Rubio confirmed as secretary of state The former senator from Florida was unanimously confirmed 99 to 0, becoming the first of U.S. President Donald Trump’s cabinet picks to make it through the Senate. Andrew Bernard Jan. 20, 2025
Henry Kissinger and the limits of realism Reviled by some and overpraised by others, he was a brilliant man who carefully curated his image. Still, most of his policies in the 1970s were wrong. Jonathan S. Tobin Dec. 4, 2023
Biden’s statement on Kissinger’s passing appears to be his tersest official condolences yet “Throughout our careers, we often disagreed. And often strongly,” the U.S. president said, hours after U.S. Secretary of State Blinken released a much heftier statement. Menachem Wecker Nov. 30, 2023
Historic statesman, who advised presidents, Henry Kissinger dead at 100 “He was a visionary, and a brilliant man,” the attorney and Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz told JNS of his longtime friend. David Swindle Nov. 30, 2023
Kissinger denies holding back resupply during Yom Kippur War The former secretary of state called the accusation "total nonsense." May 30, 2023
Honoring Henry Kissinger at 100 While he was very tough with Israeli leaders, Kissinger never ran roughshod over Israel's core interests. David M. Weinberg May 29, 2023
Hillary Clinton tries to rewrite history It is strategically disastrous to coddle Palestinian Arab dictators, abandon victims of terrorism and heap one-sided pressure on Israel. Stephen M. Flatow March 28, 2022
Madeleine Albright’s role in Israeli-Palestinian diplomacy reverberates to this day Later in her career, the diplomat acknowledged her failures in forging peace with Israel, saying that while there are a number of different ways to deal with it, the “way for these two peoples to live together it is on the table, it has been there, and I think it requires the political will. Dovid Zaklikowski March 25, 2022
Madeleine Albright, first female US secretary of state, dies of cancer at age 88 “The impact she has had on this building is felt every single day in every single corridor,” said U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price. March 23, 2022
