Thomas Nides

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.

 Ambassador Tom Nides in his office at the US Embassy in Jerusalem.
 A rally calling for the release of the Israeli hostages held captive by Hamas in Gaza, marking 442 days since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas, at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, December 21 2024.

Two former sr. US officials from Biden, Trump admins call for return of hostages in joint op-ed

 Artificial Intelligence illustrative.

In the face of OpenAI disarray, AI21 fortifies leadership with former US ambassador

 BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends a press conference at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, earlier this week.

Grapevine November 3, 2023: The war of words


US Ambassador Nides: Israeli democracy is alive and well

“People call me and ask ‘what’s going on in Israel? Is democracy ending in Israel?’” Ambassador Tom Nides recounted. “The reality is that democracy is alive and well.”

 US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides in conversation with predecessor David Friedman and Jpost Editor-in-Chief Avi Mayer

Grapevine June 9, 2023: A shared history

Movers and shakers in Israeli society

 US AMBASSADOR Tom Nides with FedEx Israel CEO Miryam Tzur.

Grapevine May 14, 2023: A crisis of another kind

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 ANGELA MERKEL, then German chancellor, arrives with her spokesman Steffen Seibert for a news conference after a meeting with governors of former East German states at the Chancellery in Berlin, in 2020.

US ambassador to Israel Tom Nides resigns, to leave role in summer

"My family misses me," Nides said as the reason behind his decision to step down.

 US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides, as soon on February 19, 2023.

US ambassador: Israeli democracy ‘alive and well’

Nides remarks came after repeated comments from administration officials opposing the government’s plan to change how Supreme Justices are selected and limit judicial review.

 US Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides on December 2, 2021

'There's no daylight between Democrats and Republicans when it comes to combating antisemitism'

The 2023 March of the Living from Auschwitz to Birkenau would be jointly led by US Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides and his immediate predecessor, Ambassador David Friedman.

 Current U.S Ambassador Thomas R. Neidas with former ambassador David Friedman

Grapevine April 13, 2023: A talent for Torah reading

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 President Isaac Herzog speaks at the traditional Slichot service at the synagogue of the President's Residence

SHEKEL screens emotional films with people with disabilities

All four films were moving and showed diverse facets of the special-needs community all around the world, but it also emphasized mutual issues and experiences.

 SINGER LILACH MACHLOFF and pianist Imri Gilad of the Israel Integrative Orchestra in performance.

US Embassy sets out on Passover 'Operation Afikoman' - who will find it?

The US Embassy Jerusalem posted a video to their social media kickstarting the holiday by having their employees search for the afikoman.

The US Embassy in Jerusalem

US opposes Israeli bill to repeal Disengagement in northern Samaria

The Knesset approved the repeal of the 2005 Disengagement Law in its second and third readings.

 Visitors walk by the water tower on the ruins of the evacuated settlement of Homesh on August 27, 2019.