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US support for Israel not a favor from past but an investment in region's future - editorial

If Washington doesn’t want more wars in the Middle East, it needs to support the one country that keeps the region from falling back into chaos.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu give thumbs-up at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 29, 2025.
A woman walks past a street lined with Taiwanese flags, in Kinmen, Taiwan, October 19, 2025.

Following the war, Israel should reduce US dependency and seek alliances in Asia - opinion

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and US Vice President JD Vance meet at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem last month. US politics has transformed Israel into a volatile symbol of domestic partisan identity, the writer asserts.

Israel must pivot from US partisanship dependent on Republican loyalty - opinion

 U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) attends a press conference alongside fellow Republicans following the passage of the Secure the Border Act, HR-2, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 11, 2023.

‘America First’ means supporting Israel - opinion


Reservists protest at Netanyahu's home: 'US boycotts Bibi while Iran builds a bomb'

Israel Police arrested two protesters outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's home and accused them of disturbing the peace.

 Members of Israel's military reservists protest outside of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence to demonstrate against his coalition government's judicial overhaul, in Jerusalem May 25, 2023.

America must be mindful of China's role in Middle East affairs - opinion

Saudi Arabia is neither ready nor able to give up the American defensive shield, and it believes that Israel, as America’s ally, has a role in securing this.

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah, last July: Saudi Arabia is not able to give up the American defensive shield, and believes Israel has a role in securing this.

42% of Americans are skeptical of Netanyahu's leadership - Pew report

In terms of political parties, Republicans were more likely than Democrats to express confidence in Netanyahu.

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference at the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv on April 10, 2023.

Biden: Israel can’t continue this way, Netanyahu won't be invited to White House

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US President Joe Biden that Israel is an independent country and doesn't answer to outside pressure.

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden, at the time serving as vice president, has dinner with then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, during his visit to Israel in 2010.

Antony Blinken: Israeli judicial reforms require consensus

This statement comes amidst the US's recent support of Isaac Herzog's judicial reform outline. However, the current government coalition rejected the Israeli president's proposal.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken

No White House visit for Israel's Netanyahu as US concern rises

Most new Israeli leaders had visited the US or met the president by this point. Only two out of 13 previous prime ministers heading a new government waited longer.

 US President Joe Biden with Israeli opposition head Benjamin Netanyahu on July 14, 2022

Israel at 75: The changing relations with American Jewry

As nationwide surveys attest, American Jews’ attachment to Israel has remained fairly stable to this day.

 STANDING TOGETHER at the US Capitol in support of Israel, in 2002.

PM Netanyahu welcomes Smotrich's retractions of Huwara comments

Smotrich's retraction of his comments comes amid reports that he won't receive a US visa ahead of his planned visit next week.

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich seen during a press conference, at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, on January 25, 2023.

120 US Jewish leaders call on communities to boycott Smotrich during US visit

"Smotrich has long expressed views that are abhorrent to the vast majority of American Jews, from anti-Arab racism, to virulent homophobia," the petition stated.

 Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference in Jerusalem, on February 28, 2023.

US links Israel visa-waiver to West Bank travel for Palestinian-Americans

Ambassador Thomas Nides expects an announcement soon on whether the number of Israeli applicants who were refused recent requests for US visas had been kept to 3% or fewer.

 US AMBASSADOR Thomas Nides presents his diplomatic credentials to President Isaac Herzog, in Jerusalem last year.