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Then Vice President Joe Biden Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, March 9, 2010. What will the strategic alliance between the United States and Israel look like under President Biden? It is too soon to tell. On several crucial issues, including this vital relationship, the administration does not appear to be of one mind. We must wait and see which officials dominate. Biden clearly wishes to build consensus on foreign policy matters. He also hopes to keep such complex strategic iss...

The US State Department released a video from spokesman Ned Price saluting the contributions Arabs Americans have made in honor of the nation’s annual Arab American Heritage Month which began April 1. Although only 27 of the country’s 50 states recognize the month saluting Arab American culture, Illinois has codified the annual commemoration in a law adopted in 2018 and while the governor’s and legislatures in many states approved resolutions and proclamations recognizing Arab American he...

His team does not seem to be of one mind.

And to the very worst place to put her. Tue Mar 2, 2021 First, there was Maher Bitar, a Palestinian-American and anti-Israel BDS activist, whom Biden has appointed to be the senior director of intelligence programs at the National Security Council. In this key intelligence role, Maher Bitar will be ideally situated to learn, for example, about American collaboration with Israel on moves to stop Iran’s nuclear program. Why should we assume Bitar would not try to limit that collabor...

Mass damage to America - and mind-blowing hypocrisy. Wed Feb 24, 2021 The Democrats had a lousy week. It began with former President Donald Trump’s acquittal in the Senate. Trump’s acquittal was a major blow to the Democrats. It isn’t that anyone believed Trump would be convicted. Whether Republicans love or hate the former president, the fact is that it is unconstitutional to hold an impeachment trial for a former officeholder. And for that reason alone, there was no chance t...

Ariane Tabatabai, Maher Bitar and Reema Dodin targets of online harassment

Biden Nominee for Top State Dept Post Contributed to Book About How ‘Israel Lobby’ Controls American Politics Uzra Zeya nominated for undersecretary of civilian security, democracy, and human rights Uzra Zeya / georgetown.edu February 18, 2021 12:20 PM President Joe Bidens nominee for a top State Department position played a key role in assembling a book on the nefarious influence of the "Israel lobby" while working for an organization that promoted claims about Jewish media control ...

Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, President Biden’s new secretary of State Anthony Blinken was recently asked by CNN’s Wolf Blitzer if the Biden administration would honor President Trump’s recognition of Israeli sovereign...

Biden’s initial posturing regarding Israel is confusing, given that Donald Trump’s pro-Israel approach made significant progress towards peace.

Israel has reason to be deeply concerned about the policy that US President Joe Biden’s new administration will pursue vis-à-vis the Jewish state. As we will see below, those concerns are justified and relate to diplomatic measures already taken by the Biden White House. The appointments of several ex-Obama officials to positions which are related to the Middle East are another reason for concern.   While Prime Minister On Sunday it was announced that the White House is demanding that Isr...