The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/henry-kissinger/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Fri, 18 Sep 2026 13:55:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Henry Kissinger | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/henry-kissinger/ 32 32 Book with dedication from US ambassador to PM Begin found at Jerusalem book swap station https://www.timesofisrael.com/dedication-from-nixon-era-ambassador-to-begin-found-at-jerusalem-book-swap-station/ Tue, 18 Feb 2025 22:12:38 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3485679 Short note from Samuel Lewis, US envoy from 1977 to 1985, in a book by Kissinger on the Nixon era, offers former premier 'the highest admiration and respect'

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]]> Israeli officials laud Kissinger, as global public reaction mixed to diplomat’s death https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-officials-laud-kissinger-as-global-public-reaction-mixed-to-diplomats-death/ Thu, 30 Nov 2023 11:37:10 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3167018 Netanyahu praises 'great statesman, scholar and friend,' as Chinese, German leaders pay tribute to former US secretary of state, while others remember him instead as a war criminal

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]]> Henry Kissinger, 1st Jewish secretary of state, iconic Cold War diplomat, dies at 100 https://www.timesofisrael.com/henry-kissinger-prominent-cold-war-diplomat-dies-aged-100/ Thu, 30 Nov 2023 02:36:18 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3040725 Having fled Nazi Germany at 15, Kissinger went to great lengths to distance himself from his Jewish background while conducting foreign policy on Nixon’s behalf

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]]> Kissinger denies delaying weapons airlifts to Israel during 1973 Yom Kippur War https://www.timesofisrael.com/kissinger-denies-delaying-weapons-airlifts-to-israel-during-1973-yom-kippur-war/ Tue, 30 May 2023 06:09:33 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3024041 Iconic ex-top US diplomat says supply complicated by logistical issues, and Washington initially thought Israel was already winning: 'This was a huge step we took. It saved Israel'

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]]> Vietnam, the Middle East, regime coups, invasions: Henry Kissinger’s major moments https://www.timesofisrael.com/vietnam-the-middle-east-regime-coups-invasions-henry-kissingers-major-moments/ Fri, 26 May 2023 16:13:15 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3022304 Controversial top diplomat, turning 100 on Saturday, organized airlift to resupply Israel during Yom Kippur War, secretly brokered ties with communist China

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]]> At age 100, Kissinger basks in US praise without accountability, critics say https://www.timesofisrael.com/at-age-100-kissinger-basks-in-us-praise-without-accountability-critics-say/ Fri, 26 May 2023 15:37:03 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3022286 Ex-top diplomat and security adviser to presidents is renowned for US diplomacy, but also for role in expanding Vietnam War, supporting military coups

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]]> Kissinger’s Middle East: Limiting Moscow and Starting a Road to Peace - Sponsored Content https://www.timesofisrael.com/spotlight/kissingers-middle-east-limiting-moscow-and-starting-a-road-to-peace/ Mon, 12 Dec 2022 11:24:47 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?post_type=spotlight&p=2897076 How did Henry Kissinger balance the US's Cold War competition with the Soviets and lay the groundwork for peace between Israel and Egypt? David and diplomat Martin Indyk discuss.

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]]> Invoking Holocaust, Zelensky rips Kissinger for proposing Ukraine cede turf to Putin https://www.timesofisrael.com/evoking-holocaust-zelensky-rips-kissinger-for-proposing-ukraine-cede-turf-to-russia/ Fri, 27 May 2022 08:17:37 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2770627 Ukrainian president accuses former US secretary of state of acting like it's 1938, in reference to Munich Agreement allowing Nazi Germany to annex parts of Czechoslovakia

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]]> Martin Indyk says Kissinger’s Machiavellian tactics helped stabilize Israel, Mideast https://www.timesofisrael.com/martin-indyk-says-kissingers-machiavellian-tactics-helped-stabilize-israel-mideast/ Tue, 30 Nov 2021 00:20:10 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2649891 In 'Master of the Game,' his new bio on the former US secretary of state, veteran diplomat Indyk looks at how regional powers were leveraged into living with each other

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]]> When George Shultz, friend of Israel, opened the door to Palestinian legitimacy https://www.timesofisrael.com/when-george-shultz-friend-of-israel-opened-the-door-to-palestinian-legitimacy/ Mon, 08 Feb 2021 15:29:25 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2484326 In Moscow, US secretary of state met with Jews denied exit permits, and once arranged a 'refusenik' Passover Seder at the US Embassy

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]]> ‘Machiavellian’ German refugee Kissinger shaped US policy with Jewish philosophy https://www.timesofisrael.com/machiavellian-german-refugee-kissinger-shaped-us-policy-with-jewish-philosophy/ Sat, 26 Sep 2020 10:24:16 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2353408 'The Inevitability of Tragedy' shows how the abidingly influential ex-secretary of state's strategies were shaped by family's escape from Nazis and by German Jewish intellectuals

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]]> How Leonid Brezhnev almost escalated the Yom Kippur War into a nuclear nightmare https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-leonid-brezhnev-almost-escalated-the-yom-kippur-war-into-a-nuclear-nightmare/ Sun, 14 Oct 2018 18:36:40 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1941382 With Nixon in a drunken stupor on the verge of impeachment, and Israel locked in deadly war, an unstable Soviet leader was moving nuclear cargo into an Egyptian port

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]]> At funeral, McCain’s daughter mourns passing of ‘real’ American greatness https://www.timesofisrael.com/three-presidents-but-not-trump-pay-tribute-to-mccain-at-washington-funeral/ Sat, 01 Sep 2018 15:22:09 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com?p=1918389&preview=true&preview_id=1918389 Meghan McCain lambastes 'cheap rhetoric from men who will never come near his sacrifice'; three presidents, but not Trump, pay tribute at Washington service

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]]> Thousands line up to say goodbye to John McCain at US Capitol https://www.timesofisrael.com/thousands-line-up-to-say-goodbye-to-john-mccain-at-us-capitol/ Fri, 31 Aug 2018 20:34:14 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1918085 President Donald Trump, who mocked the longtime senator for being captured during Vietnam War, was asked to stay away from the service

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]]> What Flynn’s plea could mean for Kushner and Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/what-flynns-plea-could-mean-for-kushner-and-israel/ Sun, 03 Dec 2017 15:39:03 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1742000 If the former national security adviser offered a quid-pro-quo to Russia with Trump's son-in-law's blessing, it could be seen as an active effort to undermine Obama policy

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