Tag: U.S.-Israel Relations
Israel’s new ambassador to US seeks to heal rifts and build bipartisan support
The Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI) bid farewell last week to its longtime senior fellow Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Michael Herzog, who was recently appointed Israeli’s Ambassador to the United States. Participating in the event were former...
‘Nations don’t let nations go out of existence,’ she said
It was December 1983 and Yael Dayan—Labor Party Knesset member, novelist and daughter of legendary general and defense minister Moshe Dayan—had been booked into town as featured speaker for the Columbus Jewish Federation’s annual...
‘Only weakness can truly undermine the US-Israel alliance’: A special interview with Ron Dermer
When Ron and Rhoda Dermer told their five children that this time their long stay in Washington was really over, and that there would be no more delays, they didn’t believe it. With good...
Flattery and empty promises won’t preserve an alliance
The reviews at home were mixed for Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s first meeting with President Joe Biden. Many of those who despise Bennett’s right-wing principles thought he did a good job, while most...
Rescuing Biden from Afghanistan
The obvious lesson for Israel from America’s abandonment of Afghanistan to the Taliban is that it can’t count on the U.S. to protect it from the consequences of ceding more territory.
This reality, however, is...
Biden, Bennett become ‘fast friends’ in meetings focused on regional security threats
After a number of delays as a result of Thursday’s terrorist attacks in Kabul, Afghanistan, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and U.S. President Joe Biden managed to sit for two meetings at the White...
Biden-Bennett talk could signify some positive progress on regional security concerns
Plans for Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to hold bilateral meetings at the White House with U.S. President Joe Biden were derailed on Thursday as terrorist attacks near the Hamid Karzai International Airport in...
Gantz condemns Kabul terror attacks: ‘We stand with our American partners’
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz condemned the terror attack at the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday, reiterating that Israel “stands with our American partners.”
“My thoughts and prayers are with the U.S. troops...
Blinken reaffirms US commitment to two-state solution in meeting with Israeli leader
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met on Wednesday afternoon as part of Bennett’s first full day of his visit to the United States.
Bennett sought to initiate a...
Bennett can’t have it both ways with Biden
It’s hard to figure out what Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett meant when he told his Cabinet on Sunday that in his upcoming visit to the White House, he intends to present U.S. President Joe Biden...