U.S.-Israel Relations
News about governmental relations between Israel and the United States
His tweet warning against unilateral annexation of territory in Judea and Samaria prior to Israel’s March 2 election “wasn’t a threat,” but “lets people know where we stand,” says U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman.
“The people in the state of Idaho are generally very pro-Israel, and that’s just part of our culture, part of our conservative nature,” he told JNS.
A collection of 50 black-and-white photographs in the year following the 1967 Six-Day War portrays effects on the Israeli and American mindset.
The Middle East has experienced a tumultuous 10 years, posing challenges and opportunities alike for the only democracy in its midst. Here is a countdown of some of the most significant events of the period in the realm of defense and security.
Experts at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security survey trends and likely developments over the coming year in Israel’s strategic environment.
Israel has a right to exist in peace and security, according to Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, but America must formulate “pro-Palestinian” policy to create a “level playing field in terms of the Middle East.”
“What we’re seeing in the world in terms of its approach to anti-Semitism is a level of indifference that we haven’t seen in a generation.”
“As we’ve seen recently, the threats to houses of worship and other religious community sites are increasing, and we must do everything we can to protect them,” said Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio).
Part of it consists of $90 million for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Nonprofit Security Grant Program, which seeks to protect nonprofit institutions, including synagogues.
While congressional Democrats are “free to fixate on settlements as a barrier to peace,” they’re flat wrong to do so, says U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
The lobby group seemed close to approving a plan aiming to reduce U.S. aid by the amount Israel invests in settlements, abandoning it only after being warned that such a move would end its influence in the Knesset.
Winning in a special election, he is set to tackle the issues of the day, particularly concerning the Middle East—and its “greatest democracy.”
