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Illustrative: Americans outside the Israel Museum wait for a glimpse of President Donald Trump's motorcade on May 22, 2017. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)
May 27, 2026, 3:16 am
A stronger shekel has become a pressing problem for Americans building lives in Israel
Drop in purchasing power hits expats who’ve maintained financial ties to the US, while weakened dollar also affects exporters and nonprofits, who receive much of their funding from abroad
By Theia Chatelle
Illustrative: An El Al flight at Ben Gurion Airport, near Tel Aviv, February 25, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/ FLASH90)
March 4, 2026, 3:53 am
US State Department helping almost 500 Americans seeking to evacuate from Israel
With commercial options limited, assistant secretary of state says US ‘actively securing military aircraft and charter flights for American citizens who wish to leave’ the region
By Jacob Magid and Agencies
View of the settlement of Efrat, Gush Etzion, in the West Bank, July 31, 2025. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
February 25, 2026, 4:21 am
In first, US embassy to provide consular services at pop-ups in 2 West Bank settlements
Pop-ups to be held in Efrat, which has a large number of US citizens, and Haredi town of Beitar Illit; consular service events also to take place in Ramallah, several Israeli cities
By Jacob Magid and Nava Freiberg
Illustrative: A police car in Herzliya, August 15, 2025. (Tal Gal/Flash90)
August 21, 2025, 9:50 pm
Police arrest two US yeshiva students who photographed sensitive security site
Both men freed after Jerusalem judge rejects police request to extend detention by 5 days; suspects’ lawyer says they are ‘innocent passersby,’ claims facility gate left unlocked
By Charlie Summers
Supporters of the liberal Labor party react as the results of the Israeli elections are announced, in Tel Aviv, November 1, 2022. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90/ via JTA)
November 5, 2022, 11:21 am
For some Americans living in Israel, this week’s elections conjure 2016 deja vu
Left-leaning immigrants who moved during Trump era are surprised to encounter the radical politics they thought they left behind, while other new arrivals are happy with outcome
By Deborah Danan and PHILISSA CRAMER
A Palestinian Authority policeman delivers supplies to the hotel staff which tested positive to coronavirus to a hotel in Bethlehem, West Bank, March 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
March 8, 2020, 3:42 pm
US Christian pilgrims quarantined near Bethlehem turn to prayer, kinship
‘It’s not a great situation, but we’re trying to make the best of it,’ says Alabama pastor whose group is in isolation in the West Bank
By Josef Federman
Illustrative: An Amazon fulfillment center processes orders in Aurora, Colorado, May 3, 2018. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
December 30, 2019, 4:07 am
Launch of Amazon’s Hebrew storefront offers American expats a taste of home
The ability to obtain products they otherwise couldn’t get, at a discount compared to local goods, is causing US immigrants to change their buying habits — and the Israeli market
By Sam Sokol
US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and US President Donald Trump's daughter and adviser Ivanka Trump unveil the inauguration plaque during the opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem on May 14, 2018. (AFP Photo/Menahem Kahana)
May 14, 2019, 9:58 am
US warns of Palestinian attacks on anniversary of Jerusalem embassy move
Americans advised to be alert, avoid demonstrations and follow Israeli authorities’ instructions ahead of Nakba Day protests, Eurovision
By Michael Bachner
Illustrative image of Alessandra Mondolfi holding a sign that reads, 'gun reform now', as she joins other people after a school shooting that killed 17 to protest against guns on the steps of the Broward County Federal courthouse on February 17, 2018 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP)
March 23, 2018, 12:31 pm
Americans in Tel Aviv to join US student protest for gun control
Survivors of Florida shooting to rally with expats outside US embassy in Israel at one of 800 rallies globally in support of ‘March for Our Lives’
By ToI Staff and AP
Glen Frost
November 22, 2017, 3:34 pm
Glen Frost
Reduced taxes for US expats?
Sure, they’re a sure thing, but with residency-based taxation, Americans living in Israel may catch a break
The US embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel, June 14, 2016. (Flash 90)
January 19, 2017, 6:31 pm
American-Israelis to hold anti-Trump ‘sister rally’ in Tel Aviv
In solidarity with the Women’s March on Washington, a local Facebook group is organizing a protest on the day after the inauguration
By Simona Weinglass
From left, Doug Mandel, Iris Mandel and Mitch Mandel at their house in the West Bank settlement of Karnei Shomron, Oct. 28, 2016. (JTA/Andrew Tobin)
November 2, 2016, 12:39 pm
World Series ignites old passions among West Bank’s American Jews
US citizens, who make up 15% of the settler population, keep love of baseball alive in heart of disputed territory
By Andrew Tobin
The Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse, seat of the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals, in Manhattan, New York. (CC BY-SA 3.0 WTM Sheila/Wikipedia)
August 31, 2016, 9:04 pm
US appeals court tosses out $654 million verdict against PLO
Judges say they lack jurisdiction to rule on terror attacks in Israel because they were not aimed at Americans
By Larry Neumeister
A teenage volunteer for Donald Trump campaigning outside the Republican candidate’s headquarters in Modiin, Aug. 15, 2016. (Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images)
August 25, 2016, 8:14 pm
Trump campaign opens 3rd Israeli office in Ramat Gan
Headquarters in Tel Aviv suburb to join Jerusalem, Modiin branches; fourth center planned for West Bank
By JTA
An image of the Hebrew Twitter account launched by then-presidential nominee Donald Trump on August 15, 2016. (JTA)
August 16, 2016, 11:47 pm
Why did Trump launch a Twitter feed in Hebrew?
Republican presidential nominee seeks to boost campaign support among believed 300,000 eligible US voters in Israel
By Ben Sales
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