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Jacob Magid

Jacob Magid

Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen attends an event at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, May 17, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
June 26, 2023, 1:07 am
Foreign minister says Israel ‘very optimistic’ on normalization deal with Saudis
Eli Cohen notes ‘window of opportunity’ for deal before March 2024, after which US likely to focus more on presidential election cycle
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
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
Negev Forum participants hold a meeting in Abu Dhabi on January 10, 2022. (UAE Foreign Affairs Ministry)
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
Israeli soldiers and settlers at the entrance to the West Bank town of Turmus Aya, June 21, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)
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
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin (L) and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant meet in Brussels on June 15, 2023. (Elad Malcha/Defense Ministry)
June 16, 2023, 1:59 am
Gallant, Austin talk upping cooperation on Iran as US said close to interim nuke deal
Defense chiefs vow joint work to counter Tehran’s ‘wide range of threats’; after TV report says Israel didn’t receive some US details on deal, Israeli official quoted saying it did
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
China's President Xi Jinping and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attend a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 14, 2023. (Jade GAO / POOL / AFP)
June 15, 2023, 8:06 pm
Having given up on the US, Palestinians look to China to mediate peace with Israel
PA minister Ahmad Majdalani tells ToI that Beijing can use billions in trade as leverage to coax Jerusalem to come to the table as Washington’s influence on the global stage wanes
By Jacob Magid
Palestinian relatives mourn during the funeral of Omar As'ad, 78, who was found dead after being detained and handcuffed during an Israeli raid, in Jiljilya village in the West Bank, on January 13, 2022. (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)
June 15, 2023, 2:29 am
US seeking answers after IDF shuts probe into death of detained Palestinian-American
State Department spokesman says Washington will talk to Israelis directly before drawing conclusions, notes initial IDF statement that incident showed ‘lapse of moral judgment’
By Jacob Magid
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