Biden's visit to Israel

Israeli startup AIR developed an eVTOL aircraft called AIR ONE for the consumer market. (AIR/courtesy)

July 26, 2022, 2:03 pm

Daily Briefing July 26: US-Israel camaraderie; not a bird, not a plane, but an eVTOL

US correspondent Jacob Magid considers impact of Biden’s Mideast visit; Tech Israel editor Ricky Ben-David gauges the state of Israel’s tech sector and briefs us on a new aircraft

By TOI staff

Illustrative. Giant kelp growing in the ocean, near the Channel Islands in California. (iStock)

July 24, 2022, 2:23 pm

Daily Briefing July 24: To reduce carbon, kelp may help; who gets monkeypox vaccine?

Environment reporter Sue Surkes on climate crisis solutions and her family’s soccer connection; health correspondent Nathan Jeffay notes that fist bumps don’t protect against COVID

By TOI staff

Left to right, US president Joe Biden, President Isaac Herzog, singers Ran Dankner and Yuval Dayan during a ceremony at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on July 14, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

July 19, 2022, 4:07 pm

Israeli religious singer’s rebuff of Biden handshake gets presidential kosher stamp

US Ambassador Nides posts video to Yuval Dayan saying president greatly appreciated both her performance and her adherence to religious values

By TOI staff

Screen capture from video of Kamal Kharazi, the head of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, during an interview with Al-Jazeera, February 2019. (YouTube)

July 17, 2022, 7:49 pm

Top aide to Khamenei boasts Iran has technical ability to manufacture nuclear bomb

Kamal Kharazi, head of Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, says country choosing not to make weapon, warns any attack from neighboring countries will trigger reprisal at Israel

By TOI staff

President Joe Biden arrives at King Abdulaziz International Airport, July 15, 2022, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

July 17, 2022, 2:01 pm

Daily Briefing July 17: Did Biden’s trip yield closer Israeli-Saudi ties? Jury’s out

Editor David Horovitz and US correspondent Jacob Magid dissect the president’s trip to the Holy Land and Saudi Arabia and weigh in on whether progress was made

By TOI staff

US President Joe Biden leaves after speaking to reporters about meetings with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the Waldorf Astoria Jeddah Qasr Al Sharq hotel, July 15, 2022, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

July 17, 2022, 5:14 am

Biden’s Saudi trip was uncomfortable, but worth it to improve ties with wary leaders

Panned for visiting country he vowed to make a ‘pariah,’ US president saw visit as necessary to repair alliances with Arab countries, potentially helping to counter Russia, China

By AAMER MADHANI, Aya Batrawy, Zeke Miller and CHRIS MEGERIAN

An El Al flight takes off at Ben Gurion Airport outside Tel Aviv, October 25, 2021 (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)

July 17, 2022, 4:02 am

Israeli airlines said prodding Saudis to already allow overflights this week

According to TV report, El Al and Arkia are asking to reroute flights to destinations in East Asia to shorten flight times, but haven’t heard back yet from Riyadh

By TOI staff

(L to R) Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi; Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa bin Salman al-Khalifa; US President Joe Biden; Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman; Jordan's King Abdullah II; Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani; and Kuwait's Crown Prince Meshal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah pose together for the family photo during the Jeddah Security and Development Summit (GCC+3) at a hotel in Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah on July 16, 2022. (MANDEL NGAN / POOL / AFP)

July 16, 2022, 4:42 pm

After Biden raises Khashoggi murder, MBS retorts with question on Abu Akleh killing

Official says Saudi crown prince asks president what he is doing to ensure justice, in apparent effort to suggest hypocrisy in US human rights criticism

By Jacob Magid

US President Joe Biden, center left, and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, center, arrive for the family photo during the GCC+3 (Gulf Cooperation Council) meeting at a hotel in Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah, Saturday, July 16, 2022. (Mandel Ngan/Pool Photo via AP)

July 16, 2022, 3:57 pm

Heading home, Biden vows US ‘won’t walk away’ from Mideast, doesn’t mention Israel

Departing Saudi Arabia, US president promises not to create a vacuum in region for Russia, China and Iran to fill; Arab leaders urge resolution of Israeli-Palestinian conflict

By Jacob Magid and AP

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman looks at his notes as he meets with US President Joe Biden at the Al Salman Royal Palace, Friday, July 15, 2022, in Jeddah. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

July 16, 2022, 12:16 pm

Saudi minister: Peace with Israel ‘strategic option’ but not before 2-state solution

After Biden hails Saudi okay to Israeli overflights as first step to normalization, Riyadh’s foreign affairs minister says Palestinian statehood must come first

By Jacob Magid

Left to right, US president Joe Biden, President Isaac Herzog, singer Yuval Dayan and singer Ran Dankner during a ceremony at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on July 14, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

July 16, 2022, 8:32 am

Israeli singer defends refusal to shake Biden’s hand on religious grounds

‘Those who say I have no respect should apologize to my parents,’ says Yuval Dayan, who claims she repeatedly informed staff at president’s residence of her beliefs

By TOI staff and JTA

US President Joe Biden (C-L) takes part in a working session with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (C-R) at the Al Salam Royal Palace in the Saudi coastal city of Jeddah, on July 15, 2022. (Mandel NGAN / AFP)

July 15, 2022, 11:03 pm

US to remove Red Sea island observer force, advancing steps toward Saudi-Israel ties

Move marks another foreign policy win for president, hours after he landed in Jeddah for controversial courting of oil-rich kingdom; direct Israel flights still under discussion

By Jacob Magid

US President Joe Biden (R) embraces President Isaac Herzog (L) during the opening ceremony of the Maccabiah Games at Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem on July 14, 2022. (RONEN ZVULUN / POOL / AFP)

July 15, 2022, 6:25 pm

Sinn Féin, Gaelic and boxing: Biden and Herzog connect over Irish heritage

In warm visit, presidents reference joint ancestral ties in public speeches and private meeting

By Lazar Berman

National Security Adviser Eyal Hulata speaks during the IISS Manama Dialogue in the Bahraini capital Manama on November 21, 2021. (Mazen Mahdi/AFP)

July 15, 2022, 5:59 pm

National security adviser says Israel not afraid to differ with US on Iran

After Biden meeting, Hulata says ‘Israel will act as it sees fit,’ and has done ‘quite a lot in Iran over past year’; on potential peace with Saudi Arabia: Israel’s ‘working on it’

By TOI staff

US President Joe Biden and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speak together after their statements to the media at the Muqataa Presidential Compound in the city of Bethlehem in the West Bank on July 15, 2022. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

July 15, 2022, 3:50 pm

In West Bank alongside Abbas, Biden endorses two states but says ‘ground isn’t ripe’

US president says Palestinians need ‘political horizon,’ tells PA to combat corruption; Abbas slams Israeli ‘apartheid,’ wants PLO off US terror list: ‘We are not terrorists’

By Jeremy Sharon, Agencies and Jacob Magid