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Ex-US ambassador Nides rejects Netanyahu’s claim Biden embargo killed IDF soldiers - interview

“The idea that somehow Joe Biden didn’t do everything he could to protect the state of Israel is not only insulting - it’s just plain wrong,” Nides said.

|ByAMICHAI STEIN
Ambassador Tom Nides in his office at the US Embassy in Jerusalem.
Amos Hochstein, Managing Partner, TWG Global speaks onstage during the Semafor World Economy Summit Fall Edition at Gallup HQ on October 16, 2025 in Washington, DC.

'False and ungrateful': Biden envoy Hochstein slams Netanyahu’s claim US embargo killed IDF troops

Netanyahu’s remarks were “not only decidedly false but also ungrateful to a US President and American people who saved Israel repeatedly at their most vulnerable moments,” Hochstein said.

|ByAMICHAI STEIN, SAM HALPERN
This picture taken 26 December 2011 shows the Pentagon building in Washington, DC.

Pentagon's 2026 defense strategy names Israel a ‘model ally,’ shifts to ‘peace through strength’

The 34-page document, signed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, constitutes a strategic message to Israel, solidifying its position as the United States' most senior partner in the Middle East.

|ByELI LEON
AMBASSADOR DEBORAH Lipstadt, US Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism speaks during 'March For Israel' at the National Mall on November 14, 2023 in Washington, DC.

Jackson synagogue arsonist unconnected to pro-Palestinian movement

Jewish activists and communities have been engaged in debate over which corner poses the greatest threat, and new incidents are often met with immediate speculation over the attacker’s motivations.

|ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA

Biden’s failure and Trump’s success - opinion

It is high time for collaboration between the opponents of the far Right on both sides of the ocean.

FEBRUARY 2, 2025ByNADAV TAMIR
THEN-US president Joe Biden meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office last July. Netanyahu understood Biden’s weakness and openly disregarded American requests, the writer argues.

Trump releases thousands of one-ton bomb shipments frozen by Biden to Israel, official says

The delivery was frozen by the Biden administration in May due to the Israeli operation in Rafah.

JANUARY 25, 2025ByAMICHAI STEIN
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands with U.S. President Donald Trump after signing the Abraham Accords, normalizing relations between Israel and some of its Middle East neighbors, in a strategic realignment of Middle Eastern countries against Iran, 2020

Trump redesignates Houthis as terror group, undoing Biden's previous reversal

After one month in office, Biden reversed the Houthis designation as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, the White House said.

JANUARY 23, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
US President Donald Trump in front of a background of newly recruited fighters who joined a Houthi military force intended to be sent to fight in support of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, march during a parade in Sanaa, Yemen December 2, 2023 (illustrative)

What big changes did Trump make on the first day of his presidency?

Among the moves that Trump made on his first day back was to pardon about 1,500 people who stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.

JANUARY 21, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he stands next to his wife, First Lady Melania Trump, U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance and his wife Usha Vance during the Liberty Ball on Inauguration Day of Donald Trump's second presidential term in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2025.

Trump cancels sanctions on West Bank Israeli settlers on first day back in office

The new White House website begins by stating that the "revocations" in the list will be the first of many steps the US government plans on taking.

JANUARY 21, 2025ByKESHET NEEV
US President Donald Trump signs documents as he issues executive orders and pardons for January 6 defendants in the Oval Office at the White House on Inauguration Day in Washington, US, January 20, 2025.

Biden entered the White House pledging to fight antisemitism - he leaves with it at historic levels

In office, Biden took a range of actions to fight antisemitism both before and after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel changed the landscape for Jews in the United States and around the world.

JANUARY 20, 2025ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
US President Joe Biden delivers his farewell address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 15, 2025.

Biden issues pardons to protect Milley, Fauci, others from Trump retaliation

The pardon also covers all lawmakers who served on the congressional select committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021 storming of the Capitol.

JANUARY 20, 2025ByREUTERS
US PRESIDENT Joe Biden looks on during a cabinet meeting inside the West Wing of the White House in September. Biden must not continue with the Obama policy of appeasing Iran and turning a blind eye to its terrorist proxies, the writers warn.

Biden welcomes Gaza ceasefire as aid trucks rush to help civilians

US President Joe Biden welcomed a ceasefire in Gaza and said hundreds of trucks were entering the seaside enclave to help its civilians.

JANUARY 19, 2025ByREUTERS
US President Joe Biden seen over a wall of hostage posters in Tel Aviv (illustrative)

Biden team resolves its final Title VI antisemitism and anti-Arab cases

Federal discrimination cases resolved at major schools as Biden’s term winds down.

JANUARY 18, 2025ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA
Aerial photo of the University of Washington in Seattle.

Senior Hamas official: 'Ceasefire agreement wouldn't have happened without Trump'

Trump took full credit for the hostage deal during an interview.

JANUARY 18, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
US PRESIDENT-ELECT Donald Trump delivers remarks in Palm Beach, Florida last week.