Joe Biden

May 17, 2022, 7:05 pm

Biden rejects racism, calls for gun control at memorial for Buffalo shooting victims

US president and his wife meet privately with families of the dead, first responders and local officials before delivering public remarks

By CHRIS MEGERIAN

People embrace outside the scene of a shooting at a supermarket a day earlier, in Buffalo, N.Y., Sunday, May 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

May 16, 2022, 3:15 am

Biden urges unity to address ‘hate that remains a stain on the soul of America’

President will travel to Buffalo after deadly mass shooting by an 18-year-old white gunman who searched for area with a high concentration of Black people

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE

US President Joe Biden hosts Jordan's King Abdullah II at the White House on May 13, 2022. (Royal Hashemite Court)

May 14, 2022, 5:17 am

Hosting king, Biden affirms Jordanian role overseeing Muslim sites in Jerusalem

White House voices support for maintaining Temple Mount status quo after Jordanian monarch visits, as tensions climb between Amman and Jerusalem

By TOI staff and AP

Members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) march during the annual military parade marking the anniversary of the outbreak of the devastating 1980-1988 war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq, in the capital Tehran, on September 22, 2018. (Stringer/AFP)

May 13, 2022, 10:38 am

Biden seen personally resisting IRGC terror delisting, dividing Democrats

Moderate Dems back US president’s stance against the IRGC, seen as a key obstacle to renewed nuclear deal, while progressives warn he has fallen into Trump’s trap

By Ron Kampeas

A Palestinian boy walks while backdropped by his home village of Susiya in Area C of the West Bank on July 24, 2015. (AP/Nasser Nasser)

May 12, 2022, 11:49 am

Israel to advance plans for 1,000 Palestinian homes in West Bank’s Area C – official

Last time such approvals were granted, the majority of the 1,300 were for houses already built; this move comes as Defense Ministry greenlights 4,400 new Jewish settlement homes

By Jacob Magid

Mahmoud Abbas, left, and Joe Biden after their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. (AP/Bernat Armangue)

May 12, 2022, 5:00 am

Frustrated by his cautious approach, Palestinians lose faith in Biden

Officials in Ramallah appreciate US president’s restoration of two-state solution narrative, but not his refusal to reopen diplomatic missions or embrace Abbas

By Jacob Magid and Aaron Boxerman

Ahmad Tibi and Ayman Odeh of the Arab Joint List during a plenum session in the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem, on July 6, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

May 10, 2022, 2:00 pm

Daily Briefing May 10: Coalition gets by with a little help from some ‘friends’

Palestinian affairs correspondent Aaron Boxerman weighs in on Temple Mount a year after the 11-day Gaza war; US correspondent Jacob Magid unravels the recent settlements dustup

By TOI staff

In this July 19, 2021 file photo, US President Joe Biden, right, meets with Jordan's King Abdullah II, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

May 10, 2022, 12:59 am

Jordanian king to meet Biden at White House amid Temple Mount tensions

Leaders reportedly to focus on reducing pressure at flashpoint Jerusalem holy site that threatens to spark a wider conflict and damage ties between Israel and Jordan

By TOI staff and Jacob Magid

Construction work in the Israeli settlement of Givat Zeev, near the Palestinian city of Ramallah in the West Bank, on October 28, 2021. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

May 7, 2022, 11:29 pm

Coalition would fall if settlement homes plan not okayed, officials said to tell US

Initial proposal said reduced from a total of 5,800 homes to 4,000 following talks with Washington, with 1,000 housing units said slated for Palestinians

By TOI staff

Israelis protest at the Gush Etzion junction against Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's visit to US president Joe Biden and on what they claim to be the freeze on settlement development, on August 24, 2021. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)

May 7, 2022, 12:30 am

US slams slated settlement approvals: ‘Deeply damages prospect for 2 state solution’

State Department spokeswoman expresses Biden administration’s ‘strong opposition’ hours after Israel announces plan to green-light 4,000 units for Jewish towns in West Bank

By Jacob Magid

This file photo from October 13, 2021, shows construction in the Israeli settlement of Rahalim, located near the Palestinian village of Yatma, south of Nablus in the northern West Bank. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP)

May 6, 2022, 5:11 pm

Israel set to advance 4,000 settlement homes, testing US opposition

Officials deny report White House threatened to nix upcoming Biden trip over approvals, but say it made its position against the plan clear; 2 outposts to get retroactive approval

By Jacob Magid and Aaron Boxerman

US President Joe Biden sends a video greeting to Israel to mark its 74th Independence Day on May 5, 2022. (Screenshot)

May 5, 2022, 11:48 am

‘Our ties are unbreakable’: Biden, world leaders share Independence Day messages

Canada’s Trudeau vows to ‘continue to oppose efforts to isolate Israel in international fora’; amid diplomatic spat, Putin says he is ‘confident’ in Russia-Israel relations

By Amy Spiro

A crowd of people gather outside the Supreme Court, on May 3, 2022 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

May 3, 2022, 10:01 pm

Leaked Supreme Court draft ignites abortion firestorm in Washington

Biden slams ‘radical’ document, calls on voters to defend ‘fundamental’ rights; Senate leader Schumer says Democrats will work to enshrine Roe v. Wade into law

By Agencies

The opening roundtable begins at the Negev Summit, as Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, clockwise from left, makes opening remarks with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, United Arab Emirates' Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Morocco's Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, and Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani, March 28, 2022, in Sde Boker. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

May 3, 2022, 4:53 pm

As Israel, US prep for Biden visit, second regional forum reportedly being weighed

US president expected in late June; according to Axios, White House looking to build on ties forged during March’s Negev Summit, though plans are not concrete

By TOI staff and Jacob Magid

President Joe Biden speaks at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner, April 30, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

May 1, 2022, 10:17 am

Biden roasts Trump, GOP, himself at first post-COVID correspondents’ dinner

US president also pokes fun at Fox News; is first US leader to attend the event in six years

By Farnoush Amiri and Will Weissert