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Rubio spoke with Israel's Netanyahu on Monday, State Department official says

Rubio called Netanyahu from his plane while flying to Iceland from Washington, the spokesperson said.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in the White House, July 28, 2026.
Thousands of Jewish and Israeli Americans participate in the annual Israel Day Parade, the world’s largest pro-Israel parade, on May 31, in New York City. Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who did not attend the march, is the first New York mayor not to do so.

The end of the ‘Goldene Medina’ - opinion

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee looks on during an interview with Reuters in Jerusalem, August 20, 2026.

Huckabee says Turkish military was 'further south than supposed' before Israel's attack on Syria

Hamas terrorists celebrating during a rally in the northern Gaza Strip.

Hamas must be banned from Palestinian Authority elections - comment


'A lion-hearted friend': Israeli officials mourn Charlie Kirk's death

Netanyahu revealed that he had spoken to Kirk two weeks ago and invited him to Israel, describing him as a "lion-hearted friend" of the Jewish state.

Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA founder, puts on a MAGA hat during the AmericaFest 2024 conference sponsored by conservative group Turning Point in Phoenix, Arizona, US December 19, 2024.

Half of Israelis believe Gaza op. has low chance of defeating Hamas, Witkoff meets mediators

Saudi Crown Prince MBS warns that West Bank annexation could end any chance of normalization • Druze teens bring their story from Majdal Shams to Budapest through soccer

IDF precision strike brings down a Hamas-used high-rise in Gaza City, shortly after residents were ordered to evacuate, September 5, 2025.

Trump says US in 'very deep' negotiations with Hamas, urges release of hostages

Trump on Friday also signed an executive order paving the way for Washington to designate countries around the world a state sponsor of wrongful detention and impose punitive measures.

US President Donald Trump speaks with the media on the day of the signing of an executive order to rename the Department of Defense the "Department of War", in the Oval Office, at the White House in Washington, DC, US, September 5, 2025.

Born to be wild in Jerusalem: Mike Huckabee, Amir Ohana and Paul Singer plan rock set - interview

Huckabee said the celebration, postponed from July, will take place Tuesday, September 9, at the Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem.

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee in coversation with The Jerusalem Post.

Netanyahu rejects partial hostage deal, Israel braces for nationwide strike for hostage release

Border Police officers killed in car crash • Israel to allow shelter supplies into Gaza • Israel strikes in southern Lebanon • IDF inches closer to Gaza City before occupation

 Demonstrators protest for the release of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip, outside Hakirya Base in Tel Aviv, July 12, 2025.

Israel at War day 643: What's going on in Israel, Gaza, West Bank?

Netanyahu: Israel to enter talks for permanent ceasefire in Gaza after 60 days • Defense minister: Israel will strike Iran again if provoked • One murdered in West Bank terror attack

Here, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accompanied by Trump, speaks during a dinner in the Blue Room of the White House on Monday in Washington.

‘Israel fights for us all’: Evangelical pastor calls IDF the shield of Western civilization

Earlier this month, Stearns had traveled to Israel with 46 pastors from the United States, whose return flight departed before Israel’s preemptive attack on Iran.

 "Israel is fighting the war and paying the greater price so that we in America and the West can be safer," says evangelical Bishop Robert Stearns.

'IDF movement on ground in Gaza aids US hostage efforts,' Adam Boehler says at 'Post' conference

"If Hamas wants to come and make a legitimate offer, we're always open to that," he said. "Part of that stems from the movement of the IDF on the ground."

US Hostage Envoy Adam Boehler speaks with Post journalists Zvika Klein and Amichai Stein at the Jerusalem Post Conference on May 19, 2025.

History will judge Netanyahu and Trump on whether they can keep US-Israel ties ironclad – editorial

Israel and the United States are bound not merely by interests but by values: democracy, innovation, and the conviction that free peoples.

 US President Donald Trump holds a joint news conference at the White House with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, February 4, 2025

Over three-quarters of American Jews lack confidence in Trump’s handling of Iran, indicates survey

In January, 70% of those who supported Trump said they had high confidence in his handling of Iran.

 79% of American Jews lack confidence in Trump on Iran, April 28, 2025 (illustration).