Biden's visit to Israel

A Zionist at heart: Biden, your support for Israel will not be forgotten - editorial

Though not all American Jews or Israelis agreed with all of his recent actions in the Middle East, Biden is a Zionist at heart in a way that is very much not a given these days.

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden is welcomed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in October, when the president visited Israel following the massacres carried out by Hamas.
 US President Joe Biden waves as he walks to board Air Force One to return to Washington from JFK Airport in New York City, US, April 26, 2024.

State Dept: Biden's CNN interview doesn't indicate Israel violated international law

 People ride the new Metropolitan Light Rail on September 20, 2023. The Light Rail runs through Tel Aviv and surrounding central cities.

City of Ramat Gan votes to rename light rail station after US President Biden

 POLICEMAN EVYATAR EDRI looks on, as US President Joe Biden hugs his mother, Rachel Edri, who was held hostage by Hamas, while meeting with people affected by this month’s Hamas attack on Israel, Wednesday in Tel Aviv.

Netanyahu can't unify Israel in the face of war, but Biden can


The US-Israel alliance: A major help in the war with Hamas, Iran - opinion

President Biden’s visit to Israel is an important milestone and is an opportunity to lead the world now to confront the terrorists of Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran.

 ‘PRESIDENT BIDEN’S visit to Israel is an important milestone and is an opportunity to lead the world now to confront the terrorists of Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran,’ says the writer.

Rosh Hashanah: What happened in Israel in the Jewish year 5782?

From Middle East peace and war to COVID-19, political instability, rising prices, terrorism, Iran fears, Hezbollah threats, immigration and the Russia-Ukraine War: What happened in Israel?

 BENJAMIN NETANYAHU: Still an influential presence.

Will Joe Biden run for a second term? He is not yet sure

“Look, my intention, as I said to begin with, is that I would run again," he said. "But it’s just an intention. But is it a firm decision that I run again? That remains to be seen.” 

 US President Joe Biden addresses the nation on the killing of Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a U.S. drone strike, in Washington, US August 1, 2022.

The Middle East is changing, Israel must be ready - opinion

When it comes to negotiating with Iran, one should be ready to haggle: pure diplomacy without a military option in the back pocket could prove to be a recipe for disaster. 

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman are among participants at an Arab summit in Jeddah, in July.

Germany's Scholz 'disgusted' at Abbas’s '50 holocausts' comments

The German chancellor rejected the use of the word 'apartheid' in a meeting with the PA president • Liberman: Abbas is alive today only because of security coordination with Israel

 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas shake hands as they attend a news conference, in Berlin, Germany, August 16, 2022

Is a blue economy the future of Mideast-Asia partnerships? - opinion

Blue economy is an emerging concept for ocean governance that harnesses the economic capabilities of oceans in environmentally sustainable ways.

 PRIME MINISTER Yair Lapid and US President Joe Biden attend the first virtual meeting of the I2U2 group, with leaders of India and the UAE, in Jerusalem, last month.

President Biden met with Israeli child sick with cancer during trip

The meeting that Biden had with the organization was among the last meetings the US president had before continuing his Middle East trip.

 President Biden met Omer from the Israel Children's Cancer Support Center. On the left is Ze'ev Yanay of Galai Communications and on the right is Rachashei Lev CEO Shimi Gesheid.

Just for a view from a window: The long saga of Jerusalem’s King David Street

King David Street came back to my mind just recently as US President Joe Biden had a schedule that included a voyage of approximately 400 meters from the King David Hotel.

 PEOPLE LOOK from their balcony as then-US president Barack Obama’s cars arrive at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem in 2013. It is a rather bizarre street, bearing in mind it is Jerusalem’s most prestigious lane, says the writer.

Biden’s visit to Israel, Middle East in retrospect - opinion

From Israel-US ties, talks with the Saudis, recognizing the Iran threat and the Palestinian conflict to the anti-Israel elements in the Democratic Party.

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden waves before his departure to Saudi Arabia from Ben-Gurion International Airport on July 15.

What did Joe Biden's visit mean for Israel, Saudi Arabia, Palestinians?

Flights will be allowed over Saudi Arabia, but normalization is far away * No progress has been made on a defensive alliance against Iran * The Palestinians are dissapointed

 US President Joe Biden poses for a photograph with US and Israeli officials as he is given a tour of Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system at Ben-Gurion Airport after his arrival on July 13.

Biden should have visited a mixed hospital on his visit - opinion

Augusta Victoria Hospital caters to Palestinians, but Hadassah and Sha'are Zedek cater to everyone in the country.

 PART OF the medical care coexistence at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, as a Muslim family and a man wearing a kippah are among those walking through the corridors.