Tag: U.S.-Israel Relations
The issue is Biden not wanting to help Bibi, not a phone conversation
Most of those debating when President Joe Biden is going to finally pick up the phone and call Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are either overestimating or underestimating the significance of this kerfuffle. The...
White House: Netanyahu to be first Middle East leader Biden will call
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be the first Middle East leader President Joe Biden will call, the White House said on Tuesday.
“His first call with a leader in the region will be with...
Jerusalem and the new administration in Washington
What does it mean for Israel that the free world has a new leader, U.S. President Joe Biden?
Will it be a “third Obama presidency,” based on coldness towards Israel, or will Biden choose to...
Former Shin Bet chief calls for Israel to ‘initiate military operations against Iran’
In light of Iran’s fast-moving efforts to develop a nuclear bomb, Likud Knesset member and Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chairman Avi Dichter, a former director of the Shin Bet, has called “to...
US Secretary of State Blinken talks with Israeli counterpart in one of first diplomatic...
In one of his first calls as U.S. secretary of state, Tony Blinken spoke with his counterpart in Israel, Gabi Ashkenazi, on Wednesday.
The two discussed “regional strategic matters, continued to widen the circle of...
Ambassador David Friedman: ‘We left the Middle East in good shape’
One winter morning in 2017, a young man arrived at the Kesher Israel synagogue in the heart of Washington. He prayed fervently, as if his heart was filled with a special request. His tallit...
Israel’s UN envoy steps into role of US ambassador
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan on Thursday assumed the role of ambassador to the United States, taking over from Ron Dermer, who held the position for the past seven years.
This is...
Netanyahu congratulates Biden, urges him to work together on Iranian threat
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated Joe Biden on his inauguration as 46th president of the United States, where he noted his decades-long friendship and urged him to work together on confronting the Iranian...
Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, dear friend.
Gratitude is literally written into our Jewish identity.
In the Book of Genesis, when our foremother Leah gives birth to her last son, she says: “‘This time I will give thanks to the Lord’; therefore she...
Cruz: ‘Biden’s policy on Iran could pose existential threat to Israel’
As the United States enters the Biden era, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) warns that the relationship between Washington and Jerusalem is poised to become particularly fragile, mainly because he believes the policies the new...