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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 586

Antony Blinken

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
Demonstrators protest outside the prime minister's Jerusalem residence after the IDF recovered the body of hostage Youssef Ziyadne from a Gaza tunnel, January 8, 2025. (Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
January 9, 2025, 1:34 pm
Daily Briefing Jan. 9: Day 461 – As hostage’s body found in Gaza, Blinken says deal close
US bureau chief Jacob Magid discusses outgoing secretary of state’s remarks, Biden administration’s parting gift to Israel, President-elect Trump’s pick for deputy Mideast envoy
By Jessica Steinberg and Jacob Magid
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot prepare to deliver remarks at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris, on January 8, 2025. (Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP)
January 8, 2025, 11:23 pm
Blinken: We’re very close to hostage deal, it’ll be handed to Trump if not finalized
Secretary says Biden to hand off near-finished Gaza ‘Day After’ and Saudi normalization plans; US officials warn Trump aide of Gaza ‘catastrophe’ when anti-UNRWA laws implemented
By Jacob Magid
Emergency services and officials at the Sderot home hit by a rocket fired from Gaza on January 6, 2025 (Sderot Muhniciplity)
January 6, 2025, 3:11 pm
Rocket volley from Gaza lightly damages Sderot home as attacks surge
Missile slams into yard of rabbi’s home, the third time the same property has been hit by projectiles fired from Palestinian enclave; woman, 68, injured running to bomb shelter
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
President Joe Biden is greeted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after arriving at Ben Gurion International Airport, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, in Tel Aviv. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
January 4, 2025, 7:24 pm
Blinken: After Oct. 7, I threatened to nix Biden visit if Israel didn’t let aid into Gaza
Outgoing secretary of state tells NY Times he argued for ‘9 hours’ with Israeli leaders over aid; is ‘astounded’ at lack of world pressure on Hamas to end war, free the hostages
By ToI Staff
A tent camp sheltering Palestinians displaced from north of Gaza City in an empty plot of government-owned land in the city center on December 11, 2024. (Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)
December 20, 2024, 9:19 am
Palestinians sue US over failure to evacuate American citizens from Gaza
Lawsuit alleges State Dept. discriminated against Palestinian-Americans by ‘abandoning’ them in Gaza, not making same effort US has made in Lebanon, Afghanistan and other war zones
By Reuters and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on May 20, 2017. (AP/Evan Vucci)
December 20, 2024, 2:34 am
Blinken acknowledges Israel-Saudi normalization unlikely before Biden leaves office
Top US diplomat voices hope Trump will be able to finalize historic deal, after until recently dangling prospective agreement as an incentive for Israel to quell fighting in Gaza
By AFP and ToI Staff
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks as he answers question from the audience at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City on December 18, 2024. (Charly Triballeau/AFP)
December 19, 2024, 5:34 am
Blinken says Iran will think more about going nuclear after losing ‘lines of defense’
But US top diplomat stresses he does not believe it’s inevitable Tehran will develop nuke, says Trump has a window to negotiate; rejects calls for US to back regime change
By AFP
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