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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 584

Thomas Friedman

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves as he disembarks from his plane in Tel Aviv on August 18, 2024. (Kevin Mohatt / Pool / AFP)
October 18, 2024, 4:44 am
Blinken weighing visit as US seeks to renew talks, end war, after Sinwar killed
Herzog tells top US diplomat first priority is freeing hostages; Blinken speaks to Gulf leaders about post-war Gaza; US says it’ll ‘redouble’ efforts now ‘chief obstacle’ removed
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (right) and US President Joe Biden shake hands in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, July 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
February 1, 2024, 12:32 pm
Biden said set to make push for demilitarized Palestinian state as part of new doctrine
New York Times’ Thomas Friedman, who’s close to the US administration, says emerging doctrine would include Saudi-Israeli normalization, 2-state solution, and campaign against Iran
By Lazar Berman
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, welcomes US President Joe Biden to Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, July 15, 2022. (Bandar Aljaloud/Saudi Royal Palace via AP, File)
September 6, 2023, 1:33 pm
Daily Briefing Sept 6: Would Israeli-Saudi normalization make Biden a ‘useful idiot’?
Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman reviews FM Cohen’s Bahrain trip and Tom Friedman’s critique; legal affairs reporter Jeremy Sharon summarizes the AG-justice minister conflict
By ToI Staff
File: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a press conference on the planned construction of a new railway line from the northern city of Kiryat Shmona to Eilat, in Jerusalem, July 30, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 6, 2023, 5:44 am
Tom Friedman to Biden: Don’t be Netanyahu’s ‘useful idiot’ with Saudi normalization
Lamenting ‘not normal’ Israeli government, NYT columnist implores president to only accept deal that includes Israeli concessions to Palestinians to keep two-state solution alive
By Jacob Magid
US President Joe Biden meets with Israeli President Isaac Herzog in the Oval Office at the White House on July 18, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images/AFP)
July 20, 2023, 5:56 am
Biden’s NYT remarks meant to refute Netanyahu’s portrayal of conversation — report
Administration said to be displeased over PMO readout of call with president this week; Biden again cautions against judicial overhaul without broad consensus
By ToI Staff
US President Joe Biden looks at Israel's President Isaac Herzog as they meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, July 18, 2023. (Susan Walsh/AP)
July 19, 2023, 9:49 am
Biden indicates ‘special relationship’ on the line in absence of consensus on overhaul
US president tells NY Times’s Tom Friedman that ‘vibrancy of Israel’s democracy’ is at heart of ties between the 2 countries, but threatened by unilateral moves to weaken judiciary
By ToI Staff, Jacob Magid and Lazar Berman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, June 18, 2023. (Amit Shabi/Pool)
July 12, 2023, 5:07 pm
American, Israeli officials downplay columnist’s claim US reassessing ties with Israel
A day after NY Times’s Thomas Friedman says White House revisiting relationship, US officials say no such ‘formal’ process is underway, though Washington is ‘worried’
By Lazar Berman, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, right, and Justice Minister Yariv Levin, left, at the Knesset in Jerusalem, July 10, 2023. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
July 12, 2023, 10:40 am
NY Times’s Friedman: Netanyahu government making rethink of US-Israel ties ‘inevitable’
Columnist says Biden administration believes Israeli coalition is using judicial overhaul as cover for ‘unprecedented radical behavior… that is undermining our shared interests’
By ToI Staff
Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to address supporters at the party's campaign headquarters in Jerusalem early on November 2, 2022, as election results come in. (Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP)
November 4, 2022, 8:25 pm
‘The Israel We Knew Is Gone’: NYT’s Friedman mourns Netanyahu return, far-right rise
Columnist says emerging government akin to Trump re-election with Giuliani as AG, Flynn as defense secretary, Proud Boys head as Homeland Security chief
By ToI Staff
Clockwise from top left: The Abraham Accords signing ceremony on the White House lawn, September 15, 2020; Yasser Arafat confers with Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa before an Arab Information Ministers meeting in Cairo, August 15, 2001; Palestinian women view destroyed houses at the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank, April 28, 2002; The aftermath of the Park Hotel bombing on March 27, 2002. (AP/Alex Brandon, AP/Enric Marti, AP/Greg Baker, Flash90)
February 23, 2022, 4:15 am
3 days in March: How the 2nd Intifada’s bloodiest hours seeded today’s Middle East
In ‘Death Tango,’ ex-Mossad man and strategic analyst Yossi Alpher reflects on consecutive events during Second Intifada that he says doomed the peace process, possibly for good
By Renee Ghert-Zand
New York Times columnist, Thomas L. Friedman. (Rebecca Zeffert/Flash90)
September 19, 2018, 7:40 pm
Tom Friedman urges Abbas, US Arab allies to say yes to plan with 2 key criteria
NYT columnist: Palestinians should promise backing for deal that offers demilitarized state, some E. J’lem rule; Israel must choose between separation, losing its Jewish democracy
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a Likud faction meeting at the Knesset on May 21, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 24, 2018, 6:19 am
NY Times’ Friedman: Netanyahu ‘too cowardly’ to take steps necessary for peace
Top columnist also pans Hamas for its disastrous policies in Gaza since Israel pulled out; says environmental issues may soon force sides out of their corners
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A photo released by Iranian media reportedly shows the T-4 air base in central Syria after a missile barrage attributed to Israel on April 9, 2018. (Iranian media)
April 16, 2018, 9:12 pm
Israel tries to dissociate itself from claim of responsibility for Syria raid
Hours after NYTimes’ Tom Friedman quotes Israeli official acknowledging attack on ‘Iranian targets’ last week, columnist updates article with IDF objection
By ToI Staff
Outgoing US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) gestures as he speaks on the opening day of the World Economic Forum, on January 17, 2017, in Davos.(AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI)
January 17, 2017, 9:25 pm
Kerry: US anti-settlement moves aimed to ‘ignite a debate’
Secretary of state calls Israel’s West Bank policy a ‘recipe for permanent insurgency,’ says he told Netanyahu he’s unilaterally ‘changing peace map’
By ToI Staff
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina, August 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
August 11, 2016, 3:49 am
With gun comment, Trump’s bid to stay on message goes up in firestorm
Just a day after the candidate showed he can restrain himself as his GOP colleagues have urged, Trump returned to classic form with rhetoric that reminded some of the sort that led to Rabin’s assassination
By Eric Cortellessa
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