The Biden administration is supportive of the historic peace treaty but it does not appear enthusiastic about appropriating the funds to see it flourish.

President Isaac Herzog has entered the role at a time not of societal rifts, but of an absence of leadership. In practice, there is no national leadership in Israel, there are only officials.

Jibril's organization, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command, was one of the main terrorist groups fighting against Israel in the 1970s and 1980s and more recently backed Syria's government in civil war.

Analysts believe series of strikes part of a campaign by Iranian-backed militias. Iraqi militia groups aligned with Iran vowed to retaliate after US strikes on the Iraqi-Syrian border killed four of their members last month.

The son of Israel's late UN envoy and the grandson of the country's first chief rabbi, President Isaac Herzog's path was paved by the generations that came before him. We wish him great success in his new role.