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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a news conference at the State Department, January 17, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
US ‘working the phones’ as Israel-Palestinian ties take hit ahead of Blinken trip
By Jacob Magid
Top official urges sides to deepen security ties after Ramallah says it will halt them in response to Jenin raid; Blinken to talk judicial overhaul plans with Israelis
Eric Alterman is the author of 'We Are Not One,' a history of the debate over Israel in the United States. (Maresa Patterson; Basic Books via JTA)
InterviewWhat American Jews fight about when they fight about Israel
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and then-US vice president Joe Biden speak in front of media prior to a meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on January 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Legal overhaul could jeopardize Israel’s security and ties with US, think tank warns
By Tobias Siegal and TOI staff
US President Joe Biden walks out of the White House in Washington, January 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
January 28, 2023, 3:56 am
Biden calls Netanyahu to denounce ‘horrific’ Jerusalem terror attack
US president says synagogue massacre is ‘an attack against the civilized world,’ stresses commitment to Israeli security
By TOI staff
Security forces and rescue forces at the scene of a deadly terror shooting in Jerusalem's Neve Yaakov neighborhood, January 27, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
January 27, 2023, 11:17 pm
Washington, UN, UAE, many others condemn ‘heinous, tragic’ Jerusalem terror shooting
Lapid says attack that left 7 dead is heartbreaking; police minister visits scene of killing spree, says government must respond
By Alexander Fulbright and Jacob Magid
CIA Director William Burns listens during a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 14, 2021. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP, File)
January 27, 2023, 10:09 am
Amid escalation, CIA chief said visiting Israel, West Bank
While trip was pre-planned, Bill Burns’ talks with government and intelligence heads likely to focus on easing tensions and restoring security coordination between Israel and PA
By TOI staff and Jacob Magid
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a news conference at the State Department, January 17, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
January 26, 2023, 9:50 pm
US ‘working the phones’ as Israel-Palestinian ties take hit ahead of Blinken trip
Top official urges sides to deepen security ties after Ramallah says it will halt them in response to Jenin raid; Blinken to talk judicial overhaul plans with Israelis
By Jacob Magid
Then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and then-US vice president Joe Biden speak in front of media prior to a meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on January 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
January 24, 2023, 11:36 am
Legal overhaul could jeopardize Israel’s security and ties with US, think tank warns
In 86-page report presented to Herzog, Institute for National Security Studies says plan could undermine democracy, have severe implications for internal and external stability
By Tobias Siegal and TOI staff
Eric Alterman is the author of 'We Are Not One,' a history of the debate over Israel in the United States. (Maresa Patterson; Basic Books via JTA)
January 24, 2023, 5:20 am
What American Jews fight about when they fight about Israel
In his new book ‘We Are Not One: A History of America’s Fight Over Israel,’ Prof. Eric Alterman examines how defending Israel has shaped Jewish – and public – discourse in the US
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on May 25, 2021 (Haim Zach / GPO)
January 24, 2023, 2:27 am
Blinken to visit Israel next week, in second trip by senior US official this month
Secretary of state will meet with Israeli leadership on Monday and Palestinian leadership on Tuesday, as Washington seeks understandings with Netanyahu’s new hardline government
By Jacob Magid
US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on March 27, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
January 22, 2023, 4:16 pm
US envoy: Netanyahu has big plans. They won’t happen if his ‘backyard is on fire’
PM is eyeing Saudi normalization, closer cooperation with US on Iran, but Tom Nides tells ToI those will be hard to achieve if Israel moves to shut door on two states for good
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) meets with US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan in Jerusalem on January 19, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
January 19, 2023, 10:44 pm
Top Biden adviser raises planned judicial overhaul in meeting with Netanyahu
US official confirms topic came up but declines to elaborate further, though administration has previously indicated it doesn’t plan to actually pressure Israel on the matter
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) meets with US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan in Jerusalem on January 19, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
January 19, 2023, 3:40 pm
Meeting US national security adviser, Netanyahu stresses bid to build Saudi ties
In 1st Jerusalem visit since new government sworn in, Jake Sullivan notes shared ‘challenges and opportunities,’ mum on Biden administration’s concern over Israeli domestic issues
By Amy Spiro and Jacob Magid
US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan meets with President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem, January 18, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
January 18, 2023, 11:37 pm
Top Biden aide Sullivan begins Israel trip aimed at syncing up with new government
US national security adviser meets with Herzog, who stresses importance of not letting ties get bogged down by disagreements on Iran and Palestinians
By Jacob Magid
Ukrainian soldiers fire a Pion artillery system at Russian positions near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, December 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Libkos)
January 18, 2023, 5:36 am
US quietly shipping ammo to Ukraine from massive stockpile in Israel — report
New York Times says 300,000 artillery shells to be sent to Kyiv’s forces from American supplies kept in Israel for emergency use
By TOI staff
Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chairman Yuli Edelstein, right, meets with US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides at the Knesset on January 11, 2022. (Knesset Spokesperson's Office)
January 11, 2023, 6:29 pm
Likud MK tells US envoy that Israel will continue to push for settlement expansion
Edelstein stresses need for building beyond Green Line in meeting with Nides; in phone call, Netanyahu and Modi agree to meet soon; FM sits down with UK minister for Middle East
By Jacob Magid
File: US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides (L) and opposition chairman Benjamin Netanyahu meet in the Knesset on December 9, 2021. (US embassy in Israel)
January 11, 2023, 3:24 am
US envoy says he’s not boycotting Ben Gvir but will primarily deal with Netanyahu
Nides says we’ll know within weeks whether Israel qualifies for visa waiver program but that it still has to pass relevant laws in time, assure Arab Americans can enter freely
By Jacob Magid
US President Joe Biden (L) is received by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem in the West Bank on July 15, 2022. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
January 9, 2023, 11:40 pm
US warns Israeli sanctions against PA will ‘exacerbate tensions’
State Department says punitive measures by Jerusalem just as bad as ‘counterproductive’ Palestinian push for ICJ opinion on occupation
By Jacob Magid
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