U.S.-Israel Relations
News about governmental relations between Israel and the United States
“It will be one of the highest honors of my life,” the Louisiana Republican stated. “We’re bound by the same beliefs, the same psalms and the same pursuit of liberty.”
Asked if an independent Palestinian state is the goal of the Trump administration, Huckabee responded: “I don’t think so.”
The U.S. ambassador denied Hebrew media reports accusing him of “meddling” in Israeli politics.
“I can say that Jerusalem is a consensus in Israel, and I think our bonds with America are a consensus,” Moshe Tur-Paz, co-chair of the Knesset Christian Allies Caucus, told JNS.
Tom Barrack met the Israeli PM in Jerusalem and said afterward that Trump envisions a Syria not used by any third party to threaten its neighbors.
“Beyond the humanitarian and moral aspect, the release of the hostages is of paramount importance to us in order to also create regional peace,” said White House Spokesperson Karoline Leavitt.
An Egyptian national wounded 12 at a pro-Israel rally with firebombs; he told police he intended to kill “all Zionist people.”
“They are welcome to do that, but they are not welcome to impose that kind of pressure on a sovereign nation,” said the U.S. envoy.
“It was a vile act of antisemitism—pure and simple,” the lawmakers and ministers said of the murder of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim.
The American flag was raised in Damascus for the first time since 2012 as diplomatic relations resume.
Amir Baram thanked U.S. Under Secretary of Defense Elbridge Colby for his “steadfast support of Israel and his commitment to Israel’s security needs.”
A third distribution site has opened near the Netzarim axis, with Israeli security sources reporting that Hamas’s control over the Gaza civilian population appears to be disintegrating.
