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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) shakes hands with US President Donald Trump after a news conference in the State Dining Room of the White House, Washington, DC, September 29, 2025. (AP Photo/ Alex Brandon)
November 1, 2025, 8:08 am
Netanyahu once decried ‘daylight’ with Washington, but now he tolerates Trump’s glare
White House publicly expresses frustration with Israel and apparently shapes its actions in a far more significant way than the Biden administration did, with barely any pushback from Jerusalem
By Ron Kampeas
Iranian pro-government supporters burn the Israeli and US flags during a rally Mashhad in support of the regime after authorities declared the end of the recent protests, on January 4, 2018. (AFP Photo/Tasnim News/Nima Najafzadeh)
April 11, 2018, 7:10 pm
After airstrike in Syria, an Israeli proxy war with Iran looms
Jerusalem continues to thwart Tehran’s efforts to entrench itself in Syria, and analysts are predicting the ‘worst war the region has seen in decades’
By Raphael Ahren
Iranian anti-riot police officers confronting people during an anti-government protest in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009. (AP)
December 31, 2017, 6:10 am
A new Iran protest, a harsher US response, yet it may end the same
Trump has stood with the demonstrators, marking a reaction ‘180 degrees apart’ from Obama in 2009, but the real test will come once the regime starts cracking skulls
By Eric Cortellessa
Heinz-Christian Strache, leader of the right-wing Austria Freedom Party (FPOe), attends the party's election event following Austrian parliamentary elections on October 15, 2017 in Vienna, Austria. (Alex Domanski/Getty Images, via JTA)
November 17, 2017, 11:35 am
Austria accepted its Holocaust guilt. So why is its far-right on the rise?
As far-right populism sees revival across Europe, its resurgence in Austria looks particularly alarming, suggesting a failure to learn from recent history
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Saudi Arabia's Deputy Crown Prince and Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman (2nd L) takes his seat to meet with US Defense Secretary James Mattis and his delegation on April 19, 2017 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool/Getty Images via JTA)
November 8, 2017, 10:51 pm
What the political turmoil in Saudi Arabia and Lebanon means for Israel
Riyadh’s new crown prince adopts tougher stance on Iran — and some Israeli officials are excited
By Ron Kampeas
President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
May 21, 2017, 6:23 am
In Israel, Trump’s success will hinge on the news back home
Former officials say president’s recent Israel-related missteps won’t have as much of an impact as the unfolding Russia probe
By Eric Cortellessa
The signing of the US-Israel military aid deal in the State Department on September 14, 2016 (Israeli Embassy, Washington)
September 16, 2016, 1:26 am
Does the US-Israel military aid deal really mean ‘AIPAC can retire’?
A clause in the new agreement prompted a light-hearted tweet from ex-ambassador Indyk. But key provisions of the massive package are prompting heavy debate
By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
Illustrative photo of signs calling for the boycott of Israel at an anti-Israel protest in San Francisco, April 2011. (CC BY-dignidadrebelde, Flickr)
April 20, 2016, 5:57 am
Ties between Hamas-linked charities and BDS highlighted in Congressional testimony
Terror finance expert describes ‘network’ of ex-fundraisers in organizations linked to Hamas and key pro-boycott organization
By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas with Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad al-Thani and Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal in Doha on August 21, 2014. (photo credit: AFP PHOTO/ PPO / THAER GHANEM)
September 10, 2014, 12:35 am
House panel urged to probe Turkish, Qatari support of Hamas
Testimony on Islamist group’s financial networks reveals leadership has amassed billions in personal wealth
By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
A Palestinian man walks in front of a mural calling for the return of Palestinian refugees (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
March 13, 2013, 3:01 am
Taking refugees off the table
A new effort is underway, backed by Israel, to tackle ‘the major hurdle to peace:’ how the UN defines a Palestinian refugee
By Haviv Rettig Gur
July 12, 2012, 11:17 am
House Middle East subcommittee considers PA corruption
Rep. Steve Chabot: Assistance should take into account whether the recipients are corrupt
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