
National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft at a meeting following the assassinations of Ambassador Francis E. Meloy Jr. and Economic Counselor Robert O. Waring in Beirut in 1976. Credit: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library via Wikimedia Commons.

Former two-time US national security advisor Brent Scowcroft dies at 95

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Former two-time U.S. National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft died of natural causes on Aug. 6, his 95th birthday, according to a statement from the Scowcroft Group. “Brent Scowcroft was an American patriot and public servant...
From left: U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 2, 2018. Credit: State Department Photo, Public Domain.

What’s more important in a president? Policy or character?

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For Republicans and many supporters of Israel, former National Security Advisor John Bolton went from hero to zero in the last year. For opponents of President Donald Trump, it’s different. They always intensely disliked...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman on a tour with the mapping committee. Photo by Haim Zach/GPO.

Report: US administration to hold ‘dramatic’ meeting on Israel’s sovereignty bid

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Senior U.S. administration officials will hold a meeting this week on whether or not to give the green light to the Israeli government to apply sovereignty in the Jordan Valley, and parts of Judea...
Israeli National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat and U.S. National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien meet at the White House on Dec. 19, 2019. Source: Prime Minister of Israel via Twitter.

US National Security Advisor O’Brien meets with Israeli counterpart at White House

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U.S. National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien met with his Israeli counterpart, Meir Ben-Shabbat, at the White House on Wednesday to discuss the Iranian threat and other issues. The two “reaffirmed the special relationship and unbreakable...
Robert O'Brien addresses the U.N. General Assembly in November 2005. On Sept. 18, 2019, U.S. President Donald Trump named O'Brien to replace John Bolton as national security advisor, Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Jewish, pro-Israel community react to national security pick

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The Jewish and pro-Israel community immediately reacted to the selection of Robert O’Brien as U.S. President Donald Trump’s fourth national security advisor, replacing John Bolton, who was ousted on Sept. 10. “We congratulate Mr. O’Brien on his appointment, and...