AMICHAI STEIN

Amichai Stein is an Israeli journalist currently working as a diplomatic reporter for The Jerusalem Post and i24NEWS' Hebrew channel. From 2017-2024, he worked as a foreign affairs and diplomatic correspondent for KAN News.

US President Donald Trump speaks as he hosts a back-to-school-themed event to highlight his administration's education policies, in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, August 24, 2026; illustrative.

Trump: All mines cleared from Hormuz, Space Force watching nuclear sites, strait

Smoke and a fire ball rise during an Israeli strike, carried out after the military warned Palestinian residents to evacuate the area of al-Zawayda, in the central Gaza Strip, on August 23, 2026.

Board of Peace demands Israel comply with Gaza ceasefire, calls for end to kite attacks

A US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III during a test flight; illustrative.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe travels to Russia aboard US military C-17 transport plane - report


Netanyahu meets with senior security officials to discuss West Bank violence, Israeli settlement

The West Bank has been the site of several violent outbreaks in recent weeks at several flashpoints, including Kusra and Gilad Farm near Nablus, as well as Yatta and Sa'ir near Hebron. 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu takes part in a situational assessment in the West Bank on August 24, 2026.

Mossad chief, Syria FM hold positive de-escalation talks after Israeli airbase strike, source says

Meeting comes after Shaibani told Reuters Israel has 'historic opportunity' for diplomacy • IDF struck Syrian airbase last week intended to prevent Turkish military presence, sources told the Post

(L-R): Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani; Mossad Director Roman Gofman

US planning to block Abbas from addressing UN next month, sources tell 'Post'

One person with knowledge told the Post that Abbas reportedly asked Turkey for help to convince the US to reverse the decision. 

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY President Mahmoud Abbas gestures during the 8th General Conference of Fatah in Ramallah in May 2026.

Turkey ‘crossed a red line’ in Syria, Israeli ambassador to US Leiter tells ‘Post’ - interview

“We are not seeking escalation or war with either Turkey or Syria. But a redline was crossed," Israel's envoy to the US, Yechiel Leiter, told the Post. 

Israel's Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter speaks at the State Department, June 26, 2026; illustrative.

Israel's Syria strike risked scrambling Turkish jets, military escalation, US envoy tells 'Post'

US envoy Tom Barrack warned that Israel's strike on Abu al-Duhur airbase, near Idlib, Syria, could have led to a rapid escalation into a direct military confrontation, possibly including Turkey.

US Special Envoy for Syria and Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack speaks during a session at Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Antalya, Turkey, April 17, 2026.

US general to oversee transfer of Hamas weapons to Gaza gov't, ISF under Israel-US deal

The understanding was reached during a meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and senior officials from the Board of Peace, which was also attended by senior Israeli security officials.

President Isaac Herzog met with US Special Envoy Jared Kushner and Nikolay Mladenov, the Director-General of the US President Trump's Board of Peace, August 17, 2026.

Gaza plan progress 'problematic' ahead of elections, Netanyahu tells Kushner in Jerusalem meeting

Israel, Board of Peace to establish two working groups for Gaza's disarmament, public health • US, Board of Peace officials in Jerusalem after meeting Hamas, Egyptian officials in Cairo on Sunday

(L-R) Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio watch presentations during the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace, in Washington, DC, February 19, 2026

Hezbollah disarmament 'integral' to Lebanon-Israel security process, US official tells 'Post'

The spokesperson added that the terror organization bears sole responsibility for Israel's presence on Lebanese soil, saying, “This is precisely why Hezbollah must be disarmed and dismantled."

An Israeli military vehicle displaying an Israeli flag in southern Lebanon. August 16, 2026.

Kushner, Blair, BoP head Mladenov meet Hamas delegation in Cairo over Gaza roadmap, sources say

Hamas, US, and Board of Peace delegations discuss disarmament, decommissioning of terror infrastructure • Talks also included IDF withdrawal and Gaza's reconstruction, source tells 'Post'

Palestinian Hamas terrorists stand guard at a site as Hamas says it continues to search for the bodies of deceased hostages, in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip December 3, 2025.

US Treasury Secretary Bessent says US to apply measures 'never seen before' on Iran

"It will be a combination of economic isolation like the world has never seen before, and the continued blockade in the Strait of Hormuz that will keep anything from going in or out," Bessent said.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks next to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and acting Attorney General Todd Blanche during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 27, 2026.