Israel-US relations

US President Joe Biden speaks after visiting a mobile vaccination unit in Raleigh, North Carolina on June 24, 2021. (Mandel Ngan/AFP)

June 25, 2021, 7:35 am

Congressional Democrats urge Biden to reverse Trump moves on Israel

Letter from 73 representatives calls on US president to recognize settlements as illegal and West Bank as occupied, and to consistently condemn sides for harming peace

By Ron Kampeas

Iran's Governor to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Kazem Gharib Abadi, Political deputy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran, Abbas Araghchi, and Deputy Secretary General and Political Director of the European External Action Service (EEAS), Enrique Mora stand in front of the ‚Grand Hotel Vienna' where where closed-door nuclear talks take place in Vienna, Austria, June 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Lisa Leutner)

June 25, 2021, 5:10 am

Gaps remain in Iran nuclear talks, but deal still possible, US official says

State Department official denies delaying return of Vienna talks to consult with new Israeli government, says US looks forward to positive talks with Israel, despite disagreements

By Jacob Magid and AFP

Demonstrators march to the Israeli Consulate during a protest against Israel and in support of Palestinians on May 15, 2021, in the Westwood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

June 24, 2021, 2:02 pm

Poll: Many Democrats want more US support for Palestinians

Overall, 29% of Americans say the US is too supportive of the Israelis, 30% say it’s not supportive enough and 36% say it’s about right

By Ellen Knickmeyer and EMILY SWANSON

From left, Israel's Ambassador to the United States and United Nations Gilad Erdan, IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi and US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan meet in Washington on June 23, 2021. (Israel Defense Forces)

June 24, 2021, 10:31 am

After Kohavi meeting, US reaffirms commitment to not let Iran get nukes

IDF chief blasts American plans to rejoin nuclear deal in meeting with US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan

By TOI staff and Judah Ari Gross

June 23, 2021, 10:01 pm

Meeting top US officials, Kohavi blasts American plans to rejoin Iran deal

IDF chief reportedly says another round of fighting in Gaza is only a matter of time, as he meets with US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan

By Judah Ari Gross

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Opposition chairman Yair Lapid in Jerusalem on May 25, 2021. (Yair Lapid/Twitter)

June 23, 2021, 9:31 pm

Lapid to meet US Secretary of State Blinken in Rome next week

Sit-down to follow pair of calls less than a week apart, as Washington intensifies contacts with new Israeli government

By Jacob Magid

Illustrative. Iranian Revolutionary Guard Commander Gen. Hossein Salami, left, and the Guard's aerospace division commander Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh talk while unveiling a new drone called "Gaza" in an undisclosed location in Iran, in a photo released on May 22, 2021. (Sepahnews of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, via AP)

June 23, 2021, 6:09 pm

Israel and US said to increase cooperation to combat Iranian drones

Idea of establishing Mideast no-fly zone for Iranian UAVs reportedly raised in first interagency working group meeting between Israeli and US officials on tackling growing threat

By TOI staff

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (right) and President Reuven Rivlin meet at the President's House, June 23, 2021. (President's House)

June 23, 2021, 4:16 pm

Rivlin, ahead of US visit, meets with Bennett and Lapid to coordinate message

President will present Israel’s positions on Iran and the nuclear deal, Gaza Strip and Syria when he meets with Biden at White House next week

By TOI staff and Jacob Magid

A person stands in a tower on the perimeter of the Number 3 Detention Center in Dabancheng in western China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on April 23, 2021. Human rights groups and Western nations led by the United States, Britain and Germany accused China of massive crimes against the Uyghur minority and demanded unimpeded access for U.N. experts (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

June 23, 2021, 1:12 am

In rare move, apparently under US pressure, Israel votes to condemn China abuses

Israel, which often seeks not to antagonize major trading partner Beijing, joins 40 mostly Western countries on Canadian-led measure at UNHRC regarding treatment of Muslim Uyghurs

By TOI staff and Agencies

US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid at the Knesset on January 23, 2020. (Yair Lapid/Twitter)

June 22, 2021, 11:20 pm

Lapid, Pelosi discuss bipartisan US support for Israel in first phone call

Conversation between foreign minister and US House speaker is described as ‘warm and positive’

By Jacob Magid and TOI staff

Former tourism minister Asaf Zamir poses for a picture at the Knesset, on April 29, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

June 22, 2021, 8:51 pm

Lapid taps former tourism minister to serve as consul general in New York

Asaf Zamir, who lived in US, was deputy mayor of Tel Aviv and resigned from previous Netanyahu government, will fill post that’s been vacant for almost a year

By Jacob Magid

Former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and head of the Likud party leads a faction meeting in the Knesset on June 21, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/FLASH90P)

June 22, 2021, 1:13 am

Top officials said to accuse Netanyahu of sacrificing US ties for political gain

Diplomatic officials tell Channel 12 that former prime minister is attempting to drive a wedge between Bennett-Lapid government and Biden administration

By TOI staff

IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi, center-right, and US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley, center-left, salute outside the US Department of Defense in Washington, DC, on June 21, 2021. (Israel Defense Forces)

June 21, 2021, 10:58 pm

In Washington, IDF chief warns US against rejoining Iran nuclear deal

Meeting with American counterpart, Kohavi lays out Israeli opposition to 2015 accord, saying it paves way to an Iranian bomb

By Judah Ari Gross

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, right, hosts a bilateral meeting with Defense Minister Benny Gantz, left, at the Pentagon in Washington on June 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

June 20, 2021, 11:12 am

US said to boost military cooperation with Israel, Mideast allies to hinder Iran

IDF chief Aviv Kohavi, on his way to Washington, reportedly seeks to deepen coordination with Gulf states and expand normalization agreements to other moderate countries

By TOI staff

Then US vice president Joe Biden, right, poses for a photo with President Reuven Rivlin, left, during a meeting at the president's official residence in Jerusalem, March 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

June 20, 2021, 12:41 am

Biden to host Rivlin at White House next week

Outgoing Israeli president to make Washington trip before ending seven-year term on July 7

By TOI staff