U.S.-Israel Relations
News about governmental relations between Israel and the United States
The U.S. president told Israeli media on Sunday that talks on his plan to end the war in the Gaza Strip were in the final stages.
“I believe Judea and Samaria are the traditional lands that belong to Israel,” the House speaker said.
“There is more goodwill and enthusiasm for getting a deal done, after so many decades, than I have ever seen before,” said the U.S. president.
Some 47% of respondents to a new Quinnipiac University poll said that supporting Israel is in the U.S. national interest, down significantly from the 69% who said that in December 2023.
Israeli mental-health clinicians travel to Houston, Texas, to learn how to support bereaved children in the wake of the Oct. 7 attacks.
The top U.S. diplomat added that there still existed a “window of opportunity” to pursue a ceasefire-for-hostages agreement.
“Hamas has repeatedly rejected reasonable offers to make peace, and we can’t forget October 7,” the U.S. president told the U.N. General Assembly.
The secretary of state dismissed media reports that Washington had received a letter from Hamas requesting a 60-day ceasefire.
“We are changing the Middle East, and we are turning the Middle East into a new Middle East,” Ofir Akunis told JNS.
“In addition to doing very exquisite, kinetic strikes against the worst terrorist leaders, we must have a very aggressive counter-ideology campaign,” Sebastian Gorka told JNS.
Defense attorneys of Elias Rodriguez have asked for more time to present mitigating evidence against the death penalty.
Ambassador Yechiel Leiter told the Jewish actress that her antisemitic acceptance speech at the Emmys “puts Jewish lives at risk.”
