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US Senate rejects Bernie Sanders-led effort to block arms sales to Israel

US President Donald Trump signs an executive order on tariffs, in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC, US, April 2, 2025

Trump's tariffs on Israel a regression in trade ties, businesses and officials say

By STEVEN SCHEER/ REUTERS , EVE YOUNG , AMICHAI STEIN

Shift 101 in front of the Kirya IDF Military Headquarters in Tel Aviv in silent calls for the release of all remaining hostages.

What the US can learn about hostages from Israel: No one left behind

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets FM Gideon Sa'ar in Tel Aviv, February 15, 2025.

Rubio arrives in Tel Aviv for first visit to Middle East as secretary of state

By REUTERS

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a Fox News interview, aired on February 9, 2025

'Trump is greatest friend Israel has ever had,' Netanyahu tells Fox

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, speaks during a news conference with US President Donald Trump, not pictured, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025.

Netanyahu won’t meet with Jewish org. leaders during US visit

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Ryanair plane

Foreign airlines flock back to Israel following ceasefire

By Stav Livne/Globes/TNS

US President Donald Trump awards the 2018 Presidential Medal of Freedom to Miriam Adelson, the wife of Las Vegas Sands Corporation Chief Executive Sheldon Adelson and Republican donor in the East Room of the White House in Washington. November 16, 2018.

Miriam Adelson reportedly pressured Trump to push Hamas into hostage deal

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

US PRESIDENT Jimmy Carter announces new sanctions against Iran in retaliation for taking US hostages, at the White House, April 7, 1980.

What's the verdict on Jimmy Carter after looking at his successes and failures?

By AMOTZ ASA-EL

Director General of the Israeli Ministry of Defense, Maj. Gen. Eyal Zamir in discussions with Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Amanda Dory.

Defense Ministry director general to discuss supply and demand of US arms to Israel

By Walla!

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with US President Donald Trump.

Strengthening the Israel-US alliance: Putting innovation and security in focus

By ODED ROSE

FORMER ARKANSAS governor and past US Republican presidential nomination candidate Mike Huckabee helps inaugurate a program to build more in Efrat, Gush Etzion, in 2018. Settler leaders tend to think the worst of the US and its presidents, argues the writer.

Trump announces former Gov. Mike Huckabee nominated as ambassador to Israel

By HANNAH SARISOHN

Gabriel Groisman (right) interviews incoming Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yehiel Leiter on his podcast, ‘Standpoint,’ late last month.

Why Yechiel Leiter is the right choice for Israel's US ambassador

By GABRIEL GROISMAN

Israel and American flags are flown near the US Capitol during a rally in support of Israel and protest against antisemitism on the National Mall in Washington, November 14, 2023.

Small majority of US voters believe support for Israel too strong, exit polls show

By Mathilda Heller

ODED COHEN attends a campaign event in Las Vegas, where Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic candidate for vice president, made an appearance.

Amid hostage trauma, Las Vegas man leads pro-Israel campaign for Democrats - exclusive

By LAYA ALBERT

US President Joe Biden (R) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) seen at the forefront of a wall of hostage posters seen in the background (illustrative)

US says Israel strikes on Iran are self-defense, denies involvement

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

US VICE President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris attends a Get Out The Vote event in Detroit, last Saturday. She and President Joe Biden delayed Israel’s invasion of Rafah in order to pick up votes in Arab-majority Dearborn, Michigan, the writer argues.

Want Israel to win the war? Don't vote for Harris

By SHEILA NAZARIAN

A combination picture shows Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump gesturing during a rally with his vice presidential running mate US Senator JD Vance in Minnesota, US, July 27, 2024, and US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaking as

How sukkah conversations reveal the changing political landscape of American Jews

By MICHA HALPERN