The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/ronald-reagan/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Wed, 10 Jun 2026 07:33:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Ronald Reagan | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/ronald-reagan/ 32 32 Biden uses cliffs of Normandy to channel Reagan, call to defend freedom and democracy https://www.timesofisrael.com/biden-uses-cliffs-of-normandy-to-channel-reagan-call-to-defend-freedom-and-democracy/ Fri, 07 Jun 2024 16:06:51 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3307394 US president seeks to contrast the sacrifice of US forces to defeat the Nazis with his political opponent Donald Trump's increasingly isolationist international policies

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]]> Bernard Kalb, longtime newsman who waded into Mideast incitement tussle, dies at 100 https://www.timesofisrael.com/bernard-kalb-longtime-newsman-who-waded-into-mideast-incitement-tussle-dies-at-100/ Mon, 09 Jan 2023 04:25:29 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2920502 Jewish correspondent for New York Times, CBS and NBC covered diplomats for decades before becoming US State Department spokesman, served on Trilateral Anti-Incitement Committee

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]]> Mort Sahl, satirist who brought politics to comedy, dies at 94 https://www.timesofisrael.com/mort-sahl-satirist-who-brought-politics-to-comedy-dies-at-94/ Wed, 27 Oct 2021 02:26:27 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2639190 Credited as the first to give stand-up acts an iconoclastic edge, Sahl skewered presidents from Eisenhower to Trump, paving the way for comics like George Carlin and Jon Stewart

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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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]]> George Shultz dies at 100, shaped US stance on Israeli-Palestinian conflict https://www.timesofisrael.com/george-shultz-dies-at-100-shaped-us-stance-on-israeli-palestinian-conflict/ Sun, 07 Feb 2021 19:06:42 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2483728 Reagan's secretary of state worked to end nuclear arms race, resolve Lebanon civil war, bring Israel, Palestinians to talks. Told ToI in 2016 interview: Israel's doing pretty well

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]]> How would a possible US presidential power transfer look under 25th Amendment? https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-would-a-possible-us-presidential-power-transfer-look-under-25th-amendment/ Sat, 03 Oct 2020 05:24:19 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2400438 Trump has not invoked clause; if necessary, would send letter saying 'unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office' and VP would assume role

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]]> Pompeo’s settlements speech: Empty rhetoric or prelude to annexation? https://www.timesofisrael.com/pompeos-settlements-speech-empty-rhetoric-or-prelude-to-annexation/ Tue, 19 Nov 2019 13:23:17 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2186555 Experts say new US policy less dramatic than it sounds as it simply reinstates Reagan-era ambiguity on settlements' legal status. Others warn it prejudges final status of West Bank

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]]> Iran, US still captive to 1979 hostage crisis https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-us-still-captive-to-1979-hostage-crisis/ Sun, 03 Nov 2019 08:53:06 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2175595 Mutual suspicion between Washington and Tehran has reached a level unseen since the Islamic Revolution, with people continuing to be used as bargaining chips

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]]> Fires spare Reagan library but menace homes near Los Angeles https://www.timesofisrael.com/fires-spare-reagan-library-but-menace-homes-near-los-angeles/ Thu, 31 Oct 2019 03:08:10 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2174150 About 7,000 homes and around 30,000 people ordered evacuated between the cities of Simi Valley and Moorpark; cause of blaze not yet clear

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]]> Reagan, in 1971 phone call to Nixon, called African UN delegates ‘monkeys’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/reagan-in-1971-phone-call-to-nixon-called-african-un-delegates-monkeys/ Wed, 31 Jul 2019 08:42:36 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2121700 Infuriated at countries supporting a vote to accept China into international body, California governor told US president that 'they're still uncomfortable wearing shoes'

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]]> Who is Elliott Abrams and why is Ilhan Omar attacking him? https://www.timesofisrael.com/who-is-elliott-abrams-and-why-is-ilhan-omar-attacking-him/ Fri, 15 Feb 2019 06:14:39 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2019019 The Trump administration's new envoy to the Venezuela crisis is a controversial former diplomat whose influence is woven throughout Republican foreign policy

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]]> Pompeo taps hawkish GOP veteran to lead US efforts in Venezuela https://www.timesofisrael.com/pompeo-taps-hawkish-gop-veteran-abrams-to-lead-us-efforts-in-venezuela/ Sat, 26 Jan 2019 02:53:24 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2006162 Top US diplomat says Elliott Abrams, who was initially passed over by the administration due to criticism of Trump, will assist in 'restoring democracy' to Latin American country

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]]> Former US ambassador to Slovakia gives $2m to US Holocaust Memorial Museum https://www.timesofisrael.com/former-us-ambassador-to-slovakia-gives-2m-to-us-holocaust-memorial-museum/ Wed, 09 Jan 2019 06:52:39 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1995188 Gallery to be named in honor of Carl Spielvogel and his wife, Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel, in appreciation of donation

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]]> Trump: US will build nuclear arsenal until Russia, China ‘come to their senses’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-us-will-build-nuclear-arsenal-until-russia-china-come-to-their-senses/ Tue, 23 Oct 2018 04:48:43 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1946824 President's warning comes after announcement he intends to jettison atomic treaty -- a step Moscow cautions would be a major blow to global security

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]]> Oliver North, central figure in Iran-Contra scandal, named NRA president https://www.timesofisrael.com/oliver-north-central-figure-in-iran-contra-scandal-named-nra-president/ Mon, 07 May 2018 21:55:22 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1845538 North is known for his role in secret sale of weapons to Iran in 1980s, proceeds of which went to anti-communist rebels in Nicaragua

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