U.S.-Israel Relations
News about governmental relations between Israel and the United States
Isaac Herzog, 60, was elected by a secret ballot in the Israeli Knesset on June 2 with 87 votes of the body’s 120 members. He defeated Miriam Peretz, a social activist and former Israel Prize winner.
“Without Iranian support, Hamas would be neutered and Hezbollah would be neutered,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham. “So when it comes to Israeli national security threats, all roads lead back to Tehran.”
“The worst possible outcome for the world is to allow the Iranian regime to acquire nuclear capability,” the senator tells Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
He tells JNS: “Opening another consulate or mission for Palestinians in Jerusalem would violate the Jerusalem Embassy Act.”
“My time here has been incredible and has given me an even greater appreciation for the history, culture and challenges,” said Indiana Gov. Eric J. Holcomb.
Whether the Biden administration can accomplish its goal of helping rebuild Gaza after the latest conflict while bypassing Hamas is highly unlikely, according to experts on the region.
Sources say that Thomas Nides, a former Obama administration official, has been picked by the president to serve as U.S. ambassador to Israel.
Though only a snapshot of American Jewry in 2020, the data and trends found in the report can help map out future scenarios.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Americans need to take a “hard look” at whether such weapons sales fuel the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
To help safeguard Israeli citizens in recent days, the Israel Defense Forces hit 430 Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket-launchers, and more than 20 rocket-launching operatives, said IDF figures, resulting in a degradation of the terror organizations’ capabilities.
An Egyptian initiative for a mutual ceasefire without pre-conditions” is to take effect “at a time to be determined.”
A guide to the Biden administration’s first moves and initial set of senior officials.
