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From the blog of Susie Becher at The Times of Israel

After America's failures at home and abroad in 2021, we can only hope that Israel, and the world, will see better from it in 2022.

Palestinians burn posters depicting U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a protest against the U.S. intention to move its embassy to Jerusalem and to recognize the city of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip December 6, 2017. (Photo: Ashraf Amra/APA Images) On Tuesday, January 26, 2021, the Biden Administration put forth its first detailed comments on its Israeli-Palestinian policy in a speech to the United Nations Security Council by Acting U.S Envoy Richard Mills. The content of the remarks was not surpri...

Copy to Clipboard On Day 1 of Joe Biden's presidency, Twitter handle of US Ambassador to Israel was changed (Getty Images) Under Donald Trump, the US’ policies towards Israel and Palestine were controversial. The mercurial Republican, whose eventful tenure at the White House concluded on Wednesday, January 20, displayed a one-sided backing for Israel and took radical decisions like recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish State and shifting the American Embassy in Israel there from Tel Aviv. Soon after stepping into Washington DC’s power corridors, Trump’s successor d...

The Biden administration on Wednesday changed the U.S. ambassador to Israel's Twitter account name to read, "the official Twitter account of the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza," walking back the Trump administration's pro-Israel policies.