Tag: U.S.-Israel Relations
US pressures Israel to open Palestinian consulate in Jerusalem
U.S. administration officials have worked to delay a bill proposed by Knesset member Nir Barkat (Likud) which, if passed into law, would essentially prevent the reopening of a de facto U.S. embassy to the Palestinians in...
Harris, Herzog discuss Israeli security, environmental assistance to Central America
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris spoke on the phone with Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Monday.
According to a White House readout of the call, after Harris congratulated Herzog on his new position, the two...
Incoming Israeli national security adviser meets with US counterparts
Eyal Hulata, the incoming Israeli national security adviser, met with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman on Tuesday, during which, according to a U.S. State Department readout of the meeting, the two discussed a number of...
Israel’s former US envoy Ron Dermer joins Washington think tank JINSA
Former Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer has joined the Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA), the Washington, D.C.-based think tank announced on Tuesday.
Dermer, a longtime adviser to former Israeli Prime Minister...
Rumsfeld remembered for leading war on terror and his admiration for Israel
Despite much of the criticism of Donald Rumsfeld for his handling of the Iraq War, the late former defense secretary’s associates praised him for his decisions during an unstable time for American security.
Rumsfeld died...
‘Every diplomatic mission is a frontline command center’
It was during Operation Cast Lead in December 2008. The Israeli Embassy in Britain was surrounded by demonstrators, some of whom became violent. They climbed the fence, threw firebombs and rocks. Tension was running...
Biden’s promise on Iranian nukes is worthless
Outgoing Israeli President Reuven Rivlin met with U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington this week and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid met with Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Rome. The theme of both meetings as far...
US welcomes opening of Israeli embassy in UAE
The United States welcomed the opening of the Israeli embassy in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday.
“Foreign Minister Lapid’s trip, the first to the UAE by an Israeli Foreign Minister, and the opening of...
White House working to set up meeting between Biden and Bennett as Rivlin visits
Israel and the U.S. are working to set up a meeting between new Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House.
According to Axios, Biden had a phone conversation with...
Lapid to Blinken: We can repair bipartisan ties together
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid told U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Rome on Sunday that “mistakes were made” in recent years that damaged bipartisan support for Israel, and that the two would...