Middle East

US President Donald Trump arrived Monday afternoon at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem and signed the guest book before beginning his working meeting with President Reuven Rivlin. Rivlin congratulated Trump on his arrival in Israel and said, “We are happy to see that America is back in the area. America is back again … Israel […]

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — President Donald Trump struck a series of deals with Saudi Arabia on his two-day visit but the kingdom is still anxiously waiting for him to deliver on something else: the repeal of a contentious 2016 law that allows relatives of 9/11 victims to sue the kingdom for their deaths. Saudi officials

Sheldon Ritz was expecting business as usual at the storied King David Hotel in Jerusalem last week. Several notable names—such as the Premier of Quebec Philippe Couillard and former Republican governor Mike Huckabee—were to stay, alongside the usual slew of tourists. But for the hotel’s head of operations, confirmation on May 5 that President Donald

JERUSALEM — Israeli officials say Trump has led them astray by failing to follow through on repeated promises to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. “For the record, we recognize Washington, D.C.,” said Michael Oren, a former Israeli ambassador to the U.S. who now serves as deputy minister for diplomacy in the

The wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was caught making diplomatic small talk with First Lady Melania Trump upon President Donald Trump’s arrival in Israel on Monday, flagging up something they share in common: the media’s alleged hatred of both couples. Landing at Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv, fresh from visiting Saudi Arabia,

JERUSALEM — President Donald Trump on Monday denied that he revealed that Israel was the source of intelligence about a terrorist threat to commercial airliners during his meeting with Russian diplomats earlier this month. Just arrived in Israel on Monday, and speaking here alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump insisted, “I never mentioned the

The former real estate magnate doesn’t see the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a simple land dispute. As opposed to his predecessors, he focuses on the religious dimension By Raphael Ahren At Shimon Peres’s funeral last year, famed author Amos Oz described the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with a simple but striking metaphor. “Because Israelis and Palestinians cannot suddenly

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday there is now a “rare opportunity to bring security and stability and peace” to the Middle East, as he arrived in Israel for his first visit there as the U.S. leader. Speaking at a welcome ceremony at Ben-Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Trump said the opportunity involved defeating terrorism

Perhaps Air Force One encountered some turbulence that shook Melania Trump to her core. Or, maybe she noticed a large fly on President Donald Trump’s hand after deplaning at an Israeli airport. Either way, the first lady wasn’t having it when Trump reached out his hand to hold hers Monday during their first international trip

Kehilat Yeshurun Rabbi Haskel Lookstein said on Sunday that he was not the rabbi who gave Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner permission to fly on Air Force One on Shabbat (Sabbath), calling the rumors “fake news”. Rabbi Lookstein is the rabbi who converted Ivanka in 2009, prior to her marriage to Jared Kushner. According to

Speaking at the US Capitol at a special event marking the 50th anniversary of Jerusalem’s liberation and unification, Rep. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) spoke of her synagogue, Ner Tamid (Hebrew for eternal flame), and of Israel as a beacon of hope. Rosen was flanked by Martin Oliner, President of the Center for Unity and of Religious