The United States “vigorously opposes efforts to isolate or boycott Israel,” Ambassador Dan Shapiro told an anti-boycott conference on Monday. “We have demonstrated this commitment for decades and continue to devote substantial resources in our government to this fight,” he added. “We consider it an extension of our longstanding commitment to fight...

The Obama administration’s efforts to provide Iran with unprecedented access to the United States financial system is provoking push-back from leading legislators in the foreign policy arena, the Washington Free Beacon reported on Monday. The White House is looking at new ways to grant financial relief to Iran following complaints from...

Former Secretary of State and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton blasted Palestinian incitement and the anti-Israel boycott campaign during a speech laying out her vision of American foreign policy in the Middle East on Monday. Speaking at the AIPAC policy conference, Clinton emphasized the importance of America’s “indispensable” alliance with...

Israel and South Africa have reached an agreement to improve diplomatic ties and increase cooperation on issues such as agriculture, trade, science, and technology, Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Sunday following the visit of its director general, Dore Gold, to South Africa. Israel and South Africa are actively engaged in a wide range of fields...

The candor President Barack Obama displayed in the lengthy Atlantic article about his foreign policy “is destabilizing,” influential Washington Post columnist David Ignatius wrote in a column on Tuesday. Ignatius’s criticism of Obama is particularly notable, as he has generally been supportive of Obama’s foreign policy, including the nuclear deal...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned a Sunday car bombing in the Turkish capital that left at least 34 people dead, The Times of Israel reported on Monday. “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemns the large-scale terrorist attack in Ankara in which innocent citizens lost their lives and many dozens were injured,” read...