Posts Tagged: us israel relations
Today’s Iran Debate Misses the Point
While hugely important in terms of Iranian relations with the outside world, US-Israel relations, and Barack Obama's relations with Congress, the labored, contradictory, and unspecific...
White House Seder More Significant This Year Amid Tense US-Israel Relations
The Hill - The White House's annual Passover Seder will take on an added significance this year, with President Obama presiding over the most tense...
Netanyahu and Boehner: Israel-US Relationship is Solid
JNS.org - Speaker of the US House of Representatives John Boehner, currently on a visit to Israel, has issued a joint statement with Israeli Prime Minister...
American-Israeli Solar Firm Awarded Grant to Build Solar Field in Burundi
JNS.org - The American-Israeli firm Gigawatt Global has been awarded a major grant by the United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) to help...
Obama Cites Ayatollah’s Fatwa on Road to Nuclear War
As Iran continues edging closer to developing nuclear weapons—a major threat to the entire Mideast region, especially longstanding US ally Israel—US President Obama has come...
US-Israel Cooperation Defies Personal Clashes
Cooperation between the US and Israel in the fields of defense, science and commerce is surging in an unprecedented manner, in defiance of the...
Obama Says US Considering Support of Palestinian State at UN
JNS.org - President Barack Obama said at a news conference on Tuesday that the US is considering the possibility of supporting the unilateral recognition...
Major Jewish Groups Condemn New York Magazine Comparison of Netanyahu to Arafat
Major Jewish groups expressed outrage on Thursday over a comparison between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Palestinian leader and arch-terrorist Yassar Arafat that...
In First Post-Election Interview Netanyahu Says He Supports ‘Sustainable’ Two-State Solution, Never Changed His Policy
JNS.org - In his first interview with American media after his Likud party's election victory, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he supports a demilitarized...
Leak Investigation Stalled Amid Fears of Prosecution Confirming US-Israel Operation Against Iran
Washington Post - A sensitive leak investigation of a former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has stalled amid concerns that a prosecution in...
Poll: 64 Percent of Israeli Jews Say Election Won’t Swing Peace Process With Palestinians
JNS.org - Almost two-thirds of Israeli Jews (64 percent) believe that the peace process with the Palestinians will not advance no matter which political...
Israeli Opposition Leader’s Speech Cut Off on TV as ‘Elections Propaganda’
JNS.org - A speech by Zionist Union alliance head and Israeli opposition leader Isaac Herzog was cut off in the middle of a broadcast...
US Official Warns Tensions With Israel May Last Until End of Obama’s Presidency
Ynet - A top US official Tuesday warned that the current tensions between traditional allies US and Israel could last until the end of the...
Netanyahu Leaves Israel for Washington as ‘Emissary’ of the ‘Entire Jewish People’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, upon boarding a plane to Washington for what his office says will be a historic address to Congress, said Sunday that...
