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File: IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi (L) and US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan meet in Washington on June 23, 2021. (Israel Defense Forces)
November 22, 2022, 3:41 am
Top Biden aide raises Iran threats, W. Bank violence in meet with visiting IDF chief
US readout says Jake Sullivan, Aviv Kohavi discussed taking steps to de-escalate security situation beyond Green Line, while former stresses support for 2-state solution
By Jacob Magid
US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley, left, awards the Legion of Merit to IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi on November 21, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)
November 21, 2022, 11:15 pm
US awards Legion of Merit to visiting IDF chief Kohavi
Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff gives Aviv Kohavi award during honor guard ceremony in Washington
By Emanuel Fabian
Members of the Syrian Civil Defense, also known as the 'White Helmets,' carrying a victim after airstrikes in Kafr Ain in the Idlib province, September 7, 2018. (AFP/Anas al-Dyab)
September 8, 2018, 6:41 am
US drawing up plans should Syrian regime carry out chemical attack on Idlib
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dunford says he and Trump have ‘routine dialogue’ about possible consequences if Assad uses chemical weapons
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on April 9, 2017. (Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO)
May 9, 2017, 8:54 pm
In Israel, Dunford hails ‘rock-solid’ relationship with IDF chief
Meeting US Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, Netanyahu lauds ‘great alliance’ with Washington
By Judah Ari Gross
IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot awards Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford with a Medal of Appreciation at the army's Tel Aviv headquarters on May 9, 2017. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
May 9, 2017, 2:44 pm
Returning favor, IDF chief awards Dunford Medal of Appreciation
In August, Eisenkot received ‘Legion of Merit’ from the US military leader now in Israel for high-level talks
By Judah Ari Gross
US Military Chief of Staff General Joseph Dunford, center, and his wife Ellyn, right, are met at Ben Gurion International Airport by the Israel's military attache to the United States, Maj. Gen. Mickey Edelstein, left, on May 8, 2017. (US Embassy/Twitter)
May 8, 2017, 7:56 pm
US military chief lands in Israel to talk Syria, Islamic State
Joseph Dunford to be received by honor guard at army’s Tel Aviv headquarters before meeting Eisenkot, Liberman and Netanyahu
By Judah Ari Gross
US Military Chief of Staff General Joseph Dunford (right)meets with IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot at the IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv on October 18, 2015. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
May 7, 2017, 7:56 pm
US military chief to visit Israel, discuss IS, Syria – report
Dunford said scheduled to meet Eisenkot, Liberman on his third trip to Tel Aviv as chairman of the joint chiefs
By Judah Ari Gross
US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford speaks with Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon in his office at the ministry's Tel Aviv headquarters on March 3, 2016. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
March 3, 2016, 6:09 pm
US, Israeli military chiefs stress cooperation to tackle challenges
Dunford’s second visit to the Jewish state in six months demonstrates the importance the relationship, he says
By Judah Ari Gross
US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford meets with IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot in his office in army headquarters in Tel Aviv on March 3, 2016. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
March 3, 2016, 1:09 pm
US military chief back in Israel amid aid talks
Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Joseph Dunford to meet with defense minister, IDF head, reaffirms Washington’s ‘unparalleled military cooperation with Israel’
By Judah Ari Gross
US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing about the Middle East on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, October 27, 2015. (AFP/Saul Loeb)
October 28, 2015, 7:17 pm
US to launch ground raids against Islamic State
Defense secretary Carter signals deeper US military involvement in Syria and Iraq against jihadist group
By Deb Riechmann and Robert Burns
Defense Secretary Ash Carter, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015, before the Senate Armed Services Committee. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
October 27, 2015, 8:16 pm
Defense chief: US to step up strikes, ground raids on IS
Ash Carter says American military involvement targeting ‘high-value targets’ of the jihadist group in Iraq, Syria to intensify
By Deb Riechmann and Robert Burns
In this July 9, 2015, file photo, then-Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Joseph Dunford, Jr., testifies during his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing to become the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
October 17, 2015, 11:16 pm
New US military chief visits Israel for top-level talks
In first overseas trip as Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, Joseph Dunford looks to reaffirm American commitment to Jewish state
By AP
President Barack Obama announces that he will nominate Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford Jr. as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, May 5, 2015. (photo credit: AP/Jacquelyn Martin)
July 30, 2015, 9:43 am
Senate approves Dunford as next Joint Chiefs chairman
US military’s new top officer, handpicked by President Obama, has warned against Iran’s funding of Mideast militias
By AFP and AP
President Barack Obama announces that he will nominate Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford Jr. as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, May 5, 2015. (photo credit: AP/Jacquelyn Martin)
May 5, 2015, 9:56 pm
Obama names Dempsey successor to lead US military
President chooses Marine Gen. Joseph ‘Fighting Joe’ Dunford Jr. as new Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman
By Lolita C. Baldor
File: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey speaks at the 'Stand Up for Heroes' event at Madison Square Garden in New York City, on November 5, 2014. (Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images/AFP)
November 7, 2014, 6:16 am
Top US general: Israel protected civilian lives in Gaza
Chairman of Joint Chiefs Martin Dempsey says IDF went to ‘extraordinary lengths’ to save innocents; America studying methods
By Lazar Berman
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