U.S.-Israel Relations

December 6, 2024

Sen. Cotton: U.S. should use names of Judea and Samaria instead of West Bank

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo by Haim Zach/GPO. (JNS) — Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) introduced legislation on Dec. 5 that would ban the federal government from using the term “West Bank” and instead use […]
November 27, 2024

Thanksgiving’s roots show the unique kinship between Israel and the U.S.

by Ambassador Yoram Ettinger Thanksgiving was initially celebrated in November 1621 by William Bradford, the leader of the “Mayflower” and the 1621 to 1657 governor of the Plymouth Colony (Massachusetts), who played a key role in establishing the civic foundation […]
November 21, 2024

Bipartisanship will prevail despite Dem support for Israel embargo, senators say

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), joined by fellow senators U.S. Sens. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) (left) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) (right), speaks at a news conference on restricting arms sales to Israel at the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 19, 2024 […]
November 20, 2024

Senate rejects Sanders’ effort to impose arms embargo on Israel

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders speaking with attendees at the 2019 California Democratic Party State Convention at the George R. Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, June 2, 2019. Gage Skidmore/Flickr. by JNS and Israel InSight reports Jewish groups applauded the […]
November 20, 2024

The State Department’s last-gasp effort to sabotage an Israeli victory over terrorists

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Hossein Fereydoun (center), the brother of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, before they addressed an international press corps gathered at the Austria Center in Vienna after the […]
November 19, 2024

Mike Huckabee channeling Golda Meir

Golda Meir at Kibbutz Shefayim in central Israel, on July 24, 1950. Credit: Théodore Brauner/National Photo Collection of Israel via Wikimedia Commons. by Moshe Phillips (JNS) — When former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador-designate to Israel, appears at […]
November 13, 2024

Trump nominations sending a blunt message to anti-Israel progressives

U.S. President Donald Trump visits the Kotel in Jerusalem’s Old City on May 22, 2017. Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images. by Andrew Bernard (JNS) — President-elect Donald Trump officially named Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) as his choice to […]
November 13, 2024

Huckabee: Annexing Judea and Samaria ‘of course’ a possibility

Then-Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem in 2016. Credit: Israeli Prime Minister’s Office. by David Isaac (JNS) — Mike Huckabee, whom U.S. President-elect Donald Trump nominated on Nov. 12 to ambassador to the […]
November 7, 2024

The Middle East opportunities of Trump’s victory

Former President Donald Trump, also the current 2024 Republican presidential candidate, meets with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., on July 26, 2024. Credit: Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO. by Caroline Glick (JNS) — A collective sigh […]
November 7, 2024

Several of Biden’s anti-Israel mistakes that Trump can quickly correct

UNRWA social worker Faisal Ali Mussalem al-Naami (rear), carrying the body of a murdered Israeli man, is seen along with another terrorist at Kibbutz Be’eri, Oct. 7, 2023. Screenshot: South First Responders/Telegram. by Eugene Kontorovich (JNS) — Here is a […]
November 7, 2024

GOP spokesperson: Trump wants “decisive victories” for Israel over Hamas, Iran

A sign congratulating President-elect Donald Trump on his victory in the election, in central Jerusalem, Nov. 7, 2024. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90. (JNS) — President-elect Donald Trump wants Israel to wrap up its wars against Iran and its regional terror […]