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US financial aid to Israel not politically sustainable after midterms, former Biden official warns

"I don't think any of the candidates [in the next Democratic presidential primary] will support the notion of financial assistance to Israel," Phil Gordon told The Jerusalem Post.

Philip Gordon, then-assistant to the President of the United States and National Security Advisor to the Vice President, speaks during the Herzliya Conference at Reichman University, June 24, 2024
US Vice President JD Vance, Jared Kushner, and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio look on as US President Donald Trump holds up a resolution document that he signed during the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, DC, on February 19.

Trump looks beyond 2028 as Board of Peace recruits former Biden aide to build bipartisan support

Elon Musk and Starlink satellites

US has asked Musk to change Starlink services in Ukraine, Middle East for years, fears misuse

 US President Joe Biden meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office at the White House, July 25, 2024

US-Israel relationship may be irreparably damaged, former Biden official warns


DOJ submits letter over UNRWA immunity, clears way for lawsuit over Oct. 7 attack

The letter contradicts the position of the Biden administration, which claimed that UNRWA was immune because the UN didn't waive immunity.

 A torn UNRWA logo is seen among destruction in Rafah, in southern Gaza, January 22, 2025

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).