Author: Ben Samuels

Haaretz | U.S. News Despite previous remarks suggesting a ‘reset’ in the relationship between the U.S. and Israel, Trump’s defense nominee stated his support of continued military assistance to Israel – describing it as a ‘model ally’ – and promised to provide military options to stop Iran Mar 4, 2025 10:45 pm IST Mar 4,…

Haaretz | U.S. News According to the U.S. Treasury Department, Khan’s U.S. assets have been frozen and entry into the U.S. may be restricted, after Trump accused him of ‘illegitimate and baseless actions,’ against the U.S. and Israel WASHINGTON – The United States on Thursday placed sanctions on Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor at the…

Haaretz | U.S. News Analysis | While Hegseth has backed Israel annexing the West Bank and ‘destroying and killing every last member of Hamas,’ his Defense Department team is far more skeptical about U.S. support for Israel – and closer to Trump’s America First isolationism Feb 5, 2025 6:59 pm IST Feb 5, 2025 6:59…

Haaretz | U.S. News The bill, prioritized by Republican leadership to help set the tone for the incoming session of Congress, calls to issue sanctions over attempts ‘to investigate, arrest, detain or prosecute’ a U.S. citizen or citizen of an allied country not a signatory to the Rome Statute, including Israel Jan 9, 2025 10:12…

Haaretz | U.S. News Trager has previously worked at Washington think tanks close to the Israeli government and has shared online posts criticizing the Qatari government, the Lebanese military and the International Criminal Court Jan 8, 2025 9:45 pm IST Jan 8, 2025 9:45 pm IST WASHINGTON – Eric Trager, a foreign policy expert currently…

Israel News | Haaretz Today Haaretz Today | In case you thought the shifting goalposts and policy ideas informed by social media were a thing of the past, Trump’s rhetoric and ideas during the twilight of the transition should prove otherwise Jan 8, 2025 8:43 pm IST Jan 8, 2025 8:43 pm IST WASHINGTON –…

Haaretz | U.S. News President-elect Donald Trump shared a video of controversial economist Jeffrey Sachs charging Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu with orchestrating the U.S. invasion of Iraq, saying: ‘He’s gotten us into endless wars’ Jan 8, 2025 8:32 pm IST Jan 8, 2025 8:32 pm IST WASHINGTON – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump shared a video…

Haaretz | U.S. News Ortagus’ appointment is likely to delight the pro-Israel establishment, from whom Ortagus has been a long-time favorite, while infuriating the GOP’s isolationist wing Jan 4, 2025 1:13 am IST Jan 4, 2025 1:13 am IST WASHINGTON – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump named Morgan Ortagus, former State Department spokesperson under Mike Pompeo,…

Haaretz | News Of the 71 members of Congress who do not identify as Christian, 32 are Jewish, a new Pew study shows. Meanwhile, nine percent of the Senate is Jewish, though Jews only make two percent of the overall U.S. adult population Jan 2, 2025 10:53 pm IST Jan 2, 2025 10:53 pm IST…

Israel News | Haaretz Today Haaretz Today | The latest GOP clashes portend just how divisive foreign policy will be among the Republican Party, as isolationists and neoconservatives battle to define the incoming Trump administration’s goals Jan 2, 2025 9:48 pm IST Jan 2, 2025 9:48 pm IST In the 24 hours before the U.S.…