Diplomacy
Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter (front left) speaks during a signing ceremony hosted by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (center, back) in Washington, DC, on June 26, 2026. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)
June 26, 2026, 3:48 pm
Lebanon, Israel sign ‘framework agreement’ to end hostilities
The Trump administration mediated the agreement
By Grace Gilson
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 21, 2026. (Credit: Daniel Torok/White House)
January 22, 2026, 3:46 pm
Trump launches Board of Peace with Israel absent
Kushner said the White House decided to “plan for catastrophic success.”
By Philissa Cramer
President Donald Trump shows the signed peace treaty at the Gaza summit chaired by Egypt's President Al-Sisi on Oct. 14, 2025. (Michael Kappeler/picture alliance via Getty Images)
January 21, 2026, 10:39 am
Netanyahu joins Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ despite misgivings about Qatari, Turkish participation
Some European countries have turned down their invitations, citing potential competition with the United Nations.
By Grace Gilson
The official portrait of His Royal Highness Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, issued by the Saudi Press Agency. (Saudi Press Agency (SPA), CC BY-SA 4.0. via Wikimedia Commons)
November 19, 2025, 10:33 am
MBS says he wants to join Abraham Accords, but path to Palestinian state crucial
Trump admits he didn’t get commitment from Saudi crown prince during Oval Office meet, but says they had a good talk about it
By Jacob Magid
US President Donald Trump, left, meets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House, July 8, 2025. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)
October 23, 2025, 11:53 am
Israel would lose ‘all support’ from the US if it annexes West Bank, Trump warns
VP Vance says Knesset preliminary vote on matter was ‘very stupid’ and an insult to him, marring his visit; US president predicts Saudi normalization this year, weighs intervening for Barghouti
By Lazar Berman
From left, Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. presidential representative Jared Kushner at an Israeli Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on Oct. 9, 2025. (Credit: GPO)
October 20, 2025, 10:40 am
Witkoff, Kushner touch down in Tel Aviv
Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner touched down in Jerusalem only a day after Hamas terrorists killed two Israeli soldiers in southern Gaza.
By Amelie Botbol and JNS Staff
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the largest-ever delegation of U.S. lawmakers visiting the Jewish state at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem, Sept. 15, 2025. (Credit: GPO)
September 16, 2025, 10:46 am
Netanyahu welcomes largest-ever delegation of US lawmakers to Israel
Efforts to isolate the Jewish state are "orchestrated by the same forces that supported Iran," Netanyahu told 250 U.S. state legislators.
By JNS Staff
Netanyahu to DCPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, depart from Israel for Washington, D.C., July 6, 2025. (Photo by Avi Ohayon/GPO)
July 7, 2025, 10:23 am
Netanyahu lands in DC for meeting with Trump at White House
The United States is pressuring Qatar to "deliver the goods" regarding efforts to reach a ceasefire in Gaza.
By Amelie Botbol, JNS Staff and Ariel Kahana
April 24, 2025, 9:44 am
Chronicle poll results: U.S.-Iran talks
We asked our readers if they believe current US/Iran talks will prevent military conflict. Here's what they said.
By Toby Tabachnick
U.S. President Donald Trump, accompanied by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on April 7, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
April 17, 2025, 9:49 am
Report: Trump scuttled Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities
Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the White House was primarily to discuss Trump’s decision, the New York Times reported.
By Philissa Cramer
April 16, 2025, 4:43 pm
Chronicle poll question
Do you believe current U.S.-Iran diplomatic talks will successfully prevent military conflict?
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, President Trump's nominee to be ambassador to Israel, testifies during his confirmation hearing. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
April 10, 2025, 9:52 am
Senate confirms Mike Huckabee as Israel ambassador
Pennsylvania's John Fetterman was the sole Democrat to support Trump’s pick.
By Grace Gilson
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara board the Wing of Zion plane in Budapest for their departure to Washington on April 6, 2025. (Photo by Avi Ohayon/GPO)
April 6, 2025, 8:46 am
Netanyahu heads from Hungary to DC for talks with Trump
The meeting is expected to focus on key issues, including the implications of the newly imposed U.S. tariff regime on Israeli exports.
By JNS
Senator John Fetterman briefs reporters at the David Citadel Hotel in Jerusalem, March 20, 2025. (Photo by Alex Traiman/JNS)
March 20, 2025, 4:10 pm
Fetterman: I fully support partnering with Israel to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities
“I refuse to turn my back on Israel,” the senator from Pennsylvania said, adding that many of his fellow Democrats “have lost their way, but I will continue to be that voice in my party.”
By JNS
Israel’s Deputy Consul General Tsach Saar arrived in New York two months before Oct. 7. (Photo courtesy of Consulate General of Israel in New York)
March 17, 2025, 11:28 am
Tsach Saar, Israeli deputy consul general, visits Pittsburgh
“When Jews are excluded from a right every other significant ethnic or religious minority has, and when we’re talking about the same land, that’s antisemitic,” he said.
By David Rullo
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