Us israel relations

Netanyahu shows 'political desperation' in push for Trump backing, US sources tell 'Post'

As Netanyahu seeks more Trump endorsements before Israel's elections, US officials signal readiness to work with any government and pursue regional deals.

Banner from the Likud campaing showing Prime Minister Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump.
This week, CNN’s Harry Enten presented Siena polling averages showing that Democrats’ lead among Jewish voters in New York on the congressional ballot had fallen from 49 percentage points in 2022 to 13 this year.

Editor's Notes: A break with Israel would hurt American Jews, too - comment

 US President Joe Biden meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office at the White House, July 25, 2024

US-Israel relationship may be irreparably damaged, former Biden official warns

The MEAD conference kicked off in Washington on September 8, 2026.

MEAD conference opens in Washington as Israel, US face key regional decisions


WATCH: US Independence Day celebration at MOTJ to highlight US-Israel bond

The celebratory gala will feature US Ambassador Mike Huckabee, and Grammy winner Lee Greenwood is set to entertain the crowd

MUSEUM OF TOLERANCE JERUSALEM

Netanyahu: Oct. 7 'probably' wouldn't have happened if Trump were president

PM: 'Iran would have been more careful' if Trump was in White House • 'Biden threatened to impose an arms embargo on Israel, warned not to enter Rafah'

Here, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accompanied by Trump, speaks during a dinner in the Blue Room of the White House on Monday in Washington.

Netanyahu is causing Israel to lose the US, including members of the Jewish community - opinion

On US campuses, where the socio-political arena shapes the next generation, young Jews find themselves torn.

A RALLY in support of Palestinians takes place at Columbia University, in New York City in 2024.

'Fake news': PMO denies reports of Trump, Netanyahu fight over Gaza hunger claims

The call was described by NBC sources as “a direct, mostly one-way conversation about the status of humanitarian aid” in which Trump “was doing most of the talking.”

U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands after Trump's address at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem

Pro-Israel US lawmakers pressured Israel to allow more humanitarian aid into Gaza - exclusive

The message came from both senior Republican lawmakers in Congress and officials in the White House, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

Humanitarian aid is airdropped over Gaza as seen from northern Gaza Strip, July 27, 2025

Donald Trump and Mike Huckabee view and approach Middle East very differently - opinion

Unlike Huckabee, Trump sees the Middle East in highly transactional terms and is set on using economically driven frameworks to broker further peace deals in the region.

US AMBASSADOR to Israel Mike Huckabee donates blood at the Magen David Adom headquarters in Ramle.

Arab media claims Hamas fears possible joint US-Israeli ops. to free hostages in Gaza - report

Other Hamas and Palestinian sources said that Hamas captors have been instructed to murder any live hostages if the IDF gets close.

 HAMAS TERRORISTS keep guard on the day Hamas handed over deceased hostages, in Khan Yunis, Feb. 20, 2025.

Prime Minister Netanyahu arrives in Israel post-Washington trip

While in the US capital, Netanyahu met with Trump and spoke with the families of the hostages. Earlier, in an interview with Newsmax, Netanyahu said that he hopes a hostage deal is reached soon.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the press after meeting with US Speaker of the House Mike Johnson at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on July 8, 2025

Preventing the 'Hezbollah model' in Gaza: The 'day after' plans that Israel, US hope for - analysis

As Netanyahu flies to Washington to meet Trump, the center of the discussion will be who should control Gaza after the war ends, and what options are favorable to Israel and the US.

 Palestinians from clans hold guns and melee weapons to secure aid trucks in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, June 25, 2025.

Israeli official to discuss Iran, Gaza in Monday visit to White House

Dermer, Israel's strategic affairs minister, will also discuss the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Washington later this summer, it said.

 Head of the negotiations for hostages release Minister Ron Dermer speaks at the Jewish News Syndicate conference in Jerusalem, on April 28, 2025.