Tag: U.S.-Israel Relations
What does a Bennett-Lapid government mean?
Yesh Atid Party head Yair Lapid and Yamina Party head Naftali Bennett announced on Wednesday that they have secured an agreement to form Israel’s next government, thereby likely ending the 12-year consecutive term of...
Republican senators visit Israel, meet officials to pledge unequivocal US support
Three Republican senators made their way to Israel this week to show solidarity with the Jewish state and hear from leaders about how the United States can best help in the wake of the...
During Jerusalem visit, Lindsey Graham calls Israel the ‘eyes and ears of America’
During a meeting in Jerusalem on Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, visiting Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) described the country as “the eyes and ears of America,” and said that “nobody does more to protect...
Former Ambassador David Friedman: ‘Trump administration would have given Israel free reign to defend...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was dispatched to Israel by U.S. President Joe Biden this week in the direct aftermath of an acute conflagration highlighted by 11 days of indiscriminate rocket attacks by...
Blinken’s Mideast trip highlights limits of American efforts to isolate Hamas
While the Biden administration’s negotiations to reach a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip has generally being seen as successful, experts have low expectations that U.S. Secretary of State Antony...
Thomas Nides expected pick for ambassador to Israel
U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to announce the nomination of Tom Nides as the next U.S. Ambassador to Israel in the coming weeks.
White House and other Biden officials told NBC News that Nides has been offered the...
Jewish American Heritage Month: Understanding the ‘relationship triangle’
While it is an instinct for many to overlook occasions like Jewish American Heritage Month as largely ceremonial, this year’s event comes at a particularly significant juncture for the relationship between American Jewry and...
Sanders initiates legislation to block arms sales to Israel
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) proposed legislation on Thursday to block the sale of $735 million in arms to Israel, one day after a similar resolution was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives.
“At a moment when...
Hamas-Israel ceasefire expected to take effect on Friday, IDF ratchets up military successes
As multiple media reports of a ceasefire taking effect on Friday surfaced on Thursday, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad continued to fire on southern Israeli cities, towns and villages throughout the day, while the...
After 11 days of hostilities, Israel and Hamas agree to ceasefire
Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian terrorist group that runs the Gaza Strip, have agreed to a ceasefire after 11 days of hostilities.
According to a statement from the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office, the security cabinet...