U.S.-Israel Relations
News about governmental relations between Israel and the United States
“Members of the Jewish community of the United States, the last thing you should do before antisemitic attacks,” the Israeli prime minister said, “is lower your head and seek cover.”
The Israeli prime minister told Fox News that “the point here is not to negotiate with Hamas,” adding: “Their job is to vanish.”
The meeting, which focused on “regional issues,” followed Netanyahu’s “successful meeting” with President Donald Trump.
“The big test for the U.S. now is to go to the Turks into the Qataris and say, ‘You’ve been blowing smoke at us, and Hamas is not cooperating,’” Edmund Fitton-Brown, a former U.K. envoy to Yemen, told JNS.
“We don’t want the controversy right now,” the U.S. president said. “We’re helping Gaza.”
The U.S. president told the Israeli education minister that he would consider attending the ceremony.
“This record-breaking momentum reflects sustained global confidence in Israel’s economy,” said Dani Naveh, president and CEO of Israel Bonds.
“He’s a wartime prime minister,” the U.S. president told JNS. “Israel, with other people, might not exist right now.”
“I hear that Iran is trying to build up again and if they are we’re going to have to knock ‘em down—we’ll knock the hell out of them,” the U.S. president said.
The Israeli prime minister is slated to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday afternoon.
Senior officials in Washington believe there is a once-in-a-generation opportunity for moves that could pull the region in a better direction.
The U.S. envoy noted the initial stage had produced the return of all but one hostage, a partial IDF withdrawal and expanded humanitarian assistance.
