Dan Shapiro

Biden admin goes from slighting Abraham Accords to promoting them - analysis

The State Department tapped Shapiro to be its senior advisor for regional cooperation, looking to deepen what he publicly doubted and his former boss said would never happen.

 AFTER SIGNING the Abraham Accords, then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the foreign ministers of Bahrain (left) and UAE display their copies as then-US president Donald Trump looks on, at the White House, September 15, 2020.
Dan Shapiro, the US ambassador to Israel, at Nevatim air force base

Former US envoy to Israel Dan Shapiro appointed Abraham Accords advisor

 ANGELA MERKEL, then German chancellor, arrives with her spokesman Steffen Seibert for a news conference after a meeting with governors of former East German states at the Chancellery in Berlin, in 2020.

Grapevine May 14, 2023: A crisis of another kind

 US SECRETARY of State Antony Blinken and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan walk along the Colonnade of the White House, last week. They’ve hinted at the possibility of not working with Itamar Ben-Gvir

Do visits by Sullivan and Blinken signal a shift in US priorities?


Grapevine October 19, 2022: A peopled holy day

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 ‘THE FEAST of the Rejoicing of the Law at the Synagogue in Leghorn, Italy’ (1850) by Solomon Alexander Hart.

Grapevine August 26, 2022: Happy anniversary

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 US AMBASSADOR Tom Nides (right) looks at the nano-Bible at the David and Janet Polak Visitors Center, alongside Technion President Prof. Uri Sivan.

Dangerous liaisons - opinion

A lot has transpired since he was ambassador. He should keep it in mind. 

 Outgoing US ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro seen at a fare-well session in the Israeli Knesset

Former amb. Dan Shapiro to serve as adviser to Iran envoy

The former ambassador to Israel will serve as a part-time senior adviser to the team that handles the indirect negotiations with Iran.

US AMBASSADOR Dan Shapiro toasts the New Year.

Dan Shapiro appointed as State Department liaison to Israel on Iran

Former US ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro has been appointed as a liaison to Israel on the Iran issue.

 Outgoing US ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro seen at a fare-well session in the Israeli Knesset

Biden’s pick for ambassador to Israel expected by summer

Psaki also noted that Biden “values foreign policy experience,” and when asked about the time-frame for naming ambassadors, she would not commit when the process could start.

US President Joe Biden delivers remarks in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, US, February 5, 2021.

Former US Ambassador: Normalization agreement could 'generate momentum'

According to the former ambassador, "The US will need to be in dialogue with both Israelis and Palestinians," include Arab partners. This, in light of Iran's proximity to nuclear weaponry.

Dan Shapiro

Shapiro to 'Post': Israel will feel Joe Biden’s friendship

Biden “speaks about Israel with an emotion and commitment that is unusual in American politics.”

Former US ambassador to Israel Dan Shaprio is seen addressing The Jerusalem Post Annual Conference.

DNC advances final platform version, Israel related draft stays unchanged

The committee rejected a suggested amendment to condition US assistance to Israel, so "no US aid may be used to facilitate annexation or to violate Palestinians rights."

US President Joe Biden gestures after disembarking from a plane upon landing at Ben Gurion International Airport in Lod, near Tel Aviv, Israel March 8, 2016

Dan Shapiro: Military assistance to Israel also serves U.S. interests

Halie Soifer, executive director of JDCA, said that it was important to host the conversation to understand better where Democrats stand on Israel.

Dan Shapiro

Donald Trump and the next Israeli PM - analysis

Netanyahu’s "star power and international profile” have impressed the US leader, who might view a less experienced Israeli prime minister in a different light

US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington in March.