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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 572

Robert Wexler

Illustrative: Israeli Jews and Palestinians talk to each other during a coexistence meeting in the West Bank, on July 22, 2015 (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
February 4, 2022, 10:32 pm
US fills board that’ll dish out $250m for Israel-Palestine peace-building projects
Partnership for Peace Fund Advisory Board will be chaired by Palestinian-American lawyer George Salem along with other prominent figures in field from both sides of the aisle
By Jacob Magid
View of the Ben & Jerry's factory shop in Yavne, July 20, 2021. (Flash90)
July 21, 2021, 2:13 pm
Daily Briefing July 21 – How anti-BDS laws may melt Ben & Jerry’s freeze
US correspondent Jacob Magid dishes up practical measures that 30+ states may employ against ice cream giant while political reporter Tal Schneider tells of a licked Yair Netanyahu
By ToI Staff
Then-Deputy Secretary of State Thomas R. Nides (center) talks to South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan (right) in Seoul, South Korea, on February 29, 2012. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man, Pool)
June 15, 2021, 11:07 pm
Biden announces nomination of Thomas Nides as US ambassador to Israel
Former State Dept. official with ties to Blinken and Obama still needs to be confirmed by Senate, though no major opposition expected
By Jacob Magid
Robert Wexler, President of the S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace and former Representative from Florida, addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
June 15, 2021, 9:35 pm
Former congressman: Give Democrats something to be for, not against, on Israel
Robert Wexler, who was considered as Biden’s envoy to Israel, says Bennett’s interest in narrowing conflict with Palestinians offers chance to promote policies Dems can get behind
By Jacob Magid
Then-Deputy Secretary of State Thomas R. Nides (center) talks to South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan (right) in Seoul, South Korea, on February 29, 2012. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man, Pool)
May 25, 2021, 12:48 am
Thomas Nides accepts Biden offer to serve as next US envoy to Israel – source
Former State Dept. official with ties to Blinken and Obama still needs to be confirmed by Senate, though no major opposition expected
By Jacob Magid
US Deputy Secretary of State Thomas Nides, right, and Deputy Secretary of State William Burns testify at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee on December 20, 2012. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
May 22, 2021, 1:25 am
Thomas Nides a lock as US envoy to Israel after ex-Rep. Wexler told job not his
Nides, a former State Dept. official with ties to Blinken and Obama, had been seen as early favorite, but former congressman got jolt of support from Jewish groups and lawmakers
By Jacob Magid
Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet in Israel in July 2009. (Government Press Office via JTA)
May 6, 2021, 7:39 am
Ex-congressman gets jolt of support in horse race for US ambassador to Israel
After lesser known banking executive emerges as frontrunner for envoy post, Jewish groups and lawmakers make frenzied push in favor of Robert Wexler, who they say is more qualified
By JTA and Jacob Magid
Tammy Friedman, left, Ambassador David Friedman, second left, and former ambassador Dan Shapiro, right, at the ambassador's residence in Herzliya in 2017. (US Embassy)
January 20, 2021, 4:21 pm
Four years after leaving post, will Dan Shapiro return as old-new US ambassador?
Ex-envoy’s name mentioned as possible candidate, along with energy guru Amos Hochstein and former Rep. Robert Wexler, as David Friedman prepares for post-ambassadorial life
By Tal Schneider
Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Delaware Democratic US Senate candidate Chris Coons, right, applaud while attending a rally for the Delaware Democratic Party ticket on November 1, 2010, in Wilmington, Del. (AP/Rob Carr)
November 13, 2020, 9:33 am
Who are Biden’s potential senior appointees, and what are their views on Israel?
Some picks may hinge on whether Democrats win Senate; choices for secretary of state boast pro-Israel bonafides but rankled some by supporting Iran deal
By Jacob Magid
Signs of support for Hillary Clinton and protest signs are seen on the fourth and final day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 28, 2016. (AFP/Robyn Beck)
July 29, 2016, 4:57 am
Jewish Democrats pressed to get out the vote for Clinton
Jews in swing states, Jewish millennials will be focus of efforts that include a new super PAC and community outreach
By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
Former US president Bill Clinton, right, cheers as former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg addresses the third evening session of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 27, 2016. (AFP/Saul Loeb)
July 29, 2016, 2:22 am
Why Bill Clinton’s Hebrew Hillary button resonated
Many Jewish Democrats share the view that the Clintons ‘get’ Israel; the ex-president’s casual reference to Jewish state, and the pin, reinforced that image
By Ron Kampeas
Israel's Ambassador to Washington Ron Dermer, formerly senior adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 28, 2016, 11:56 pm
At Democratic confab, Dermer touts Israel as bipartisan cause
Ambassador says West Bank settlement construction no impediment to peace, predicts US defense package deal only weeks away
By Eric Cortellessa
Former Congressman Howard Berman, left, and Cornel West, at right, listening to testimony at a Democratic Party platform drafting committee hearing in Washington, D.C., June 9 2016. (Ron Kampeas/JTA)
June 11, 2016, 3:27 am
Dems tussle over adding ‘occupation’ to party platform
As Clinton secures victory, Democratic National Committee debates how to describe Israel’s presence in West Bank
By Ron Kampeas
US President Barack Obama (C) participates in a farewell ceremony with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Israeli President Shimon Peres (L) at Ben Gurion International Airport. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
June 2, 2015, 10:18 pm
Where the Obama-Netanyahu relationship went wrong
Top aides to US president detail long, slow deterioration of trust between two leaders
By Ron Kampeas
Senator Joseph Lieberman in Washington. (photo credit: AP/Susan Walsh)
July 25, 2013, 11:59 pm
US Jews lend support to peace talks in new letter
140 prominent figures, including former conservative politicians, laud Netanyahu for readiness ‘to make painful compromises’
By Lazar Berman
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