No signs of White House visit for Israel’s Netanyahu

Eleven weeks into his third stint as Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu has yet to be received at the White House, signalling apparent US unhappiness over his right-wing government’s policies. Read more

An end to the delusions about Biden, Iran and Israel?

Like any gambler who is willing to seize on any glimmer of hope that irresponsible betting will be rewarded with an unexpected reversal of fortune, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid was sounding hopeful this week. Read more

Biden’s trip produced mixed bag of results for Israel, say experts

U.S. President Joe Biden’s visit to Israel and the Middle East accomplished most of the administration’s goals, but from Israel’s point of view, the results were a mixed bag, experts told JNS. Read more

Biden’s tweet on ‘Work with Israel is a Blessing’ deleted

A tweet posted on President Joe Biden’s official account summing up his visit to Israel and praising his work with the Jewish state was inexplicably erased shortly after being posted. Read more

Israeli Presidential Medal of Honour awarded to President Biden

President of the State of Israel Isaac Herzog bestowed the Israeli Presidential Medal of Honor upon Joe Biden, the President of the United States, at a ceremony held at the official President’s Residence in Jerusalem on Thursday evening. Read more

Autistic IDF soldier presents Iron Dome to President Biden

Shortly after alighting from Air Force One at Ben Gurion Airport on Wednesday and participating in a welcoming ceremony, US President Joe Biden toured a Defense Ministry display of Israel’s multi-tier air defence systems. Read more

Israel and US announce ‘Strategic High-Level Dialogue on Technology’

Israel and the US announced on Wednesday the beginning of a strategic partnership in the field of advanced technology that “will put Israel shoulder-to-shoulder with its leading ally, the US,” just hours before US President Joe Biden landed at Ben Gurion Airport to begin his in the region. Read more

Demonstrations during Biden’s visit in East Jerusalem banned

Several Israeli organizations have expressed rage after the police have banned their planned protests in eastern Jerusalem during US President Joe Biden’s visit to Israel’s capital later this week. Read more

More than 16,000 police officers to secure Biden’s Israel visit

The Israel Police announced on Sunday the completion of its preparations ahead of Wednesday’s visit to Israel by U.S. President Joe Biden. Read more

Biden: ‘We’ve rebuilt ties with Palestinians, restored some $500 million in aid to PA’

The Biden administration has “rebuilt ties” with the Palestinian Authority and restored some $500 million in aid to it “without permitting terrorists to rearm,” U.S. President Joe Biden wrote in an op-ed published on Saturday night in The Washington Post. Read more

Israeli leaders discuss Biden’s upcoming visit with local counterparts

Prime Minister Yair Lapid and Jordanian King Abdullah II spoke on the phone Saturday night in honour of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha and ahead of US President Joe Biden’s visit to the region this week. Read more

Biden’s ‘victory’ against Putin

Several commentators have argued in recent days that the crisis between Russia and Ukraine has been a godsend for President Joe Biden ahead of the midterm elections in November. Read more