Us israel relations

Iran’s friends vanishing: Why Maduro’s arrest matters for Israel - analysis

While Venezuela was not an Iranian proxy in the Syrian or Hezbollah mold, it functioned as an enabler, providing funds that helped sustain Iran’s proxies.

Illustrative image of Iranian and Venezuelan flags.
President Isaac Herzog hosts the President's Decoration Award Ceremony at the president house in Jerusalem. October 22, 2025.

Herzog : 'I respect Trump’s Netanyahu pardon request, but Israel is a sovereign state' - Politico

 Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter speaks to the media at the Capital Jewish Museum, near the site where two Israeli embassy staff were shot dead, in Washington, DC, US, May 22, 2025

'We want security, not your land': Israeli amb. to US calls for partnership in address to Lebanese

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Netanyahu once decried ‘daylight’ with Washington, but now tolerates Trump’s glare - analysis


What is Israel's role in Donald Trump's vision for AI? - opinion

The State of Israel can expect strategic moves for innovation and collaboration.

 US PRESIDENT-ELECT Donald Trump, during his first term as president, attends a bilateral meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping during a G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, in 2019. Trump’s agenda emphasizes US dominance in the global AI race, particularly against China, the writers note.

Israel committed in writing to US: No forced displacement of Palestinians from northern Gaza

In an official letter sent by Israel to the Biden administration in mid-November, the Israeli government clarified that it does not intend to expel Palestinians from northern Gaza or starve them.

 Palestinians make their way as they inspect the damages at Jabalya refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip, May 30, 2024

President-elect Donald Trump is poised to pick up where he left off - opinion

A strong US-Israel relationship benefits not only the Middle East but the world, and that will come when our enemies know messing with us is not worth the trouble. 

 THEN-US PRESIDENT Donald Trump hosts Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as the foreign ministers of Bahrain (left) and the UAE, at the signing ceremony of the Abraham Accords on the South Lawn of the White House, September 15, 2020.

Rep. Josh Gottheimer, a Jewish Democrat, launches bid for New Jersey governor

Gottheimer, 49, is a moderate, pro-Israel Democrat who was just elected to his fifth term representing New Jersey’s 5th Congressional District, which spans the heavily Jewish Bergen County.

 Rep. Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey announced Friday he is running for governor in next year's election.

Shifting US-Israel relations: Trump 2.0 will not necessarily be Trump 1.0

As reassuring as Trump’s past gestures have been, his second term – and his relationship with Israel – will be shaped by new circumstances, new priorities, and new personalities around him.

 DURING HIS first term, US President Donald Trump took numerous steps – from moving the embassy to Jerusalem, to recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, to brokering the Abraham Accords – which demonstrated unprecedented alignment with Israel’s priorities. Here, he arrives with Prime

Trump must strengthen innovation ties between Israel and the US - opinion

So how does a Middle Eastern economy of 10 million people in Israel affect a rich economy of 340 million people in the United States?

The high-tech park in the heart of Beer Sheva's innovation district.

Like America, like Israel: Six takeaways from Trump's win - opinion

Trump can and should declare that when he takes office on January 20, he will act swiftly to overturn any radical departures in US policy away from Israel or towards Iran.

 US PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP takes the stage to address supporters at his election night rally in West Palm Beach, Florida, early Wednesday morning.

Benjamin Netanyahu calls Donald Trump's election victory 'history’s greatest comeback'

"Your historic return to the White House offers a new beginning for America and a powerful recommitment to the great alliance between Israel and America," Netanyahu continued.

PM Benjamin Netanyahu meets Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, Florida, July 26, 2024.

Letters to the Editor, November 6, 2024: A real genocide

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

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Through the looking glass, Israel is on the right side, the US in the wrong - opinion

Israel’s war is America’s war. The US should be aiding Israel without condition or reservation. And if there are conditions and reservations, they should be expressed behind closed doors. 

A man opens a store adorned with the flags of Israel and the United States in the Florentin neighbourhood of Tel Aviv, Israel, May 12, 2024