U.S.-Israel Relations
News about governmental relations between Israel and the United States
“I didn’t support withholding any of those large bombs because they have to fight an enemy that hides in tunnels,” the Pennsylvania senator told JNS. “I trust Israel’s judgment.”
The substantial aid package included nearly $3 billion approved in May, according to The Washington Post.
“We stand with Israel. I’m so sorry for what’s been done to this nation, but I’m just honored to be here today,” said Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.)
Linda Thomas-Greenfield said the expansion of Judea and Samaria communities was “inconsistent with international law” and “only serves to weaken Israeli security.”
The high-level meeting has been rescheduled after being canceled after Israel’s premier accused the Biden administration of withholding arms from Jerusalem.
“I don’t really believe I should be thanked for just doing my job,” the Pennsylvania senator told the Israeli president.
“The United States will always ensure that Israel has what it needs to defend itself,” the U.S. defense secretary said.
“The eyes of both our enemies and our friends are on the relationship between the U.S. and Israel,” said the Israeli defense minister.
Former U.S. official Elliott Abrams, chairman of the Tikvah Fund, called the Hamas massacre a “wake-up call that Biden’s Iran policy has failed.”
The Israeli defense minister reiterated his commitment to changing the security situation on the Lebanese border.
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs noted that it is harder to repel the shorter-range munitions used by the Lebanese terror group and warned that Iran could be drawn into the conflict.
“The United States is the most important ally of Israel—and more central than ever before,” the Israeli defense minister stated.
