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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 564

Yechiel Leiter

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to media outlets ahead of boarding a plane to Washington on February 2, 2025. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)
March 27, 2025, 9:47 pm
Netanyahu flight path to US was lengthened due to concerns over ICC warrant, health
Israeli Ambassador to US Yechiel Leiter says journey to DC last month took 13.5 hours because prime minister flew over US military bases in case he required emergency landing
By Amy Spiro
Israel's Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter (center) and US President Donald Trump's Middle East adviser Massad Boulos (right) at an iftar dinner at Israel's embassy, in Washington, DC, March 24, 2025. (Israel Embassy in the United States)
March 26, 2025, 10:07 am
Israel’s US embassy hosts interfaith Ramadan iftar dinner
Representatives from Gulf states glaringly absent amid ongoing war; Muslim leaders at event denounce Hamas and other extremist groups
By Lazar Berman
Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer walks into the Executive Office Building next to the White House in Washington, DC on December 26, 2023. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP)
March 9, 2025, 10:42 pm
Dermer lobbied for moving Gazans to Sinai during ‘tense’ meet with Egyptian official
PM’s confidant claimed Egyptian public less opposed to idea than its government, alarming Cairo, which has since sought to bring him to country to further make case against idea
By Jacob Magid
Palestinian Hamas terrorist fighters in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on February 15, 2025. (Eyad BABA / AFP)
February 19, 2025, 12:50 pm
Daily Briefing Feb. 19: Day 502 – Hamas fights for survival with ‘grand gestures’
US bureau chief Jacob Magid on terror group’s new ‘generosity’ on releasing hostages, former US envoy Brett McGurk’s op-ed, and allegations from Israel’s new US ambassador
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, is greeted by Israel's Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter on his arrival in Washington DC, February 3, 2025. (Yechiel Leiter/X)
February 15, 2025, 2:19 am
Israel’s US envoy: Egypt’s Sissi is breaking peace deal, ‘playing both sides’ with Hamas
Ambassador Yechiel Leiter tells US Jewish leaders Israel will start sharing ‘truth’ about Qatar after having to ‘suck it up’ for captives’ sake, says Turkey stoking tensions on Temple Mount
By Jacob Magid
US President Donald Trump, right, meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, September 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
January 28, 2025, 5:22 am
Netanyahu aiming to meet Trump at White House next week in first visit by foreign leader
US officials say details of trip could be arranged when presidential envoy Steve Witkoff visits Israel this week; PM’s health also a factor as he recovers from prostate surgery
By Jacob Magid and Agencies
Yechiel Leiter, whom Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has tapped to serve as Israel's next ambassador to the US, is applauded during Netanyahu's speech to the US Congress, after the prime minister tells the story of Leiter's son, who fell in battle in the Gaza Strip; July 24, 2024. (Screen capture via YouTube, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 24, 2024, 1:38 pm
Cabinet okays career official, settlement activist Yechiel Leiter as next US envoy
American-born academic was member of Kahanist Jewish Defense League in youth, served as chief of staff to Netanyahu when he was finance minister; son was killed fighting in Gaza
By Lazar Berman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, center, and then-tourism minister Yariv Levin during a meeting to discuss mapping extension of Israeli sovereignty to areas of the West Bank, held in the Ariel settlement, February 24, 2020. (David Azagury/ US Embassy Jerusalem/ File)
November 12, 2024, 12:07 am
Ex-Trump aides warn Israeli ministers not to assume he’ll back annexation in 2nd term
Cabinet members told support for controversial move could hamper other US foreign policy goals, would only happen as part of peace plan like the one in 2020 that far-right opposed
By Jacob Magid
Yechiel Leiter, whom Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has tapped to serve as Israel's next ambassador to the US, is applauded during Netanyahu's speech to the US Congress, after the prime minister tells the story of Leiter's son, who fell in battle in the Gaza Strip; July 24, 2024. (Screen capture via YouTube, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 8, 2024, 7:30 pm
Netanyahu taps former official, settlement activist Yechiel Leiter as next US ambassador
American-born academic served as chief of staff to now-PM when he was finance minister; West Bank settlement leader lauds appointment; son was killed fighting Hamas in Gaza
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
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