U.S. Politics
US lacks ‘real deterrence’ against Iran; Israel may need to act alone, former Israeli official warns
Jerusalem’s request is that Washington at least provide support against Iran, says ex-head of Israel’s National Security Council Brig. Gen. (res.) Professor Jacob Nagel.
Faith issues are at the center of the announcement from the South Carolina Republican senator.
Herzog tells The New York Times in an interview that “there’s a lot of good will in the room since we started the negotiations two weeks ago.”
“There’s a lot to like about it,” says U.S. National Security Council Communications Coordinator John Kirby • The U.S. president had called for Netanyahu to “walk away” from the reform plan.
“Israeli leaders have a long history, tradition of visiting Washington, and Prime Minister Netanyahu will likely take a visit at some point. But there’s nothing currently planned,” according to a transcipt.
“I believe he will be invited after Passover,” U.S. Ambassador Thomas Nides said.
Earlier in the day, along with the Israeli consulate in New York, it shuttered its doors.
“We continue to strongly urge Israeli leaders to find a compromise,” said the spokeswoman for the White House group.
“With this statement, the State Department has effectively given Palestinian groups a green light to attack Israel,” Jonathan Schanzer, of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told JNS.
A bipartisan group seeks $2 million—a 33% increase—for the special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism in the next fiscal budget.
Israeli envoy accuses his Palestinian counterpart of “regurgitating fabrications” that do nothing to bring about an end to the conflict.
Washington is “deeply troubled” by Jerusalem’s move to repeal the portion of a 2005 law that barred Jews from parts of northern Samaria.
