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Inevitable strain in US-Israel ties does not mean rupture - analysis

Get ready for a reprise of a refrain heard constantly during Benjamin Netanyahu’s previous years in office: he is turning support for Israel into a partisan issue.

NOVEMBER 20, 2022|ByHERB KEINON

The flags of Israel and the US are seen at a table during a meeting between officials from the two countries.

US PRESIDENT Barack Obama meets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in November 2015.

Netanyahu: Obama had ‘not just bad policy, but malice’ towards Israel

The first time Netanyahu met Obama was in 2007 when the former was opposition leader and the latter was a freshman senator.

OCTOBER 16, 2022|ByLAHAV HARKOV

US PRESIDENT Joe Biden has been riding a new wave of populism that will become the central theme in the next decade’s election campaigns across the Western world: disparaging big tech corporations; Yair Lapid at The Jerusalem Post Annual Conference.

Biden's visit: When a politically weak president meets an interim prime minister - analysis

This will not be a tête-à-tête between two leaders at the height of their political strength with a strong mandate and few immediate electoral concerns.

JULY 12, 2022|ByHERB KEINON

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper holds his first news conference at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., August 28, 2019

US defense chief Esper canceled visit to Israel after Soleimani hit

Esper was scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Naftali Bennett. It would have been Esper’s first visit to Israel as secretary of defense.

JANUARY 7, 2020|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Purim and the gentiles

Non-Jews show interest in the Book of Esther.

MARCH 4, 2015ByRAYMOND APPLE

Combating the Haman of today

The timing of Netanyahu's speech with Purim coincides well.

MARCH 4, 2015ByNAPHTALI HOFF

Combating the Haman of today

The timing of Netanyahu's speech with Purim coincides well.

MARCH 4, 2015ByNAPHTALI HOFF

In the palace of Shushan

The Book of Esther is a wonderful story of the triumph of good over evil, as exemplified by the beautiful Queen Esther and the wicked minister Haman, but it is no fairy tale.

MARCH 4, 2015BySTEPHEN GABRIEL ROSENBERG

A league of his own

Delivering the address and getting so many standing ovations relays a message to Israelis that they need him to protect them on the world stage.

MARCH 3, 2015ByGIL STERN STERN HOFFMAN

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes a speech at the Western Wall, February 28, 2015

Israel and US vs Iran: The theory of the common enemy that will bind 2 superpowers

MARCH 3, 2015ByFEDERICO CIAPPARONI

Sa'ar comeback gives boost to Likud

A poll in Friday's Jerusalem Post found that if Sa'ar led Likud, the party would do better than under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

MARCH 2, 2015ByGIL STERN STERN HOFFMAN

Gallup poll: Dust-up with Obama has not cost Netanyahu support among US public

There are sharp party differences regarding Netanyahu, with the Republicans much more likely to view him positively (60%) than negatively (18%), while Democrats are evenly divided.

MARCH 2, 2015ByHERB KEINON