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Meir Ben-Shabbat

U.S. President Joe Biden in Los Angeles, Calif. on Feb. 21, 2024. Credit: Adam Schultz/White House.

Biden prefers appeasing Iran to risk of broader conflagration

The United States "has almost never supported Israeli offensives—not in 1948, 1967 and 1982, nor against Hezbollah and Hamas," Michael Oren tells JNS.

Israel Kasnett

April 17, 2024

Israelis at Habimah Square in Tel Aviv walk by beds representing the number of hostages held captive by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, Nov. 11, 2023. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

How and when will Israeli hostages be released?

Here are the possibilities.

Noam Dvir

Nov. 15, 2023

Israeli National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat speaks during a ceremony honoring medical workers and hospitals for their fight against COVID-19, in Jerusalem, June 6, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Israel’s national security adviser to resign in August

Appointed by former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2017, Meir Ben-Shabbat oversaw the Abraham Accords normalization agreements.

July 1, 2021

Executive director of the National Security Studies (INSS) Amos Yadlin speaks at the Annual International Conference of the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv on Jan. 29, 2020. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Bennett considers longtime general Amos Yadlin for national security adviser

As a fighter pilot, he took part in the Israeli Air Force bombing of the Osirak nuclear reactor in Iraq in 1981.

June 14, 2021

Police clash with Palestinian protesters in Jerusalem's Old City on Jerusalem Day, May 10, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Israel urges US to stay out of situation in Jerusalem

Israeli National Security Advisor Meir Ben-Shabbat told U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan that the Jewish state is handling events “from a position of sovereignty and responsibility, regardless of Palestinian provocations.”

May 10, 2021

U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan. Source: Screenshot.

US, Israeli national security advisers discuss Iran, regional security

Talks focused on advances in Iran’s nuclear program, progress in Vienna nuclear talks • Gaza terrorists fire two rockets at southern Israel.

April 28, 2021

U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan. Source: Screenshot.

Biden’s top security advisor tells Israeli counterpart he aims to build on accords

U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told Israel's Meir Ben-Shabbat that "the United States will closely consult with Israel on all matters of regional security.”

Jan. 25, 2021

U.S. National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a joint press conference in Jerusalem on Dec. 13, 2020. Credit: Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.

Netanyahu, US National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien meet in Jerusalem

O’Brien awards Israeli counterpart Meir Ben-Shabbat the U.S. Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service, the highest honorary award given to non-U.S. citizens.

Dec. 14, 2020

From left: Israeli National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat, U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Special Representative for International Negotiations Avi Berkowitz on the tarmac at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv, before boarding El Al Flight 973 to Manama, Bahrain, Oct. 18, 2020. Photo: Haim Zach/GPO.

‘Israel has an outstretched hand for real peace,’ says leader of Israeli delegation to Bahrain

The joint U.S.-Israel delegation, led by U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Israel’s National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat, flew to Manama for talks and the signing of a formal peace agreement with the Gulf state.

Daniel Siryoti and JNS staff

Oct. 18, 2020