Dan Shapiro

Board of Peace faces uphill battle, with funding, Hamas disarmament being key issues - analysis

The BoP will face an uphill battle to achieve its goals. And if Hamas doesn’t agree to "play ball," the whole endeavor will find it difficult to find the wings to even get it off the ground.

|ByDAVID BRINN
US President Donald Trump speaks during a charter announcement for his Board of Peace initiative aimed at resolving global conflicts, alongside the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF), in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2026.
HADAS LORBER, Michael Herzog, Eyal Hulata, Pnina Sharvit Baruch, Akiva Tor, at INSS Annual International Conference, February 25, 2025

‘Israel cannot put all its eggs in one basket’: A stable alliance faces growing scrutiny in America

The alliance remains secure at the executive level but is now openly debated in the arenas that shape political consensus, where narratives, values, and identity carry growing weight.

|ByGABRIEL COLODRO/THE MEDIA LINE
ADAM MONTEFIORE.

Grapevine June 25, 2025: Yesteryear, today and tomorrow

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
US President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he departs the White House to attend the G7 summit in Canada, in Washington, DC, US, June 15, 2025

Trump expected to offer Iran 'last-chance' proposal, US and European sources tell 'Post'

An Israeli official told the Post that, as of now, Israel has not received any official approach.

|ByAMICHAI STEIN

Biden admin goes from slighting Abraham Accords to promoting them - analysis

The State Department tapped Shapiro to be its senior advisor for regional cooperation, looking to deepen what he publicly doubted and his former boss said would never happen.

JULY 2, 2023ByHERB KEINON
AFTER SIGNING the Abraham Accords, then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the foreign ministers of Bahrain (left) and UAE display their copies as then-US president Donald Trump looks on, at the White House, September 15, 2020.

Former US envoy to Israel Dan Shapiro appointed Abraham Accords advisor

Shapiro served as US Ambassador to Israel from 2011 to 2017.

JUNE 29, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Dan Shapiro, the US ambassador to Israel, at Nevatim air force base

Grapevine May 14, 2023: A crisis of another kind

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

MAY 14, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
ANGELA MERKEL, then German chancellor, arrives with her spokesman Steffen Seibert for a news conference after a meeting with governors of former East German states at the Chancellery in Berlin, in 2020.

Do visits by Sullivan and Blinken signal a shift in US priorities?

The Biden administration had signaled a shift in priorities away from the Middle East, focusing on the Russia-Ukraine war and China.

JANUARY 9, 2023ByOMRI NAHMIAS
US SECRETARY of State Antony Blinken and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan walk along the Colonnade of the White House, last week. They’ve hinted at the possibility of not working with Itamar Ben-Gvir

Grapevine October 19, 2022: A peopled holy day

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

OCTOBER 19, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
‘THE FEAST of the Rejoicing of the Law at the Synagogue in Leghorn, Italy’ (1850) by Solomon Alexander Hart.

Grapevine August 26, 2022: Happy anniversary

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

AUGUST 26, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
US AMBASSADOR Tom Nides (right) looks at the nano-Bible at the David and Janet Polak Visitors Center, alongside Technion President Prof. Uri Sivan.

Dangerous liaisons - opinion

A lot has transpired since he was ambassador. He should keep it in mind. 

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021ByRUTHIE BLUM
Outgoing US ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro seen at a fare-well session in the Israeli Knesset

Former amb. Dan Shapiro to serve as adviser to Iran envoy

The former ambassador to Israel will serve as a part-time senior adviser to the team that handles the indirect negotiations with Iran.

AUGUST 31, 2021ByOMRI NAHMIAS
US AMBASSADOR Dan Shapiro toasts the New Year.

Dan Shapiro appointed as State Department liaison to Israel on Iran

Former US ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro has been appointed as a liaison to Israel on the Iran issue.

AUGUST 30, 2021ByBARAK RAVID/WALLA
Outgoing US ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro seen at a fare-well session in the Israeli Knesset

Biden’s pick for ambassador to Israel expected by summer

Psaki also noted that Biden “values foreign policy experience,” and when asked about the time-frame for naming ambassadors, she would not commit when the process could start.

FEBRUARY 15, 2021ByOMRI NAHMIAS
US President Joe Biden delivers remarks in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, US, February 5, 2021.