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A traveler holding a biometric passport is seen at passport control in the departure hall at Ben-Gurion Airport, May 20, 2015. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

US monitors Israeli border crossing pilot for Palestinian Americans

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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...
State Department Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel stressed that the Biden Administration has no intention to slash aid to Israel, July 25, 2023. Source: U.S State Department.

US State Department: Judicial reform will not affect Israel aid

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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...
U.S. President Joe Biden boards Air Force One for Saudi Arabia at Ben-Gurion Airport, July 15, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Netanyahu’s brother casts doubt on Biden’s mental fitness

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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...
U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a bilateral meeting at the White House on Jan. 27, 2020. Official White House Photo by Shealah

Netanyahu’s next US challenge: Trump

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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...
Check-in at Ben-Gurion Airport, July 7, 2022. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.

Next year in America

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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...
U.S. President Joe Biden with Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem, July 14, 2022. Photo by Haim Zach/GPO.

Herzog must tell Biden: You’re hurting Israel

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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...
Former U.S. President Barack Obama, flanked by Vice President Joe Biden, delivers a statement on the Iran nuclear agreement in the East Room of the White House on July 14, 2015. Credit: Official White House Photo by Pete Souza.

US lawmakers: Iran disagreement at root of Biden snub of Netanyahu

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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...
Israeli President Isaac Herzog. Credit: Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90.

Herzog dispels rumored Biden ‘reassessment’ of Israel ties ahead of US visit

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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...
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...
Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu accepts the mandate to form a government from Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Nov. 13, 2022. Photo by Kobi Gideon/GPO.

Herzog’s duty is to stand with Israel’s elected government

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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...