US/Israel relations
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 23, 2025, 3:31 pm
Trump says he and Netanyahu are ‘on the same side of every issue’ following talks on Iran, tariffs
The call also covered negotiations over another potential ceasefire in Gaza, according to Axios.
By Grace Gilson
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
President Donald Trump delivers remarks on reciprocal tariffs during an event in the Rose Garden entitled "Make America Wealthy Again" at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 2, 2025. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
April 8, 2025, 10:04 am
Asked if he plans to drop 17% tariff on Israeli goods, Trump says, ‘Maybe not’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finished his White House visit without a win on tariffs.
By Philissa Cramer
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
President Donald Trump delivers remarks on reciprocal tariffs during an event in the Rose Garden entitled "Make America Wealthy Again" at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 2, 2025. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
April 3, 2025, 12:07 pm
Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ includes 17% tariffs on Israeli imports
The tariffs could increase prices on kosher food and Judaica.
By Philissa Cramer
U.S. Rep. Summer Lee (Photo courtesy of summerlee.house.gov)
April 3, 2025, 11:31 am
Summer Lee co-sponsors resolutions to prohibit certain arms sales to Israel
Among the weapons the JRDs seek to prohibit are 2,000-pound bombs, the delivery of which was paused during the Biden administration.
By Toby Tabachnick
US President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi arrive to speak at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC, on March 14, 2025. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images)
March 18, 2025, 10:17 am
US Justice Department announces ‘JTF 10-7,’ a task force dedicated to prosecuting Oct. 7 terrorists
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the new initiative.
By Philissa Cramer
Rep. Summer Lee (Photo courtesy of summerlee.house.gov/)
March 6, 2025, 11:49 am
Summer Lee co-sponsors series of anti-Israel resolutions
Lee called for a cease-fire in Israel’s defensive war against the terrorist organization Hamas shortly after its Oct. 7, 2023, invasion of the Jewish state.
By Toby Tabachnick
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) speaks to reporters at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem on June 27, 2024. (Photo by Alex Traiman)
February 27, 2025, 9:53 pm
Being senator ‘small’ compared to courage of hostages, IDF, families, Fetterman says
Dan Senor, who interviewed the senator on his Call Me Back podcast, told JNS that Fetterman “is a deeply empathetic person.”
By JNS Staff
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks at a business session with the nation’s governors in the State Dining Room of the White House, Feb. 21, 2025. (Credit: Joyce N. Boghosian/White House)
February 25, 2025, 9:45 am
Trump rescinds Biden-era rule linking arms sales and human rights
The Biden directive required recipients of U.S. arms to provide written assurances within 45 days that they were abiding by international law.
By David Isaac
Nadav Tamir (Photo courtesy of Nadav Tamir)
November 21, 2024, 4:38 pm
‘American support is not a blank check’: An interview with J Street Israel’s Executive Director Nadav Tamir
"If we won’t end occupation, the occupation will end us.”
By Toby Tabachnick
Israeli soldiers seen at a staging area near the Israeli border with Lebanon, Oct. 1, 2024. (David Cohen/Flash90)
November 20, 2024, 10:32 am
Progressive Jewish groups back Senate resolutions against arms sales to Israel
In a shift, J Street is supporting the “resolutions of disapproval” proposed by Sen. Bernie Sanders.
By Luke Tress
U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris receive a briefing on a potential attack on Israel by Iran, Oct. 1, 2024. (Credit: Adam Schultz/White House)
November 18, 2024, 3:42 pm
Netanyahu says Biden’s counsel throughout the war was repeatedly off-mark
PM confirms that a ‘specific component’ in Iran’s nuclear program was hit in last month’s strikes, in Knesset speech repeatedly interrupted by family members of hostages
By Lazar Berman
A view of aid trucks carrying relief supplies from Turkiye have arrived in Gaza City as the Israeli attacks continue in Gaza City, May 8, 2024. (Mahmoud Issa/Anadolu via Getty Images)
November 13, 2024, 5:49 pm
US takes no action as deadline passes for Israel to meet Gaza’s humanitarian needs
In October, the Biden administration gave Israel 30 days to increase aid or risk cuts to military assistance.
By Ron Kampeas
An FBI agent listens to the operation pre-briefing for Operation Dead Hand in Los Angeles on Jan. 30, 2024. (Credit: Federal Bureau of Investigation)
November 13, 2024, 10:44 am
FBI captures suspect in leaked intel on IDF Iran-strike prep
Asif William Rahman was indicted on two counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information.
By JNS
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