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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 646

Robert O'Brien

In this photo provided by the White House, US President Donald Trump is joined by from left, national security adviser Robert O'Brien, Vice President Mike Pence, Defense Secretary mark Esper, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley and Brig. Gen. Marcus Evans, Deputy Director for Special Operations on the Joint Staff, October 26, 2019, in the Situation Room of the White House in Washington, as they monitor developments in the US Special Operations forces raid that took out Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. (Shealah Craighead/The White House via AP)
May 8, 2022, 8:58 am
Trump sought pre-election strike on senior Iranian commander, says ex-Pentagon chief
In new book, Mark Esper claims then-national security adviser O’Brien wanted to ‘create news’ ahead of 2020 vote to boost former US president’s chance of winning
By ToI Staff
This June 6, 2013 file photo shows the sign outside the National Security Agency (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Maryland. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
December 19, 2020, 9:41 am
Hacked networks will need to be burned ‘down to the ground’
Experts say there simply are not enough skilled threat-hunting teams to identify all government and private-sector systems that may have been attacked
By Frank Bajak
US National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien, left, meets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, December 13, 2020. (courtesy US Embassy)
December 13, 2020, 6:37 pm
If unstopped, Iran will become ‘global bully,’ Netanyahu tells top Trump aide
Visiting Jerusalem, US National Security Adviser O’Brien says Israel’s Morocco normalization deal even more remarkable than other agreements with Arab states
By Raphael Ahren
US Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen disembark from a plane upon their arrival at Ben Gurion International Airport to attend the World Holocaust Forum at the Yad Vashem memorial center, January 23, 2020. (Ammar Awad/Pool Photo via AP)
December 13, 2020, 12:14 pm
Pence said planning Israel visit a week before Biden’s inauguration
Minister in Netanyahu’s party says ‘it’s likely that during the trip itself there will be a declaration of normalization’ with another Arab state
By ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump talks on the phone with the leaders of Sudan and Israel, as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, and National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien, applaud in the Oval Office, October 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
November 16, 2020, 8:12 pm
Trump aide promises ‘very professional transition’ to Biden
Robert O’Brien says it ‘obviously’ looks like Democrat will be determined to have won US elections, even as president continues to falsely claim he has triumphed
By Jon Gambrell
Air Force Chief Amiram Norkin speaks during an interview broadcast September 24, 2020 (Screen grab)
September 24, 2020, 11:01 am
Air force chief: UAE F-35 sale could be ‘less optimal’ for Israel in long term
Amiram Norkin says balance in region may be upset by the sale but the US is committed to maintaining Israel’s military edge
By ToI Staff
US ambassador to Israel David Friedman during a visit in the Jewish settlement of Efrat, in Gush Etzion, February 20, 2020. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
September 23, 2020, 4:18 pm
US ambassador: It will take 6-7 years for UAE to get F-35 jets
Friedman appears to denounce critics of planned sale, which Israeli defense officials fear could harm Israel’s military edge, saying matter is being addressed by ‘professionals’
By Judah Ari Gross
US Defense Chief Mark Esper, left, and Defense Minister Benny Gantz, meeting at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on September 22, 2020. (Jim Garamone/ Department of Defense)
September 23, 2020, 1:59 am
Pentagon head tells Gantz US will protect Israeli edge, as F-35 sale zooms ahead
Mark Esper assures defense minister, on visit to Washington, that maintaining Israeli military superiority in region a ‘cornerstone’ of defense relationship
By ToI Staff
US National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem, on August 30, 2020. (Debbie Hill/Pool/AFP)
September 4, 2020, 9:19 am
US’s O’Brien: We’re committed to 2-state solution; Palestinians need new leaders
Trump’s national security adviser says Palestinians have ‘unique opportunity’ for peace, jabs ‘Marxist-Leninist revolutionary struggle mentality’ of Palestinian leaders
By ToI Staff
Israeli and United Arab Emirates flags line a road in the coastal city of Netanya on August 16, 2020. (Jack Guez/AFP)
August 31, 2020, 9:48 pm
Israel says talks underway for quick establishment of embassies with UAE
National security adviser says regular commercial flights could be available in weeks; Netanyahu says Emirati delegation invited to Israel as security talks launch in Abu Dhabi
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discusses the Israel-UAE normalization deal at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on August 13, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 31, 2020, 8:16 pm
Netanyahu celebrates UAE deal, says Abu Dhabi delegation invited to Israel
PM credits own policies laid out in 1990s for reaching peace, claims US will protect Jewish state’s qualitative military edge despite wanting to sell jets to Gulf
By ToI Staff
From left, US National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien, Trump Administration Senior Adviser Jared Kushner, UAE Foreign Minister Anwar Gargash and Israel's National Security Advisder Meir Ben Shabbat meeting in Abu Dhabi on August 31, 2020. (Israeli Prime Minister's Office)
August 31, 2020, 4:48 pm
‘Join us’ in peace, Kushner urges region, as El Al flight brings Israelis to UAE
Joint US-Israeli delegation arrives in Abu Dhabi on unprecedented direct journey, overflying Saudi Arabia; talks underway to put breakthrough Israel-UAE normalization into effect
By Raphael Ahren and ToI Staff
An El Al plane seen on a flight tracking website as it makes the first commercial flight between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, by crossing Saudi Arabian airspace, on August 31, 2020. (screen capture: FlightRadar24)
August 31, 2020, 2:39 pm
El Al flight lands in UAE after becoming 1st Israeli plane to cross Saudi Arabia
‘Another step toward regional peace’: Pilot of first Tel Aviv-Abu Dhabi passenger flight says hours were shaved off journey by using shorter route
By Raphael Ahren and ToI Staff
A peace logo in Arabic, English and Hebrew is painted on El Al flight 971 on August 30, 2020 ahead of its maiden direct flight from Tel Aviv to Abu Dhabi (El Al spokesperson)
August 31, 2020, 6:13 am
Historic first Israel-UAE commercial flight likely to cross Saudi airspace
El Al flight 971 to depart Monday morning carrying high-level Israeli and US delegations to Abu Dhabi for two days of talks on civil and economic details of normalization deal
By ToI Staff
From left to right: US National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien, White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem on August 30, 2020. (Jorge Novomeysky/GPO)
August 30, 2020, 10:18 pm
Amid F-35 tussle, Gantz says he will work with US to keep Israel’s military edge
Defense minister appears to reference pending Washington sale of advanced fighter jets to UAE in meeting with visiting American delegation, lauds brokering of normalization deal
By ToI Staff
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