Israel-US relations

Illustrative: An Israeli policeman walks near cement cubes placed as a roadblock by Israeli security forces on a road linking the East Jerusalem Arab neighborhood of Beit Hanina with West Jerusalem on September 15, 2021 (Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)

US set to cease scientific, tech cooperation with Israeli entities over Green Line

Move said to be resumption of policy that was reversed under Trump administration; Foreign Minister Eli Cohen tells reporters that the decision ‘is wrong’

Negev Forum participants hold a meeting in Abu Dhabi on January 10, 2022. (UAE Foreign Affairs Ministry)

Morocco confirms US-Israel-Arab ministerial forum delayed, cites ‘political context’

By Jacob Magid

Inside story‘Not alone in the driver’s seat’: US thinks Netanyahu has lost control of coalition

By Jacob Magid

Israeli soldiers and settlers at the entrance to the West Bank town of Turmus Aya, June 21, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)

US pans settler rampages, says Netanyahu’s settlement announcement ‘incites tensions’

By Jacob Magid

June 25, 2023, 7:15 pm

US set to cease scientific, tech cooperation with Israeli entities over Green Line

Move said to be resumption of policy that was reversed under Trump administration; Foreign Minister Eli Cohen tells reporters that the decision ‘is wrong’

By ToI Staff

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, April 7, 2022. (Saul Loeb/AFP)

June 24, 2023, 9:38 pm

Head of US military cancels trip to Israel amid Russia crisis

General Mark Milley puts off Middle East plans, shortly before Wagner Group announces it is halting its advance on Moscow

By Agencies

Palestinian firefighters try to extinguish a fire set by settlers in the West Bank town of Turmus Ayya, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

June 24, 2023, 8:12 am

US calls to bring ‘extremist settlers’ to justice for attacks against Palestinians

In a call between national security advisers, White House expresses ‘deep concern’ over situation in West Bank, urges Israel to halt planned settlement expansions

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Palestinian-Americans Olfat Abdel Aziz, left, and her daughters Nur, center, and Amal, right, pose for a portrait with their US passports in their damaged home in the West Bank town of Turmus Ayya, days after a rampage by settlers, Friday, June 23, 2023.(AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

June 23, 2023, 11:35 pm

US, EU officials pay solidarity visit to Palestinian town ransacked by settlers

Victim slain during rampage identified as permanent resident of US; Palestinian Affairs unit in embassy urges Israel to hold those responsible for attack accountable

By Jacob Magid and Agencies

June 23, 2023, 7:03 pm

Morocco confirms US-Israel-Arab ministerial forum delayed, cites ‘political context’

Foreign minister says timing not right to move forward with second Negev Forum meeting of top diplomats, after officials told ToI postponement prompted by settlement boosts

By Jacob Magid

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, May 28, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

June 23, 2023, 4:00 pm

‘Not alone in the driver’s seat’: US thinks Netanyahu has lost control of coalition

Biden officials tell ToI moves to expand settlements at the expense of normalization with Saudi Arabia prove far-right coalition partners are the ones steering government policy

By Jacob Magid

The damage caused by a settler rampage in the West Bank village of Turmus Ayya, on June 21, 2023. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

June 22, 2023, 8:51 pm

As settler violence continues, Nides says US ‘won’t stand by’ and let it happen

Biden administration escalates its rhetoric against rampages targeting Palestinians, but attacks continue throughout West Bank for third day in a row

By Jacob Magid

Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli speaks at the AJC Global Forum in Tel Aviv, on June 14, 2023 (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

June 22, 2023, 11:48 am

Chikli irritated US Democrat lawmakers by telling them he’s ‘not woke’ – report

Diaspora affairs minister with history of contentious remarks made comment at meeting in US earlier this month; says he wasn’t trying to be confrontational

By ToI Staff

Travelers at the departure hall of Ben Gurion International Airport, April 4, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

June 22, 2023, 3:56 am

65 senators urge Israel’s entry into US Visa Waiver Program by end of September

Bipartisan group of lawmakers calls for Biden administration to finalize initiative, amid resistance over unequal treatment of Arab Americans seeking entry into Israel

By Ron Kampeas

June 22, 2023, 12:16 am

US pans settler rampages, says Netanyahu’s settlement announcement ‘incites tensions’

State Department spokesman calls for those behind Israeli reprisal attacks to be held fully accountable, also slams Israeli practice of holding onto bodies of Palestinian attackers

By Jacob Magid

The Negev Forum steering committee poses for a photo in Abu Dhabi on January 10, 2022. (Foreign Ministry)

June 20, 2023, 8:37 pm

Morocco cancels next month’s Negev Forum over Israeli settlement announcements

Second ministerial meeting was supposed to take place in July after several delays; US official says West Bank expansion moves also ‘taint’ Saudi normalization effort

By Jacob Magid

In this photo taken with low shutter speed, Muslim pilgrims circumambulate around the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, July 6, 2022. (Amr Nabil/AP)

June 20, 2023, 8:01 pm

Flights between Israel and Saudi Arabia for Muslim pilgrims won’t be ready for Hajj

While US, Saudi and Israeli officials had been working to get line up by end of month, Hanegbi says they weren’t able to pull it off; reason not said to be political

By Jacob Magid

Construction work is seen in the West Bank settlement of Yakir, on June 11, 2020. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)

June 20, 2023, 5:25 am

UN chief ‘troubled, alarmed’ by Israeli decisions to beef up settlement building

Guterres says settlements driving violence, urges Jerusalem to halt expected approval of over 4,000 homes and reverse resolution handing Smotrich control of West Bank planning

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Israelis protest against the government's planned judicial overhaul, outside PM Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem, on May 25, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

June 20, 2023, 1:35 am

US says overhaul consensus crucial as Netanyahu coalition unilaterally restarts push

White House reiterates importance of ‘broadest possible base of popular support’ for judicial reforms as bill shackling court on ‘reasonableness’ doctrine heads to committee

By Jacob Magid and Carrie Keller-Lynn

Pro-settlement activists march to the illegal Evyatar settlement outpost in the northern West Bank during Passover to demand it be repopulated, April 10, 2023. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)

June 19, 2023, 4:39 am

‘An obstacle to peace’: US lambasts Israeli moves to expand West Bank settlements

State Department issues swift condemnation after Jerusalem announces it’ll green-light 4,500 settlement units, hand Smotrich more control over settlement policy

By Jacob Magid