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US President Donald Trump delivers remarks in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC on February 15, 2019. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)
February 16, 2019, 2:49 am
New US spending bill includes $200m increase in defense aid to Israel
Legislation signed by Trump to avoid second government shutdown includes $3.3b earmarked by Obama administration in 2016
By Eric Cortellessa
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas speaks to the press near the Albert Einstein Memorial in Washington, DC on February 6, 2019. (Eric BARADAT / AFP)
February 16, 2019, 2:13 am
EU, Germany reject US call to leave Iran nuclear deal
European officials hit back after Pence criticism, say salvaging 2015 accord ‘fundamental’ to continent’s security
By David Rising
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, arrives for a session at the conference on Peace and Security in the Middle East in Warsaw, Poland, February 14, 2019. (AP/Czarek Sokolowski)
February 14, 2019, 1:50 pm
Palestinians say Warsaw meet ‘normalizes occupation’
After PA refused to attend Middle East conference, adviser to Abbas complains US is denying Palestinian right to self-determination by siding with Israel
By AFP
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a meeting with a group of the air force staff in Tehran, Iran, February 8, 2019. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
February 13, 2019, 6:40 pm
Khamenei: Iran has presence near Israel’s borders, talks with US can only ‘harm’
In statement ahead of US-led Mideast conference in Warsaw, supreme leader says any negotiations with Washington would be an ‘unforgivable mistake’
By Agencies and TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on February 5, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
February 13, 2019, 10:04 am
Heading to Warsaw, Netanyahu hopes summit brings Arab ties out into the open
Observers doubtful that Gulf states, Saudi Arabia will be willing to use conference on Iran to go public on clandestine cooperation with Israel
By Aron Heller
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, right, meets US President Donald Trump In the West Bank city of Bethlehem on May 23, 2017. (Fadi Arouri, Xinhua Pool via AP)
February 12, 2019, 1:55 pm
US denies telling banks to stop working with Palestinians
PA accused Washington of launching ‘financial siege’ on West Bank amid breakdown in relations
By AFP and TOI staff
US Vice President Mike Pence, right, and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrive at the second Conference for Prosperity and Security in Central America at the State Department on October 11, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
February 12, 2019, 12:34 pm
US presents Middle East vision in Warsaw, but no converts
European powers decline to focus on Iran at conference; Jared Kushner expected to give rare speech about Israeli-Palestinian ‘deal of the century’
By Shaun Tandon
US President Donald Trump (R) meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House, March 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
February 11, 2019, 5:35 pm
White House said to have finalized Middle East peace plan
US officials tell Fox News that Trump is ‘happy with parameters’ of Israeli-Palestinian peace proposal; negotiator Greenblatt denies report
By TOI staff
A new housing project in the West Bank settlement of Naale, January 1, 2019 (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
February 6, 2019, 8:53 am
West Bank settlers report surge in population growth
Settlement group says Trump administration policies clearing the way for an upswing in construction in coming years
By Josef Federman
US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands after speaking at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem on May 23, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 5, 2019, 11:32 pm
US: The fact that we’re pro-Israel doesn’t mean we can’t mediate peace
As White House readies its peace proposal, senior official dismisses the need for equivalency as a ‘vestige of talking points from decades ago’
By Raphael Ahren
File: US President Donald Trump's Special Representative for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt, center, on a tour of Israel that includes the Gaza periphery area, Ziv Hospital in Safed and the Old City of Jerusalem, August 29-30, 2017. (US Embassy Jerusalem/via JTA)
February 5, 2019, 8:29 am
Palestinians mock Trump’s Mideast peace broker for Twitter diplomacy
Jason Greenblatt says he’s ‘always available to meet their leadership,’ but will continue to speak ‘in public via Twitter so the public can understand everyone’s positions’
By Ron Kampeas
In this February 1, 2019, photo, US President Donald Trump speaks in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
February 5, 2019, 8:22 am
Trump to call for unity, face skepticism in State of Union
US president’s standing weakened as he begins third year in office, with border wall controversy pushing approval rating down to 34%
By Julie Pace
Havi Fisher, courtesy
February 2, 2019, 3:40 am
What it’s like to be a transgender Jew in the US military now
Navy captain Havi Fisher says he is no longer eligible to join medical officer’s program due to controversial Trump ban
By Josefin Dolsten
In this file photo taken on January 25, 2019, US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell talks with reporters at the US Capitol in Washington, DC (WIN MCNAMEE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
February 1, 2019, 5:01 am
Bipartisan US Senate vote rebukes Trump on Syria, Afghanistan pullout plans
Measure led by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell states that Islamic State and al-Qaeda have yet to be defeated, still pose a serious threat to America
By MARY CLARE JALONICK
US President Donald Trump speaks before a meeting between US and Chinese officials in the Oval Office of the White House January 31, 2019 in Washington, DC (Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
February 1, 2019, 4:50 am
In reversal, Trump says he and intel chiefs actually on ‘same page’
President says top officials have told him their testimony on global threats at a Senate hearing was ‘mischaracterized’ by the media
By Matthew Daly
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