Tag: U.S.-Israel Relations

U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.) announced on Thursday that she won’t seek re-election next year, following a three-decade-long career in Congress as a staunch supporter of the U.S.-Israel relationship. “As the chairwoman of the appropriations...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Thursday in Israel with a bipartisan U.S. congressional delegation led by Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.). “I do want to thank you for your consistent support, broad-based support—very important...

The results from Israel’s second attempt at electing a government in 2019 are like a jigsaw puzzle whose pieces don’t fit. There’s no getting around the fact that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was the...

U.S. President Donald Trump wrote on Twitter Saturday that he had spoken to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the phone earlier to discuss the possibility of “moving forward with a mutual defense treaty”...

Former Texas representative and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke said on Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump has turned the U.S.-Israel relationship into a partisan issue. “Certainly the president is trying to ; I don’t think...

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has had a prolific career, from graduating first in his class at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and serving in the U.S. Army for five years to becoming...

An activist with the anti-Israel group IfNotNow accused Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.) of dual loyalty during a town hall last week with constituents. The organization posted on Twitter a video of an audience member named...

Is it possible that the U.S. president, considered by many to be more supportive of Israel than any of his predecessors, uses the terminology of anti-Semites? Have his Jewish daughter and her family not...

Amid the controversy over U.S. President Donald Trump supposedly questioning the “loyalty” or “lack of knowledge” of Jews who vote for Democrats, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin told U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) that...

The United States and Israel signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Wednesday to strengthen the alliance between the two countries. U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) administrator Mark Green and Israeli Foreign Minister Israel...