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JNS Summit opening plenary: Israel, US and the world

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, analyst Mark Levin and leading voices in government, diplomacy, national security, media and faith open the 2026 JNS International Policy Summit in Jerusalem with a look at Israel, the United States and the world in a new era.

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.

“You are not the one who bears the price,” Israel’s national security minister said in remarks directed at Trump.
The three-day summit will include addresses and panels on U.S.-Israel relations, the war with Iran, Israel’s military, diplomatic and legal battles, the wave of global antisemitism in the wake of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack as well as relations with the Christian world.
No tolls would be imposed on shipping through the strait after the ceasefire expired even if no agreement was reached, unless the United States decided to levy them, said the U.S. president.
Petitioners, including civil rights groups, watchdog organizations, the Israel Bar Association and opposition lawmakers, argue that the amendment will politicize the judicial system.
The terrorists helped funnel some $170 million to Hamas’s “military wing.”
The Iranian-backed terrorist group has killed hundreds of Americans and is the common enemy of Israel and Lebanon, the ambassador tweeted.