U.S.-Israel Relations
News about governmental relations between Israel and the United States
Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman were honored for their roles in leading American efforts on behalf of the Jewish state.
An interview with former Mossad official Udi Levy about the fate of ”Project Cassandra,” the successful U.S.-Israel effort to sever Hezbollah’s narcotics revenue that was shut down as part of the Obama administration’s effort to secure the original Iran deal.
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) has been a leader in the progressive “Squad” standing against Israel on key votes in the U.S. House of Representatives.
“The more the U.S. is seen as unable or unwilling to act under such circumstances, the more will be said about whether Jerusalem can depend on Washington’s strength and credibility in the future,” said Yonatan Freeman, an international-relations expert at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
On a farewell visit to Israel, Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie talks to Israel Hayom about Iran, other Middle East threats, and the crisis in Ukraine, and says Israel will always be able to count on the US.
Gen. Kennet McKenzie met with senior Israeli officials at IDF Central HQ in Tel Aviv.
Report: An American aircraft took that detects naval vessels landed at Uvda Air Force Base in southern Israel.
AIPAC spokesman Marshall Wittmann told JNS that the American Israel Education Foundation’s trips to Israel “provide members of Congress from both parties with valuable information about the importance of the U.S.-Israel relationship through firsthand experiences.”
A new agreement with Iran will be “a weaker deal even if it is the same deal,” Israel’s foreign minister tells the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.
U.S. House Speaker affirms a commitment to Israel’s security and stresses the need for a two-state solution in talks with Israeli officials.
“It is true, and we’ve discussed this, that the arts bring us together,” said U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. “To the beautiful friendship between our countries.”
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi says her delegation is in Israel to “illustrate our commitment to a two-state solution, Jewish and Palestinian.”
