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Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif addresses a meeting to promote the elimination of nuclear weapons, during the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday September 26, 2018 at UN headquarters (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
January 8, 2019, 12:41 am
Zarif jeers at ‘blind’ Bolton visiting Western Wall; Bahraini FM fires back
After Iran’s top diplomat lampoons photo of US official wearing VR goggles, Manama counterpart comes to defense of DC and Jerusalem with a photo of his own
By TOI staff
David Keyes, left, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on their way to the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, March 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, pool)
December 12, 2018, 8:14 pm
Netanyahu spokesman Keyes officially quits after sexual misconduct allegations
Keyes thanks commission for closing probe into wrongdoing, indicates he will enter the private sector; PM praises California native for videos explaining Israel’s positions
By Raphael Ahren
US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump attend a Hanukkah reception with Holocaust survivors in the East Room of the White House on December 6, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
December 7, 2018, 8:12 pm
Trump praises Israel as ‘your country’ to American Jews
At White House Hanukkah party, the president insinuates that US Jews have a dual loyalty to Israel
By JTA and TOI staff
Israeli Ambassador to the US Ron Dermer addresses a Hanukkah reception at the Washington D.C. residence of Poland’s Ambassador the US Piotr Wilczek, December 3, 2018 (screen shoot: facebook.com/ambdermer)
December 4, 2018, 11:26 pm
Despite outrage, envoy to US hails Israeli-Polish Holocaust complicity statement
At reception hosted by Polish colleague, Ron Dermer does not mention Shoah, but says controversial joint declaration allows both nations ‘to respect the past’
By Raphael Ahren
Rabbi Alvin Berkun, rabbi emeritus of The Tree of Life/Ohr Kodesh congregation in Pittsburgh, and Tzippy Holland, a Holocaust survivor, join at the Israeli American Council conference in a tribute to the police who stopped the massacre at a Pittsburgh synagogue, Nov. 29 2018. (IAC via JTA)
November 30, 2018, 8:26 pm
A conference for Israeli Americans pays tribute to Pittsburgh
Amid rising anti-Semitism, participants draw a clear link with the need to support a strong Israel
By Ron Kampeas
David Keyes speaks to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as he opens the weekly cabinet meeting at his Jerusalem office, July 23, 2018. (Gali Tibbon/Pool via AP)
November 29, 2018, 11:56 am
Civil Service Commission drops probe of Netanyahu spokesman David Keyes
Body also ends examination of Ambassador Ron Dermer, who did not pass on information about alleged sexual misconduct
By Raphael Ahren
David Keyes, left, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on their way to the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, March 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, pool)
November 21, 2018, 10:21 pm
PM spokesman David Keyes to resign after sexual misconduct probe closed – report
Civil Service Commission also said to end examination of Ambassador Dermer, who did not pass on information about alleged bad behavior
By Raphael Ahren
Jonathan Pollard (left), and his lawyer Eliot Lauer leave federal court in New York following a hearing, July 22, 2016. (AP/Larry Neumeister, File)
November 21, 2018, 9:22 pm
US rejects Israeli request to let Jonathan Pollard move to Israel – report
Justice Department said to deem convicted spy’s actions too severe, refuses to consider his age and waning health
By Michael Bachner
Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin speaks to the audience during the Republican Party's Lincoln Dinner on August 25, 2018, in Lexington, Kentucky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
November 16, 2018, 2:21 pm
Kentucky bars state contractors from involvement in Israel boycotts
Governor Matt Bevin signs executive order at ceremony attended by Israeli ambassador, calls BDS anti-Semitic and ‘repugnant’
By JTA
Abraham Foxman (Miriam Alster/Flash90/File)
November 2, 2018, 6:48 pm
Foxman scolds Israeli envoys for wading into debate over Trump and Pittsburgh
Former ADL chief says officials from Jerusalem should limit their activity to standing with the Jewish community in its time of need
By JTA
An Israeli man hangs campaign posters for local elections in the center of Jerusalem on October 30, 2018. (THOMAS COEX / AFP)
October 31, 2018, 3:54 pm
Runoffs, revolutions and rage: 9 things to know for October 31
Jerusalem heads to a second round, Haifa becomes first major city to elect a female head and Tel Aviv sticks with a ‘dictator’; plus Trump’s Israeli in Pittsburgh sparks questions
By Joshua Davidovich
Rabbi Rick Jacobs, the president of the Union for Reform Judaism, taking questions from rabbis at a session for clergy at the Reform biennial in San Diego, Dec. 13, 2013. (photo credit: URJ via JTA)
October 23, 2018, 8:21 pm
Non-orthodox leaders downplay Netanyahu’s ‘back channel’ delegation of rabbis
PM said to fly in group of pro-government rabbis ahead of Jewish Federations General Assembly out of frustration with regular criticism from Reform and Conservative movements
By Ben Sales
Ron Dermer, Israel's ambassador to the United States, speaks at the Economic Club of Detroit in Detroit, Michigan, on June 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
October 11, 2018, 4:41 pm
Israel’s DC envoy refuses to meet J Street, snubs other left-wing Jewish groups
Unlike his predecessor, Ron Dermer steadfastly refuses to sit down with liberal advocacy organization, which accuses him of acting more like a GOP operative than a diplomat
By Eric Cortellessa
Emirati Ambassador to the US Yousef al-Otaiba gestures during an event with US House Speaker Paul Ryan, at the Emirates Diplomatic Academy, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)
October 11, 2018, 12:45 pm
UAE ambassador to US shares table with Israel’s US envoy at pro-Israel event
In show of strengthening ties between the two countries, Emirates’s Yousef al-Otaiba joins Ron Dermer at public Washington dinner
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) with Israel's Ambassador to the US Ron Dermer, at the president's guest house, in Washington, DC, February 14, 2017. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)
September 26, 2018, 8:07 pm
Netanyahu backs US envoy’s handling of sexual misconduct claims against aide
PM says he’s sure Ron Dermer acted properly in choosing not to alert PMO to warning about David Keyes, notes the ambassador’s decision is being checked by Civil Service Commission
By Raphael Ahren
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