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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 371

US foreign policy

Rescuers sift through the rubble at the scene of an Israeli strike that targeted Hezbollah terror group commanders meeting in Beirut's southern suburbs a day earlier, as search and rescue operations continue on September 21, 2024. (AFP)
September 21, 2024, 9:49 am
US treading softly with Israel, Hezbollah escalation, fearing to make things worse
Analysts note lack of public top-level communication between US and Israel in recent days and say Biden administration appears to only be reacting to events
By AP
Republican presidential candidate former president Donald Trump (left) speaks at a Get Out The Vote rally at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina, February 10, 2024. (AP Photo/ Manuel Balce Ceneta) President Joe Biden meets with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in the White House February 9, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Andrew Harnik)
February 11, 2024, 9:49 pm
Allies think US is becoming less reliable, regardless of who wins election
European leaders are becoming more inclined to increase military spending and create alliances without the US
By AP and ToI Staff
President Joe Biden speaks in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
February 9, 2024, 10:43 pm
White House clarifies Biden spoke of Israel when he said Gaza response ‘over the top’
After lack of clarity on president’s comments, press secretary says ‘US wants to see Hamas defeated,’ but Israel must do so while protecting civilians
By Jacob Magid, ToI Staff and Agencies
US President Joe Biden speaks at the White House, February 8, 2024, in Washington. (AP/Evan Vucci)
February 9, 2024, 11:51 am
Addressing state of Israel-Hamas war, Biden calls Gaza response ‘over the top’
US president also says ‘a lot of innocent people are dying, and it’s gotta stop’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC, on March 21, 2022. (Kevin LaMarque/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
March 24, 2022, 11:42 pm
Blinken’s family Holocaust history looms large as he explains US policy on Ukraine
War sees US secretary of state stuck between the personal and the political, as Zelensky repeats Holocaust comparisons, urging the world to do more
By Ron Kampeas
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken outlines the Biden administration's foreign policy priorities during a speech at State Department in Washington on March 3, 2021. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool/AFP)
March 3, 2021, 10:43 pm
Listing Biden’s foreign policy priorities, Blinken doesn’t include Israel, Iran
In his first major speech, secretary of state calls US ties with China the ‘biggest geopolitical test’ of the 21st century
By AFP
US President Joe Biden delivers remarks to State Department staff, February 4, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
February 5, 2021, 12:04 am
Resetting US foreign policy after Trump, Biden declares: ‘Diplomacy is back’
Skipping mention of Israel, and of Iran, president calls on Myanmar military to ‘relinquish power’ after coup, vows to fight ‘authoritarianism’ in China, Russia
By AAMER MADHANI, Matthew Lee and DARLENE SUPERVILLE
Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit speaks during an Arab League emergency meeting discussing the US-brokered proposal for a settlement of the Middle East conflict, Cairo, February 1, 2020. (Khaled DESOUKI/AFP)
January 19, 2021, 8:22 am
Arab League chief hopes Biden reverses Trump policies, revives 2-state solution
In briefing to UN Security Council on Mideast, Ahmed Aboul Gheit says outgoing US president emboldened Israel to take ‘dangerous and destructive steps’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Left: Then-US President-elect Joe Biden on January 14, 2021, in Wilmington, Delaware (AP Photo/Matt Slocum); Right: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a meeting in Tehran, Iran, December 9, 2020. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
January 18, 2021, 10:27 pm
Guided by domestic concerns, Biden aims to reenter Iran deal as ‘first step’
Despite objections by Israel, other countries, and many US lawmakers, president-elect wants to avoid escalation in Middle East so he can focus on America’s challenges
By Ellen Knickmeyer
US Vice President Joe Biden, right, offers his condolences to Prince Salman bin Abdel-Aziz upon the death of his brother Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, at Prince Sultan palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
January 14, 2021, 1:27 pm
Israel said planning to lobby Biden to go easy on new Mideast allies over rights
Defense officials reportedly fear new US administration will clamp down on abuses by Saudi Arabia, Egypt and UAE, imperiling Israel’s improved ties with them and strengthening Iran
By ToI Staff
Then-presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event, July 14, 2020, in Wilmington, Delaware. (AP/Patrick Semansky)
November 11, 2020, 2:07 pm
Biden can do well in the Mideast, if only because so little is expected of him
Under both Obama and Trump, America seemed capricious and unable to keep its commitments; few are now willing to risk relying on its short attention span
By Haviv Rettig Gur
US Vice President Joe Biden listens as President Barack Obama delivers remarks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, July 14, 2015, after an Iran nuclear deal is reached. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)
November 8, 2020, 12:32 pm
Return of Iran deal? Middle East heads for major US policy revamp under Biden
President-elect likely to reengage with Tehran, to the dismay of Israel and the Gulf, and restore ties with Palestinians; but isn’t expected to fully return to pre-Trump status quo
By Mohamad Ali Harissi
Former US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks during the first day of the Republican convention at the Mellon auditorium in Washington, DC on August 24, 2020. (OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP)
August 25, 2020, 5:07 pm
Nikki Haley cites Trump’s Israel policies in Republican convention speech
Former US envoy to UN, seen as strong candidate for 2024, slams Obama-Biden administration for ‘denouncing’ Jewish state by failing to veto UN condemnation of settlements
By Ron Kampeas
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event at the William "Hicks" Anderson Community Center in Wilmington, Delaware, on July 28, 2020 (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
August 1, 2020, 5:48 pm
Biden eyes major shifts in US foreign policy, including restored Palestinian aid
Presumptive democratic nominee and his surrogates say his top priorities, if he beats Trump, will include resuming assistance to Palestinian Authority and UNRWA
By Matthew Lee and Will Weissert
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attends a forum titled 'Common Security in the Islamic World' in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian, File)
February 15, 2020, 3:07 pm
Iranian FM: Trump, led by novice advisers, brought region close to war
Zarif claims ‘cowardly’ killing of Soleimani backfired, served as ‘the beginning of the end of the US in the region’; says Pompeo sent Tehran ‘inappropriate,’ threatening letter
By ToI Staff and Agencies
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