Diplomacy

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his two-and-a-half hour discussion with President Barack Obama on Monday was “one of the best meetings I’ve had with him,” The Times of Israel reported. “What you saw from outside is also what transpired on the inside. It was one of the best meetings...

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Despite political differences, bipartisan American support for Israel remains strong and is growing, according to a study written by Dina Smeltz, a senior fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, which was published Monday in The Washington Post. Survey trends show Americans’ favorable views of Israel have not been much affected by these...

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President Barack Obama will have a “very substantive agenda” to pursue with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his upcoming visit to Washington, which will include discussions on Israel’s security challenges and the recently signed nuclear deal with Iran, senior administration officials said Thursday. Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes told...

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Former Israeli ambassador to the United States and Knesset member Michael Oren (Kulanu) placed labels on European products at a supermarket in Jerusalem as a protest against the European Union’s initiative to mark Israeli goods from the West Bank, Golan Heights, and parts of Jerusalem, The Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday. Kulanu...

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Democratic presidential frontrunner and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed strong support for Israel in an op-ed published Wednesday in The Forward, promising that if elected, she would invite the Israeli prime minister to Washington during her first month in office. Clinton cited her record on Israel as a senator and Secretary of State, including...

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Dismissing concerns that ties between Israel and the United States are frayed, former adviser to President Barack Obama and veteran diplomat Dennis Ross said that the United States needs “one pillar of democracy and stability” in an increasingly chaotic Middle East, and Israel is that pillar, in an interview published...

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