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Harris ‘last person in room’ with Biden on foreign-policy decisions, former US envoy says

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During the presidency of Barack Obama, Thomas Nides attended foreign-policy meetings as U.S. deputy secretary of state for management and resources. Just as he saw Obama include Joe Biden, then-vice president, Nides has seen...
Outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides offers a prayer at the Western Wall, July 12, 2023. Credit: Western Wall Heritage Foundation.

US envoy to Israel visits Western Wall ahead of departure

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Some 20 months after his official confirmation as Washinton's envoy to Israel, U.S. Ambassador Thomas Nides this week ended his tenure in the Jewish state. Coming full circle, the diplomat on Wednesday paid a final...
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides attends a conference at Reichman University in Herzliya, Sept. 11, 2022. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.

Nides: Riyadh-Tehran détente won’t hurt Saudi-Israel prospects

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The resumption of diplomatic talks between Saudi Arabia and Iran isn’t bad news for the kingdom’s relationship with Israel, says Thomas Nides, the U.S. ambassador to Jerusalem. “We’re happy when things are calm,” he told i24...
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides attends a conference at Reichman University in Herzliya, Sept. 11, 2022. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.

US ambassador to Israel to leave post over summer

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U.S. Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides is set to depart his position this summer after two years in the post. Nides told senior staff at the embassy on Tuesday morning about his planned departure, Axios reported, citing...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) and Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen at the ministry in Jerusalem, Jan. 30, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

FM Cohen calls on US to present a ‘credible military threat’ to Iran

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Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen on Tuesday called on Washington to take steps to convince Tehran that the United States is not bluffing when it comes to the possibility of the use of force. “If...
Religious Zionist Party chairman MK Bezalel Smotrich speaks at the Knesset ceremony marking the 27th anniversary of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Nov. 6, 2022. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

‘Respect our democracy’: Smotrich slams US over implied warning on defense portfolio

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The Religious Zionist Party criticized the Biden administration on Wednesday after U.S. ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides implicitly warned Israeli Prime Minister-elect Benjamin Netanyahu against appointing party head Bezalel Smotrich as the next defense...

Nides: US will fight any Israeli attempts at annexation

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U.S. Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides said on Wednesday that the Biden administration would forcefully oppose any move by Israel’s next government to annex areas in Judea and Samaria, commonly known as the West...
Israeli police officers and rescue forces at the scene of a terrorist shooting attack in Bnei Brak, before the terrorist moved on to Ramat Gan, March 29, 2022. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

US, EU envoys condemn terror attack in Bnei Brak

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Ambassadors from the United States and European Union condemned the latest terror attack in Israel, which claimed five lives in Bnei Brak. “Just now hearing reports of another attack in Israel, this time taking the...
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides arrives at his swearing-in ceremony as new ambassador to Israel, at the President's residence in Jerusalem, Dec. 5, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

US ambassador to Israel calls settlement growth ‘infuriating,’ backs a divided Jerusalem

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U.S. Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides joined Americans for Peace Now (APN) in a webinar on Tuesday to discuss his new job and what his vision is for the region. “I’m center-left,” he said....
From left: U.S. Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides, Hebrew University president Asher Cohen and university rector Barak Medina, March 15, 2022. Credit: Bruno Charbit/Hebrew University.

Nides spends time at Hebrew University, first stop at Israeli academic institution

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U.S. Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides visited the Hebrew University in Jerusalem on Tuesday, his first visit to an Israeli academic institution. While there, he met with researchers, scientists and senior university leaders, including the...