U.S.-Israel Relations
News about governmental relations between Israel and the United States
“The overwhelming bipartisan support for Israel is a striking testament to the fact that Israel has no closer ally than America, and America has no closer ally than Israel,” stated the Israeli president.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls the measure against the IDF’s haredi battalion Netzah Yehuda “the height of absurdity and a moral low.”
Washington and Jerusalem thought Tehran’s response would be limited in scope, officials told the paper.
“There is no food shortage in Gaza, and there never was,” says an Israeli official familiar with the situation in the Strip.
Iran perceived Israel as vulnerable as the Biden administration appeared to have pulled back from its ally.
“Diplomacy is the best path to de-escalate the situation,” Putin’s envoy says.
The United States “has almost never supported Israeli offensives—not in 1948, 1967 and 1982, nor against Hezbollah and Hamas,” Michael Oren tells JNS.
“If this ends up being true, this will be an absolute outrage and a scandal the likes of which I haven’t seen before,” David Friedman said.
Jon Mitchell, the mayor of New Bedford, Mass., said the challenges of the Middle East “are more relevant than ever to Americans.”
Tehran is now in a worse geopolitical position than prior to the strike.
“Prime Minister Netanyahu thanked Majority Leader Scalise for his warm support, and made it clear that Israel would do everything necessary to defend itself,” the Prime Minister’s Office stated.
A presidential adviser denied reports that Washington had forewarning of the attack and said the administration continues to oppose a standalone aid package for Israel.
