U.S.-Israel Relations
News about governmental relations between Israel and the United States
The diplomat will speak to Israeli officials on a range of issues, including the investigation into the deaths of U.S. civilians in Judea and Samaria.
Israeli Minister Ron Dermer, after meeting with Donald Trump, reportedly said the incoming president would likely back such a preventive attack.
In one of his final speeches as ambassador, Michael Herzog cited the “unprecedented political and diplomatic support” for Israel from both sides of the aisle.
President-elect signals immediate action against the international court over arrest warrants for Israeli leaders.
Biden is weighing recognition of the new regime in Damascus.
Deal aims to support the Jewish state’s “long-term security by resupplying stocks of critical munitions and air defense capabilities.”
“I told the prime minister, ‘I’m going to call the president and tell him not to come if you don’t allow this assistance to start flowing,’” the U.S. secretary of state told the “New York Times.”
Official travel within the area will still require approval from the embassy’s security office.
“The big question is whether the president and the secretary of state are going to sign on to it or not,” Michael Doran said on his podcast.
For some in the incoming U.S. administration, according to Elie Pieprz, “a Palestinian state is an absolute red line.”
Esther Panitch, the only Jew in the Georgia state legislature, told JNS that “people thought he was a good person, even if he wasn’t a great president.”
Discussions revolved around bolstering deterrence and preventing further atrocities against the Jewish people on all fronts.
