Israel's alleged airstrike: A message to 3 regional actors
Israel is trying to bring Saudi Arabia into its orbit and to create a strong common front against Iran by reminding Riyadh that Tehran poses a constant danger.
Analysis
Biden's Jewish heart: How Israel found a true friend inside the White House
For all the disagreements with Netanyahu, the US president will go down as one of the biggest champions of Israel and the Jews. What's more, he has stood firm against his own party's anti-Israel trends, stressing the moral justification for Israel’s existence and his support for it.
The US Visa Waiver Program: How will things change and who gets credit?
Instead of the long visa application process, Israelis will have access to the ESTA platform, where they would be able to get entry visas online almost immediately after they apply. No queue at the embassy, no interview, and no long and nerve–wracking wait.
US-Israel ties are back on track
One cannot help but wonder how in one meeting US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went from seeming enemies to friends.
The outcome of the Netanyahu-Biden meeting is already known
In order to bring about normalization with Saudi Arabia, Netanyahu is required not only to agree to concessions and compromises in the Palestinian arena, but commit to preserve the existing legal and constitutional character and integrity of Israeli democracy.
Will Israel-Saudi deal be finalized?
“We are actively talking,” one US official said on condition of anonymity. "But there's not even a set of principles on what an agreement would look like right now.”
Saudi normalization prospects hinge on whole range of factors – and Trump
Peace between Israel and Saudi Arabia would be a great political feat for Biden. Despite their love for Israel, it’s hard to see how the Republicans help lift him from rock-bottom polls.
3 years in, Abraham Accords yield warm peace through robust trade
Since the signing of the agreements, a series of economic activities have yielded mixed but mostly encouraging results, especially from Israel’s perspective.
Partnership in disagreement: The complex US-Israel alliance during the Yom Kippur War
Washington planned to provide Israel with a complete replacement for weapons systems damaged during the fighting, but without changing the overall balance of forces on the Egyptian front. The explicit threat from the White House “to disengage from Israel” was also aimed at proving to Sadat how the US can force its will on Jerusalem.
Explainer: What will happen at the Supreme Court hearing on Israel's judicial reform
Some within the ruling Coalition have hinted the government should not follow an adverse court decision, setting up a clash between the executive and the judiciary. Key state institutions – including Israel's powerful and highly regarded security services – would then need to decide which side to follow.