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President Joe Biden speaks during a Saint Patrick’s Day event with Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in the East Room of the White House, March 17, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
July 10, 2024, 9:55 am
Democrats clash over aid to Israel at meeting of party platform committee
Any change to the robustly pro-Israel language in the Democrats’ 2020 platform could alienate Jewish voters and donors who are already rattled by months of protests against Israel
By Ron Kampeas (JTA)
Jake Sullivan, US national security adviser, speaks during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, March 12, 2024. The White House announced a package of $300 million in military assistance to Ukraine, the Biden administration's latest effort to secure aid for Kyiv as Congress remains deadlocked. Credit: Tom Brenner/Pool via CNP /MediaPunch
May 15, 2024, 10:13 am
Biden official: Report that US withheld intelligence on Hamas from Israel is ‘not true’
The reports alleged that the United States would provide the intelligence in exchange for Israel curbing its offensive in Rafah, the city in southern Gaza.  
By Ron Kampeas (JTA)
President Joe Biden, March 18, 2024, in the Oval Office. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)
May 9, 2024, 9:47 am
President Biden threatens to halt arms to Israel over Rafah invasion
Right-wing lawmakers and ministers reacted harshly to Biden's ultimatum, with National Security Minister Ben-Gvir accusing the president of 'loving Hamas'
By Jotam Confino in Israel
Israeli military tank returns from central Gaza amid continuing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas on March 7, 2024 in Gaza border, southern Israel.
May 8, 2024, 11:59 am
US halts delivery of heavy bombs to Israel as IDF launches Rafah operation
Pause in delivery of 1,000lb and 2,000lb bombs marks the first such move from Washington since outbreak of the war on 7 October
By Jotam Confino in Israel
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address during a joint meeting of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol, March 07, 2024. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
May 2, 2024, 11:46 am
Biden to deliver Yom HaShoah speech at US Holocaust museum
The speech comes as police have been called in to clear out pro-Palestinian encampments on campuses across the country, and to arrest protesters who disregard orders to leave.
By Ron Kampeas (JTA)
A protester holds a poster with a photo of 23-year-old U.S.-Israeli Hersh Goldberg-Polin as people gather with signs calling for the release of hostages held by Hamas since Oct. 7, during a rally in Tel Aviv, October 28, 2023. (Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images)
April 25, 2024, 10:16 am
American-Israeli hostage is seen alive in apparently recent Hamas video
Propaganda clip shows Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, who was abducted from the Nova music festival, calling on Benjamin Netanyahu to resign
By JTA
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu meeting U.S. President Joe Biden in New York, September 20, 2023. Credit: Avi Ohayon (GPO)
April 18, 2024, 9:54 am
President Biden: ‘Iran wants to destroy Israel forever’
'It’s unthinkable that we would stand by if its defences were weakened and Iran was able to carry out the destruction it intended this weekend,' Biden said
By Jotam Confino in Israel
President Biden. Courtesy: White House
March 19, 2024, 9:43 am
Biden: Major Israeli ground operation in Rafah would be a mistake
Biden has asked Netanyahu send a team to Washington to 'discuss ways to target Hamas without a major ground operation in Rafah'
By Jotam Confino in Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu meeting U.S. President Joe Biden in New York, September 20, 2023. Credit: Avi Ohayon (GPO)
March 11, 2024, 1:37 pm
Biden growing frustrated with Netanyahu: ‘He is hurting more than helping Israel’
Netanyahu fired back at Biden, claiming that most Israelis support his policies on Gaza.
By Jotam Confino in Israel
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat, walks out of the Senate Chamber following a series of votes at the U.S. Capitol, Feb. 12, 2024. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
February 14, 2024, 10:15 am
Senate overwhelmingly approves Israel-Ukraine aid, with future uncertain in the House
The bill is the latest bid to provide Israel with billions of dollars in emergency funding for its war with Hamas.
By Ron Kampeas (JTA)
U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, speaks with reporters as he returns to his office at the U.S. Capitol Building, Feb. 05, 2024. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
February 6, 2024, 9:24 am
House and Senate are rushing competing Israel aid packages to the floor
A number of pro-Israel Jewish Democrats in the House are already resigned to voting for the Republican standalone bill, in hopes that the House and the Senate reconcile their versions.
By Ron Kampeas (JTA)
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, leads Muslims in the Eid al-Adha in Gaza City, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018. (Photo by Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto)
December 14, 2023, 10:15 am
The debate over what should happen in Gaza after the war, explained
Does Israel stay in the Gaza Strip? If so, for how long? And who takes its place?
By Ron Kampeas (JTA)
President Joe Biden meets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, in Tel Aviv. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
December 13, 2023, 8:03 am
Netanyahu rejects calls for 2-state solution: ‘Gaza will be neither Hamastan nor Fatahstan’
'You cannot say there’s no Palestinian state at all in the future,' President Biden fired back at Netanyahu
By Jotam Confino in Israel
Joe Biden
December 12, 2023, 10:29 am
Biden: US will provide military assistance until Israel gets rid of Hamas
The U.S. vetoed a UN Security Council resolution last week which called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
By JN Reporter
The El Al departure counter at Ben Gurion International Airport.(Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images)
September 28, 2023, 9:20 am
US lets Israel into Visa Waiver Program, easing travel for Israeli citizens
This means that Israelis traveling to the U.S. will no longer have to go through a months-long visa application process that carried the threat of denial.
By Ron Kampeas (JTA)
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