On Tuesday’s meeting with Jared Kushner, senior adviser to President Donald Trump, Jordan’s King Abdullah II praised the United States’ commitment to working towards peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Kushner, who was accompanied to the Middle East by U.S. Special Representative for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt and Deputy National Security Adviser...

Israel’s Prime Minister will meet with the Russian President in Sochi on Wednesday for extensive talks about regional security. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to set out Israel’s concerns over the recent ceasefire signed by the U.S., Russia, and Jordan, which Israel’s security establishment fears will lead to greater Iranian...

Most Israelis assume – or at least they did until very recently – that Germany is a steadfast friend of Israel. They therefore find it hard to imagine that it would actively support organizations which contribute to the campaign to delegitimize Israel’s right to exist. But all that may have...

Israel’s Foreign Ministry has received thousands of messages from Iraq in support of Israel in the wake of the Temple Mount crisis triggered by a terrorist attack, with Iraqis saying they “recognize the State of Israel” and reject Palestinian terrorism. Reactions include criticism of “the hypocrisy of the Arab peoples,”...

A leading Democratic congressman told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday that support in the U.S. House of Representatives for legislation strengthening Israel’s security is “overwhelmingly bipartisan.” Rep. Steny Hoyer (D – Md.), the House Minority Whip, told reporters that there was no lingering bitterness among Democrats towards Israel over Netanyahu’s congressional...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received Togo’s President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe in Jerusalem on Monday to discuss the upcoming Africa-Israel summit that Togo will host in October. Fifty four African nations are slated to attend the summit, which will take place from October 23-27 in Togo’s capital, Lome. Netanyahu is due to...