Diplomacy

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in his visit to Singapore on Monday that “Israel is pivoting towards Asia in a very clear and purposeful way.” “Next month I’ll go to China, somewhat later this year Prime Minister Modi of India will come to visit Israel,” Netanyahu said at a state dinner hosted by Singaporean...

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After years of encountering disproportionate anti-Israel criticism and bias at the United Nations, the United States “will not turn a blind eye to this anymore,” new United States Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said on Thursday. Haley described her first meeting of the UN Security Council: The Security Council is supposed to discuss how...

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Trump, Netanyahu Rethinking Peace Proposals President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s joint White House press conference on Wednesday, in which the two leaders hinted at a “regional approach” to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that may or may not include a two-state solution, spurred observers to carefully parse their words in...

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In assessing Wednesday’s meeting between President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s former national security advisor said that wider and more open rapprochement between the Jewish state and its Arab neighbors was a “realistic” prospect, even if not a guarantee. Speaking with reporters on Thursday, Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror recalled...

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The head of the dovish lobbying group J Street said Tuesday that it was not necessary for President Donald Trump or Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to endorse the two-state solution at their Wednesday press conference, only for his organization to criticize the two leaders after the conference concluded for failing to do...

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In a joint press conference at the White House on Wednesday, President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alluded to a new regional Middle East peace initiative that would take advantage of the stronger partnerships Israel now has with Sunni Arab states. Both leaders made references to broader...

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