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Danielle Pletka (courtesy) / President Donald Trump and Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi hold signed documents during a summit to support ending the more than two-year Israel-Hamas war in Gaza after a breakthrough ceasefire deal, October 13, 2025, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
December 19, 2025, 9:07 am
Lazar Focus: Danielle Pletka on what Trump wants in the Middle East
AEI expert lays out how the Australian government continues to fail on antisemitism, who controlled policy in the Biden White House, and what to expect from the Mar-a-Lago summit
By Lazar Berman
Jacob Magid (courtesy) / Then-US Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves as he arrives at Ben Gurion Airport, June 10, 2024. (Jack Guez/Pool via AP)
December 12, 2025, 9:43 am
Lazar Focus: Jacob Magid on the day that never came – Blinken’s vision for postwar Gaza
ToI’s US bureau chief on just how close Israel really came to Saudi normalization pre-Oct. 7 and what a Hamas official has to say about demilitarization
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jacob Magid
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during his week-long trip aimed at calming tensions across the Middle East, in Al Ula, Saudi Arabia, Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool via AP)
December 5, 2025, 3:31 pm
ToI reveals: US and Saudis reached understandings on Palestinian component of normalization before Oct. 7
On eve of Hamas attack, Blinken was scheduled to visit Israel to discuss document compiled with Riyadh that detailed relatively minor concessions PM would have to make to Palestinians
By Jacob Magid
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken boards his aircraft before his departure from King Hussein International Airport in Jordan's southern Red Sea coastal city of Aqaba, Jordan, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP)
December 5, 2025, 3:27 pm
The day after that never came: How time ran out on Blinken’s plan for postwar Gaza
Top Biden diplomat’s proposal sought to end the war while reviving the Saudi normalization talks derailed on Oct. 7. But he couldn’t get it finalized, and Trump now faces many of the same obstacles
By Jacob Magid
Displaced Palestinians flee northern Gaza carrying their belongings along the coastal road near Wadi Gaza on October 1, 2025. (AP/Jehad Alshrafi)
October 3, 2025, 3:12 am
Hamas slated to respond ‘positively’ to Trump Gaza plan, but request changes — source
BBC report says terror group’s Gaza leader opposes plan; Egyptian FM says proposal has ‘a lot of holes that need to be filled’ but that Hamas has no day-after role in Gaza
By Jacob Magid, Agencies and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference at his office in Jerusalem, August 10, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 22, 2025, 4:43 pm
Biden official: Netanyahu sabotaged deals but calling him out would have helped Hamas
Matthew Miller tells Israeli TV show US wanted to declare publicly that Netanyahu was ‘completely intransigent,’ but saw Sinwar pull back from talks when detecting US-Israel strain
By Jacob Magid
Outgoing US Secretary of State Antony Blinken bids farewell to State Department staff at the State Department in Washington, DC, on January 17, 2025. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
August 12, 2025, 10:57 am
Blinken: Western countries are morally right to recognize Palestine, but too hasty
Former US secretary of state proposes three-year timeline to demilitarize Gaza, oust Hamas and give Palestinians a chance to show they really want to live in peace with Israel
By ToI Staff
Israeli Ambassador to US Michael Herzog, left, welcomes, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken upon his arrival at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday Oct. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)
February 4, 2025, 2:09 pm
After finishing DC tour, an Israeli ambassador known for his discretion is ready to talk
In astonishingly uncharacteristic interview, Michael Herzog claims State Department bureaucrats withheld weapons to Israel, pans Netanyahu’s handling of Gaza war and judicial overhaul
By Jacob Magid
Sen. Marco Rubio attends the 60th US Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool Photo via AP)
January 21, 2025, 10:41 am
US Senate confirms Rubio as secretary of state, giving Trump 1st member of Cabinet
Staunch Israel advocate is confirmed in 99-0 vote; Florida Republican is seen as one of the US president’s least controversial picks
By AP and ToI Staff
A journalist is dragged out of the State Department press briefing room after repeatedly interrupting Secretary of State Antony Blinken on January 16, 2025. (Screen capture/X)
January 17, 2025, 6:39 am
Far-left journalists shout at Blinken about Gaza during his last press conference
‘Are you compromised by Israel?’ anti-Zionist Jewish activist yells at secretary of state, claims Israel committing ‘the Holocaust of our time’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
A handout picture released by the official website of then Iranian President Hassan Rouhani shows him (R), the Head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi (2R) and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif (2L) as they celebrate nuclear achievements during a ceremony marking the National day of Nuclear Technology in Tehran on April 9, 2017. (HO/IRANIAN PRESIDENCY/AFP)
January 15, 2025, 4:22 am
Senior Iranian official accuses Israel of placing explosives in centrifuge equipment
Zarif claims Tehran ‘managed to detect’ bombs, doesn’t specify when incident occurred or mention Natanz; Blinken hints at opposition to Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at the Atlantic Council in Washington, on January 14, 2025. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
January 14, 2025, 11:05 pm
Laying out postwar Gaza vision, Blinken raps Israel’s war strategy, shunning of PA
In lengthy address, outgoing US top diplomat assesses Hamas has recruited as many members as it has lost, criticizes Israel’s refusal to include Ramallah in ‘day after’ plan
By Jacob Magid
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves as he departs from Rome Ciampino Airport, near Rome, a day after talks in Rome with European counterparts on the need to encourage stability in Syria, as Turkey threatens Kurdish forces in the war-torn country, on January 10, 2025. (Yara Nardi / POOL / AFP)
January 14, 2025, 7:39 am
Blinken to unveil Gaza ‘day-after’ plan in speech sparking division within Biden admin
Secretary wants plan to be blueprint for post-war management of Gaza, but some US officials fear window to give such a speech closed after Nov. and that it could harm hostage talks
By Jacob Magid
US Ambassador to Israel Jack Lew at the Prime Minister's Office, December 12, 2024 (David Azagury/ US Embassy Jerusalem)
January 12, 2025, 12:46 pm
The ambassador’s farewell warning: You can’t ignore the impact of this war on future US policymakers
Biden’s support for Israel, amid huge opposition in the media and parts of his party, contributed to the collapse of his reelection bid, argues Jack Lew in a long, worried interview
By David Horovitz
Issachar Manne is seen opening a bottle of wine in his settlement in the West Bank, in this screen capture from a YouTube video posted September 1, 2022. (Screen capture via YouTube, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 10, 2025, 11:52 am
American Israeli settlers sanctioned for violence sue Biden administration
Issachar Manne and Levi Yitzchak Pilant say US violated their constitutional rights to due process and equal protection, dispute allegations they attacked Palestinian civilians
By ToI Staff
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