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“Thank you Mr. President. I’m honored that you invited me to be the first foreign leader to visit the White House in your second term..."
The president said Hamas terrorists ran the Strip "viciously and badly" and cannot be allowed to return to power.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The messages to the incoming U.S. president include “Strong Allies,” “Make Great Friends” and “Blessings from the Biblical Heartland.”
By David Isaac
"The advantages of independence clearly outweigh the benefits of continuing the status quo," says Misgav Institute fellow Raphael BenLevi.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The delay in delivering 134 D9 bulldozers will likely delay completion of the Gaza buffer zone. extending the war even longer.
These policies have prolonged the war.
By David Isaac
"The U.S. must ensure that taxpayer funded aid is not distributed to US-designated terrorists, or their allies."
Failure to comply "may have implications for U.S. policy," U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin reportedly wrote.
By David Isaac
"It is clear to us that the United States is concerned—and so they use 'tricks' to try and hinder this," the official said.
Overall, 62% said they viewed US-Israel relations as important, 9% said they were not important.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Pentagon notified Congress of the approval, which the legislature could block, with the jets potentially beginning to arrive in Israel in 2029.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The prime minister tried to allay the president's concerns that the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh would sabotage the talks.
File this under: Ripley's Believe It or Not.
The president’s decision drew criticism from the American Jewish Committee and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“I believe that Israel and America have an ironclad relationship, and I have faith in what the Biden administration is doing,” the Senate majority leader said.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The national security minister told The New York Times that the US president is "enormously mistaken" to pressure Israel over its military campaign against Hamas.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
That must not have been easy for them to admit.
“First Netanyahu fails Israel by basing a highly-inadequate portion of the IDF near Gaza in the months before Oct. 7. Then he ignores the warnings of Oct. 6. Then this,” wrote Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.).
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The majority of those favoring pressure on Israel are Democrats.
The two seem to have held slightly different conversations with one another.
This extended programme was recorded at the INSS, the Institute for National Security in Tel Aviv, in the very final hours before the result of the US presidential election was announced.
Netanyahu told cabinet ministers that relations with Washington are “solid” and would continue to be strong with either Hillary Clinton or Donald J. Trump in the White House.
By Shalom Bear
"If what is written is true, then the current administration intends to throw Israel under the bus."
Netanyahu again plays chess, or poker, with the United States. Kerry wants a building freeze to satisfy Abbas’ conditions for resuming talks. Netanyahu reportedly agreed – but for only five weeks.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Wednesday with a delegation of senior members of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, led by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA.) "The last time I was here, we had a situation during the Second Lebanon War,” said Rep. Royce. “I was in Haifa and I saw what things […]
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has won a 10-15 year contract potentially worth $2.5 billion to build the wings for the F-35 stealth bomber, which is due to arrive in Israel in 2016. IAI and Lockheed Martin have begun setting up the production line for the F-35's wings at an Israeli facility, the Israeli business website […]
By JTA
Defending Israel’s legitimacy is a “huge part” of her work as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice told a Reform Judaism event Sunday evening. “It’s a huge part of my work to the United Nations,” she said at the launching of this year’s social activists’ Consultation on Conscience, organized by the Religious Action […]
Who cares whether Hagel loves or hates Israel? The US needs the Jews. He brought money and parroted the official line: ‘Israel has the right to defend itself.” Thank you. He even visited Yad VaShem.
Israeli Air Force pilots won’t be flying the controversial and costly F35 Stealth Lightning fighter plane before 2016, but everyone now has a glimpse of how the advanced jet makes a vertical landing.
Chuck Hagel will visit Israel for the first time as Secretary of Defense for three days, April 21-23, according to Reuters, which was informed of the schedule by an Israeli official. Officially billed as trip to tighten cooperation with allies in the Middle East, Iran will be at the top of the agenda in his […]
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will present visiting President Barack Obama a one-of-a kind replica of the Israeli and American Declarations of Independence etched on a tiny gold-coated silicon nano chip designed by Technion University’s Nanotechnology Institute researchers and scientists. The two declarations are inscribed side by side on the chip, as area of 0.04mm by […]
By JTA
Israel's Prime Minister's Office launched an app to follow President Obama's visit in real time. The app, which is available though Israel's Apple store, will assist journalists covering the visit and allow Israelis to receive real-time updates, including video streaming. It will be available shortly for Android. Now available in Hebrew and English, the app […]
“Here I come, ready or not” is the message from the White House, but it might be putting on a good face. What would be the reaction if Obama said, “If you can’t get your act together, I’ll stay home.”
Israelis, who were so anxious the past four years for President Barack Obama to show his support by visiting Israel, now are increasingly anxious about his trip in two weeks. “People are concerned about what the real goal is,” Council of Presidents of Major American Jewish organizations Michael Hoenlein told Politico. “There’s a lot of […]
By JTA
Outgoing Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak is scheduled to be the first foreign defense minister to meet with newly confirmed U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. The Tuesday meeting will take place following Barak's speech at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's annual policy conference, which begins Sunday and ends on Tuesday. The two defense chiefs, […]
The joint Israeli-American Arrow anti-missile system scored its first successful trial at a would-be Israeli target over the Mediterranean Sea Monday morning. The experiment tested the launch system but did not include a dummy missile target. One of the potential targets for the Arrow is the Iranian Shihab missile. The Arrow 3 interceptor was successfully […]
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu welcomes on Wednesday Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, touted as one of the top possibilities to be GOP’s presidential candidate in 2016. They traded the usual pleasantries, the Prime Minister stating his gratitude for American support and Rubio pledging to back security in Israel. “You live in a challenging neighborhood but […]
The Obama administration has succeeded in making the issue of Hagel all about Israel and Jews.
By Barry Rubin
The idea that Obama is now backing Israel is what American Jewish voters who supported him desperately need to believe.
July 24, 2026 
