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JNS Summit opening plenary: Israel, US and the world

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan S. Tobin, news analyst Mark Levin, American radio personality Sid Rosenberg and leading voices in government, diplomacy, national security, media and faith headline the summit’s first day in Jerusalem.

Join JNS live from the Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem on Sunday, June 21, 2026, at 4:30 p.m. for the opening session of the JNS International Policy Summit, “Israel, U.S. & the World: A New Era.”

Featuring Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Mark Levin, U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee, Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion, Melanie Phillips, Sylvan Adams, Victoria Coates and other leading voices in government, media, diplomacy, faith leadership and national security, this special opening event will explore the future of the U.S.-Israel relationship, Israel’s role on the world stage, regional security challenges, faith-based diplomacy, the Iranian threat and the defining issues shaping the Middle East and the Jewish world.

Jerusalem and Beirut and their American mediators are still expected to conclude the latest round of negotiations on Thursday.
Israel has “a right to kick out and stop working with UNRWA any time it wants,” the legal scholar Eugene Kontorovich told JNS. “Moreover, it’s not even obligated to work with any U.N. agency, only to ensure that certain humanitarian needs are met.”
The U.S. president insists that American naval forces are maintaining a strict blockade until Tehran agrees to a deal or total surrender.
“You try to take us down, we’ll come back bigger and better,” Howard Szalavetz told JNS of plans to rebuild the restaurant as police probe the fire as a possible hate crime.