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Iran appoints US-sanctioned general wanted for role in AMIA bombing as new IRGC deputy

The US sanctioned Vahidi for his role as then-interior minister in clamping down on the protests after Mahsa Amini's death in 2022. He was also head of the Quds Force in 1994 during the AMIA attack.

Brig.-Gen. Amir Vahidi, the new IRGC deputy commander-in-chief.
People take part in a rally in support of Palestinians and to condemn Israeli forces' interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla vessels aiming to reach Gaza and break Israel's naval blockade, in Istanbul, Turkey, October 5, 2025.

Between PA and Turkey, Gaza’s peacekeeping future could reshape Israel’s borders - analysis

Former hostage Eli Sharabi with former US President Joe Biden.

Former hostage Eli Sharabi meets former US president Biden at Philadelphia football game

US President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he boards Air Force One en route to Washington, at Palm Beach International Airport, in West Palm Beach, Florida, US, November 16, 2025.

Trump says all executive orders signed by Biden with autopen to be 'terminated'


With strong US-Israel alliance, criticism of each other should be expressed in private - editorial

Israel believes, justifiably, that meeting with Hamas is a mistake. It believes, rightfully, that Boehler’s rather sanguine reading of the situation is woefully unrealistic.

 US State Secretary Marco Rubio arrives in Israel on the first leg of his Middle East trip, as Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar waits to welcome him, in Tel Aviv, Israel, February 15, 2025.

Biden's antisemitism envoy rejects Columbia post over campus antisemitism: ‘I won’t be a fig leaf'

'I was Biden’s antisemitism envoy. I had been considering an academic appointment at the Ivy League institution. Not anymore.' Lipstadt wrote

 US Antisemitism Envoy Deborah Lipstadt.

State Department officials worked against Israel during war, former envoy says - report

Former Israeli Ambassador to the US, Michael Herzog, also explained that there were severe tensions between Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu.

 IDF soldiers are seen working as part of the Israeli military's Gaza battlefield intelligence collection unit.

Former Biden advisor reveals challenges of negotiating with Hamas

Brett McGurk defended Biden’s support for Israel, criticized Hamas’s hostage tactics, and praised Trump for calling Hamas’s bluff to secure hostage releases and push for a Gaza without Hamas.

 Brett McGurk (R) in front of Presidents Trump and Biden and Hamas terrorists; illustrative

Trump releases thousands of one-ton bomb shipments frozen by Biden to Israel, official says

The delivery was frozen by the Biden administration in May due to the Israeli operation in Rafah.

  Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands with U.S. President Donald Trump after signing the Abraham Accords, normalizing relations between Israel and some of its Middle East neighbors, in a strategic realignment of Middle Eastern countries against Iran, 2020

Trump should build on Israel's successes - opinion

A new American administration appears ready to seize the opportunity that Israel created for a better Middle East and a safer world. The world will be better for it.

 US PRESIDENT Donald Trump holds a letter he received from former president Joe Biden, in the Oval Office of the White House on Inauguration Day, this past Monday.

Trump escalates campaign against diversity, threatens private sector probes

In a new executive order, Trump revoked executive orders dating as far back as 1965 on environmental actions and equal employment opportunities.

 U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a letter from former President Joe Biden as he issues executive orders and pardons for January 6 defendants in the Oval Office at the White House on inauguration day in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2025.

Grapevine January 22, 2025: Coming up Trumps

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 MIKE HUCKABEE, current US ambassador to Israel nominee, attends a ceremony marking the construction of a housing complex in Efrat in 2018.

Trump's first decisions already shaping America's Middle East doctrine - analysis

The overall picture emerging from Trump’s first day and his overall doctrine is that he wants to reverse what he sees are mistakes from the last four years.

 Steve Wiltkof (left), Donald Trump (center), and Mike Huckabee (right), the incoming US administrations Middle East team (illustrative).

Nearly 60% of voters credit Trump for hostage deal in Gaza war, poll shows

The Harvard-Harris poll also concluded that support for Israel was much higher than support for Hamas, with 79% of voters supporting the Jewish state.

US President Donald Trump signs the third executive order during the inaugural parade inside Capital One Arena on the inauguration day of his second presidential term, in Washington, US January 20, 2025.