Us israel relations

Iran’s friends vanishing: Why Maduro’s arrest matters for Israel - analysis

While Venezuela was not an Iranian proxy in the Syrian or Hezbollah mold, it functioned as an enabler, providing funds that helped sustain Iran’s proxies.

Illustrative image of Iranian and Venezuelan flags.
President Isaac Herzog hosts the President's Decoration Award Ceremony at the president house in Jerusalem. October 22, 2025.

Herzog : 'I respect Trump’s Netanyahu pardon request, but Israel is a sovereign state' - Politico

 Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter speaks to the media at the Capital Jewish Museum, near the site where two Israeli embassy staff were shot dead, in Washington, DC, US, May 22, 2025

'We want security, not your land': Israeli amb. to US calls for partnership in address to Lebanese

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Netanyahu once decried ‘daylight’ with Washington, but now tolerates Trump’s glare - analysis


Biden's Israel shift: not enough for Democrats, too much for Republicans

On Thursday in a call with Netanyahu, Biden threatened to condition US support for Israel's offensive in Gaza on its taking concrete steps to protect aid workers and civilians.

 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., March 7, 2024.

Biden urges Egypt, Qatar to press Hamas on hostage deal ahead of weekend talks

Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday during which they discussed ongoing hostage negotiations and the round of talks in Cairo.

Began and ended his speech on nation, elections, and democracy. Joe Biden

Israel-Hamas War - What happened on day 175?

Hundreds of tons of aid head for Gaza • IDF and Hezbollah exchange blows • IDF admits to killing two Gazans, burying them with a bulldozer •

 IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip. March 30, 2024.

After Netanyahu's U-turn: US yet to confirm date of Israeli delegation's visit

"The tone throughout here has been businesslike and it's been professional and we expect that it's going to stay that way," said spokesman John Kirby.

 US President Joe Biden attends a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as he visits Israel amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 18, 2023

No, Benjamin Netanyahu is not the mirror image of Hamas - comment

There’s a consensus  - in the government, in the Knesset, and in the country – that the IDF will have to take on Hamas in Rafah. That doesn’t seem likely to change, regardless of who is PM.

 Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem on February 7, 2024.

Labor MK Kariv to Senator Schumer: 'We thank you for your leadership, courage'

Kariv also said that Schumer's words "introduced us to a different type of Jewish and Zionist leadership."

 MK Gilad Kariv speaks during a discussion in the Knesset, on July 23, 2023

The possible Rafah invasion and the status of US-Israel relations - opinion

While Biden’s disdain for Netanyahu’s coalition government is nothing new, Israel’s new willingness to transparently push back on the US administration is a welcome, if uncomfortable development.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a cabinet meeting. Considering the messaging coming out of the State Department, the unanimous cabinet vote against unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state was an open act of defiance against the US administration, says the writer.

Prime Minister Netanyahu 'has gone up' in American allies' estimation - opinion

Attempts to find “technocratic” leaders in Gaza, unaffiliated with Hamas or other terrorist entities, are doomed to fail.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu meets with US President Joe Biden in Tel Aviv in October.

House Democrats critical of Netanyahu but still stand against Hamas, call for defense aid bill vote

"It's important for us to step in and make sure that Israel has the ability to [defeat Hamas], in the best interest of Israel, the Palestinian people, the region, and the free world."

 US House Democratic Caucus Chair Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks during a news conference following a House Democratic Caucus meeting at the US Capitol in Washington, November 2, 2021

Knesset speaker projects unity during trip to US despite division, criticism

The Knesset Speaker's trip to the United States comes amongst division over the Israel-Gaza conflict, which remains at the forefront.

 Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana is seen at a discussion and a vote on the reasonableness standard bill at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem on July 23, 2023.