November 22, 2021

Consul General makes first visit to N.E. Alabama Cherokee

Consul General Anat Sultan-Dadon (left) talks with Chief Larry Smith (right) and Seth Penn, as John Buhler of the Alabama-Israel Task Force looks on.In September, when the Northeast Alabama Cherokee issued a declaration of support for the “sovereign Jewish nation” […]
August 6, 2021

Central America unites in solidarity with Israel, against antisemitism

Ana Lucrecia Marroquín de Palomo, vice president of the Congress of Guatemala; Alejandro Giammattei, president of the Republic of Guatemala; Fidel Reyes Lee, president of the Guatemala-Israel Friendship League. Source: Screenshot. by Eliana Rudee (JNS) — The Guatemalan president and […]
June 17, 2021

Can Israel’s new government make up with the Democrats, or are the changes too large?

Yesh Atid leader Knesset member Yair Lapid speaks during a protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on April 19, 2020. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90. by Jonathan Tobin (JNS) — Like a student on […]
May 28, 2021

Indiana Governor makes quick visit to Israel

Indiana Gov. Eric J. Holcomb with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, May 2021. Credit: Imagine Indiana/Flickr. by Josh Hasten (JNS) — Indiana Gov. Eric J. Holcomb is on his way back home after a whirlwind two-day visit to […]
May 20, 2021

Alabama Legislature Passes Resolution Backing Israel, Criticizing Hamas

Israel Consul General Anat Sultan-Dadon pins an Israeli-American flags pin onto Alabama Governor Kay Ivey’s lapel. Photos by Hal Yeager, office of the governor by Larry Brook Continuing a long legacy of the state’s support for Israel, in the final […]
March 31, 2021

Despite slide among some Democrats, U.S. support for Israel still strong

American and Israeli flags flying together. Credit: John Theodor/Shutterstock. by Mitchell Bard (JNS) — Gallup has released its annual survey data regarding American opinion toward Israel, and the news is once again mostly positive. Support for the Palestinians has increased […]
March 12, 2021

Kosovo to open embassy in Jerusalem

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis in Jerusalem on March 11. Photo by Alex Kolomoisky/POOL by Ariel Kahana and Yori Yalon (Israel Hayom) — […]
March 12, 2021

Czech Republic opens embassy branch in Jerusalem

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi after inaugurating a new embassy branch in Jerusalem, March 11, 2021. Source: Gabi Ashkenazi via Twitter. (JNS) — The Czech Republic opened a branch of its Israel embassy in Jerusalem […]
August 8, 2020

Biden apparently intervenes to keep phrase “occupation” out of Democratic platform’s Israel positions

Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden. Credit: Flickr (JNS) — Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive 2020 Democratic Party nominee for president, personally intervened to keep the word “occupation” out of the official party platform, according to a […]
May 25, 2020

Many Happy Returns: Investment in Israel Pays Off Huge for America

by Frank Musmar (BESA) — The United States and Israel have a mutually beneficial relationship that provides America with a high return on its annual $3.8 billion investment. Between 1985, when the U.S. and Israel signed a Free Trade Agreement, […]
March 10, 2020

Three trips in one: Alabama’s Merrill takes Israel tour for Secretaries of State

Secretaries of State at the Western Wall. Alabama’s John Merrill is third from left. by Richard Friedman  (Israel InSight) — “The trip was tremendous. It was something I always wanted to do. I think it is something everybody should do. […]