U.S.-Israel Relations
News about governmental relations between Israel and the United States
Israeli experts point to Japan as a possible alternative model to the Jewish state’s position in the conflict.
“The way the Biden administration is handling the Palestinian Authority’s ‘pay for slay’ program is very upsetting,” Stuart Force, father of Taylor Force, told JNS.
One of the goals of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s visit by is to check up on Israel’s preparations for Iran, an expert on the U.S. tells JNS.
“We have a common agenda to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons and preventing Iran’s aggression,” said the Israeli prime minister.
“[We’ve] seen far too many vivid illustrations of the terrorist threat that Israel faces,” said State Department spokesman Ned Price.
El Al and Arkia flight attendants are distributing Purim packages to passengers before they board the plane to be distributed to a fellow Jew in a different country.
The Pentagon chief is expected to address tensions in Judea and Samaria and countering Tehran, amid reports that Israel is readying a possible strike on Iran’s nuclear sites.
“We will continue to stand together in the face of the Iranian threat,” said Maj. Gen. (res.) Eyal Zamir.
A fundamental shift is needed in which the agency is incentivized to pay more attention to where its money is going, says Middle East Forum Washington project director.
The Israeli premier met with U.S. Sens. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), stressing to them that America is the Jewish state’s “greatest friend.”
CEO William Daroff: “The bottom line is that the relationship between America and Israel is strong. The relationship between American Jewry and Israeli Jewry is strong. We just need to ensure that together we work to find consensus to find areas of agreement and move forward.”
Nevertheless, despite the convergence of U.S.-Israeli assessments, Israel may still end up having to take on Iran’s nuclear program on its own, says former intelligence official.
