Given the major departures of pro-Israel figures like the now former national security adviser and the upcoming resignation of US special envoy Jason Greenblatt, questions remain as to the direction of the Trump administration.
The US president says the unnamed candidates are all "highly qualified." Deputy national security adviser Charles Kupperman, a former Reagan administration official and defense contracting executive, is running the National Security Council on an acting basis.
In bilateral meeting in Sochi, Israeli leader reiterates pledge to prevent Iran from establishing a military foothold in Syria under the guise of the civil war.
According to the report, published on Thursday in Politico, several former top US officials have confirmed that the FBI and other federal agencies were confident, based on detailed forensic analysis, that Israeli agents had placed cellphone surveillance devices at sensitive locations around Washington.
In order to convince the public that "things will be different" with them, Blue and White leaders and former senior defense officials Benny Gantz and Moshe Ya'alon will need to explain when and how exactly their security philosophy on the Gaza Strip changed.
