Tag: U.S.-Israel Relations
Group of 28 senators honors Israel’s 75th anniversary
Sens. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Jim Risch (R-Ida.), Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) led a bipartisan group of 28 senators, who issued a May 2 resolution praising Israel on its 75th...
Lapid meets with Jewish leaders in New York
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid met with American Jewish leaders in New York on Monday as part of a United States trip intended to repair ties amid a divisive debate on judicial reform back...
Succession of high-level American visitors reflects concern over Iran scenarios
The arrival on Thursday of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to Israel is the latest in a succession of high-level American visits to the Jewish state, and the fact that these visits are occurring...
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin meets Netanyahu in Israel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Thursday in Israel, primarily to discuss the Iranian nuclear threat and strengthening the Abraham Accords.
“We have a common agenda to prevent Iran from...
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to visit Israel
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is scheduled to arrive in Israel on Thursday, amid reports that Jerusalem could be readying a strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
The Pentagon chief arrived in Amman, Jordan on Sunday for...
Israel passes important hurdle to enter US visa waiver program
Fiscal year 2022 saw a significant drop in the number of Israelis refused visas to enter the United States, for the first time falling under the 3% threshold to qualify for the U.S. Visa...
The Ukraine war starts to undermine Israeli security
For the last 11 months, Israel has sought to signal its opposition to Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine while avoiding being dragged into a war that compromises its own security and interests. Threading that...
Ron Dermer lays out priorities, including ensuring that ‘evil regime in Tehran’ can’t destroy...
Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer is back in the U.S., telling a gala audience in Miami that Jerusalem will be Washington’s most important ally in the 21st century.
Dermer, a former Israeli ambassador to...
Blinken: US will judge next Israeli government on policies, not personalities
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday that policies, and not the people implementing them, will define the relationship between Washington and Jerusalem’s next government.
During his keynote address to the J Street...
The anti-Bibi resistance isn’t protecting Israel’s best interests
Prior to the recent Israeli election, it was clear that Benjamin Netanyahu’s left-wing opponents and their sympathizers in the United States wouldn’t meekly accept defeat if they were unable to prevent the Likud Party...