Jack lew

US diplomat rebukes 'irresponsible' and 'inaccurate' report on famine in Gaza

The organization behind the report claimed it had relied on statistics provided by the UN from mid-November and would update the figures but did not withdraw its report, according to the Times.

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US Ambassador to Israel Jack Lew attends a Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Jerusalem, on February 18, 2024
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew testifies before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on his nomination to be the next U.S. ambassador to Israel on Capitol Hill, Washington, U.S., October 18, 2023.

'We’re not scrapping existing Gaza hostage deal, time of essence,’ US envoy says

“I think this plan A still has a very feasible path towards being accomplished,” US Ambassador to Israel Jack Lew stated.

|ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
AT THE opening of the Maskit exhibition (from left): Ami Katz, Shachar Atwan, Sharon Tal, Raz Samira, and Nir Tal.

Grapevine July 30, 2024: Deja vu trends

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House for the signing of the Abraham Accords, in Washington, 2020. Many feel that he is prolonging the war so he can hold on to power, the writer says.

The many wars of Benjamin Netanyahu - opinion

The IDF’s chief spokesman, Adm. Daniel Hagari, said Netanyahu’s call for “absolute victory” is unrealistic. “The idea that it is possible to destroy Hamas, to make Hamas vanish, is wrong,” he added.

|ByDOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD

Grapevine November 3, 2023: The war of words

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

NOVEMBER 3, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends a press conference at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, earlier this week.

US Senate confirms Jack Lew to be ambassador to Israel

Washington has not had an ambassador to Israel since July, when Tom Nides left the post. Now, former Treasury secretary Jack Lew will take it up.

OCTOBER 31, 2023ByREUTERS
US AMBASSADOR Jack Lew speaks in Washington in 2016, when he was secretary of the Treasury.

14 Days: New Embassy

Israeli news highlights from the past two weeks.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023BySTEVE LINDE
Papua New Guinea opens embassy in Jerusalem.

Grapevine September 13, 2023: President of all

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
PRESIDENT HERZOG at ‘selichot’ in Mea She’arim.

Letters to the Editor September 11, 2023: Major and valued exercise

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters

Jack Lew is a worthy choice for US ambassador to Israel - editorial

Jack Lew is a worthy nominee and a mensch and we look forward to welcoming him to Jerusalem.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023ByJPOST EDITORIAL
US Secretary of Treasury Jack Lew

Jack Lew tapped as next US Ambassador to Israel amid Republican protest

Lew served as the 76th United States Secretary of the Treasury from 2013 to 2017 under President Barack Obama.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew

Don't let Jack Lew become US ambassador to Israel - opinion

Appointing Jack Lew, who has a history of insulting Benjamin Netanyahu and a harmful-to-Israel record, will only further harm the US-Israel relationship, at a time when what it needs is healing.

AUGUST 21, 2023ByMORTON A. KLEIN
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu meets with then-secretary of the US Treasury Jack Lew, in Jerusalem, in 2014.

Grapevine August 20, 2023: Defiling dignity

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

AUGUST 20, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
THE DELEGATION of Religious Zionists of Chicago at an IDF camp in Itamar.

Who is Jack Lew, the rumored next US ambassador to Israel?

Jack Lew, 67, is one of the few Orthodox Jews to have served in the US cabinet.

AUGUST 15, 2023ByLAHAV HARKOV
US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew