Tag: U.S.-Israel Relations
US monitors Israeli border crossing pilot for Palestinian Americans
A U.S. delegation was in Israel this week to observe border crossing conditions for Palestinian Americans.
The inspections are part of an Israeli bid to join the U.S. Visa Waiver Program and are taking place during a...
US State Department: Judicial reform will not affect Israel aid
The U.S. State Department stressed on Tuesday that the Biden Administration has no intention to slash aid to Israel following the passing into law by Israel's coalition of key judicial reform legislation.
Responding to a leading question by Said...
Netanyahu’s brother casts doubt on Biden’s mental fitness
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s physician brother on Tuesday questioned the mental state of U.S. President Joe Biden.
In an interview with the Kan public broadcaster, Dr. Iddo Netanyahu, 71, said he does not believe that Biden...
Netanyahu’s next US challenge: Trump
Less than a week had passed since Thomas Friedman's dramatic column about the United States beginning to "reassess" its relationship with Israel when the phone rang at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office in...
Next year in America
Amid the headlines about Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit to the White House and address to Congress, it was easy to overlook a major piece of good news: Israel may finally be in the...
Herzog must tell Biden: You’re hurting Israel
Netanyahu even accommodated Biden by approving measures to bolster the Palestinian Authority—despite his government comprising hardliners like Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. That step, too, was not reciprocated by...
US lawmakers: Iran disagreement at root of Biden snub of Netanyahu
It is a common refrain in U.S. President Joe Biden’s speeches and statements and at State Department press briefings that Israel is threatening its democratic character by seeking to reform its judiciary, which legal...
Herzog dispels rumored Biden ‘reassessment’ of Israel ties ahead of US visit
Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Wednesday became the latest official to dispel rumors of a White House "reassessment" of ties with Israel, ahead of his scheduled speech to the U.S. Congress next week.
"In just...
US envoy to Israel visits Western Wall ahead of departure
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...
Herzog’s duty is to stand with Israel’s elected government
When Israeli President Isaac Herzog arrives in Washington next week, he’ll get the kind of red-carpet treatment that is reserved for the friendliest and most important U.S. allies. The Jewish state certainly qualifies under...