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 Yael Alexander, mother of hostage Edan Alexander and Varda Ben Baruch, grandmother of Edan Alexander.

Edan Alexander’s parents urge Trump to help secure hostage deal following Hamas video

 U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) gives a statement to the press, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 29, 2024.

US Senator Lindsey Graham: 'President-elect Trump wants hostage release deal before inauguration'

 The writer, then serving as the CEO of the Yesha Council, welcomes Mike Huckabee – the current US ambassador to Israel-designate – at a cornerstone ceremony for a new neighborhood in Gush Etzion’s Efrat, in 2018.

It is in our hands to make Judea and Samaria an inseparable part of Israel

By YIGAL DILMONI
 US PRESIDENT-ELECT Donald Trump, during his first term as president, attends a bilateral meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping during a G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, in 2019. Trump’s agenda emphasizes US dominance in the global AI race, particularly against China, the writers note.

What is Israel's role in Donald Trump's vision for AI?

By HADAS LOBER , EITAN YUDILEVICH
 Palestinians make their way as they inspect the damages at Jabalya refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip, May 30, 2024

Israel committed in writing to US: No forced displacement of Palestinians from northern Gaza

By Walla!
 THEN-US PRESIDENT Donald Trump hosts Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as the foreign ministers of Bahrain (left) and the UAE, at the signing ceremony of the Abraham Accords on the South Lawn of the White House, September 15, 2020.

President-elect Donald Trump is poised to pick up where he left off

By JUDAH WAXELBAUM
 Rep. Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey announced Friday he is running for governor in next year's election.

Rep. Josh Gottheimer, a Jewish Democrat, launches bid for New Jersey governor

By Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA
 DURING HIS first term, US President Donald Trump took numerous steps – from moving the embassy to Jerusalem, to recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, to brokering the Abraham Accords – which demonstrated unprecedented alignment with Israel’s priorities. Here, he arrives with Prime

Shifting US-Israel relations: Trump 2.0 will not necessarily be Trump 1.0

The high-tech park in the heart of Beer Sheva's innovation district.

Trump must strengthen innovation ties between Israel and the US

By IDO HADARI
 US PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP takes the stage to address supporters at his election night rally in West Palm Beach, Florida, early Wednesday morning.

Like America, like Israel: Six takeaways from Trump's win

PM Benjamin Netanyahu meets Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, Florida, July 26, 2024.

Benjamin Netanyahu calls Donald Trump's election victory 'history’s greatest comeback'

 Letters

Letters to the Editor, November 6, 2024: A real genocide

A man opens a store adorned with the flags of Israel and the United States in the Florentin neighbourhood of Tel Aviv, Israel, May 12, 2024

Through the looking glass, Israel is on the right side, the US in the wrong - opinion

By SHAWN A. WEISS
 (L-R) US Department of State Antony Blinken & US President Joe Biden; Wall of hostage posters seen in the background (illustrative)

US Secretary of State Blinken arrives in Israel to revive ceasefire talks

By REUTERS
 REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL nominee and former US president Donald Trump speaks at an event commemorating the first anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel on Monday in Doral, Florida.

A Jewish and former Democratic congressman’s case for electing Donald Trump in 2024

By PETER DEUTSCH/JTA
 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu meets with US Vice President Kamala Harris in Washington, in July.

Does Kamala Harris actually believe that Netanyahu is a US ally?

By DAVID CHRISTOPHER KAUFMAN
 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken makes a statement during a press conference at the State Department in Washington, U.S., May 10, 2024.

Mideast at ‘precarious moment’ after Nasrallah hit, cautions Blinken

 DONALD TRUMP and Kamala Harris address presidential campaign events. We must start thinking about how Israel remains a vital ally for all Americans, the writer argues.

Reevaluating Israel’s role as a US ally amid changing politics

By BARAK SELLA