U.S.-Israel Relations
News about governmental relations between Israel and the United States
“I believe we will reach an understanding,” said Israeli envoy to the U.S. Michael Herzog.
An interview with Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel.
Israel needs to make its own policies clear before getting Trump on board, Yesha Council chair Israel Ganz told JNS.
The president said Hamas terrorists ran the Strip “viciously and badly” and cannot be allowed to return to power.
A large delegation representing the Yesha Council has been invited to attend Trump’s inauguration.
Some 25% of Democrats and 19% of Republicans favor Islamists over the Jewish state • And 82% back the ceasefire.
“Our incoming administration has achieved all of this in the Middle East in less than three months without being president,” said the president-elect.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of Israel’s strongest allies, says Saudi Arabia and the UAE “want Hamas gone at least as much as you do.”
The president thanked his team and especially envoy Brett McGurk, the lead U.S. negotiator on the Israel-Hamas deal.
Strategic military equipment worth millions cleared for shipment.
Michael Herzog, the Israeli envoy who largely operated behind the scenes, was praised as a “supremely efficient” ambassador admired on both sides of the aisle.
The South Carolina Republican added that “Israel has the right under this deal, as I understand it, to go back in if they need to.”
