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'America's friendship is vital to Israel's existence and prosperity'
In a special video message to the Israel Hayom Forum on US-Israel Relations, President Reuven Rivlin praises the steadfast bond between the two nations.
Read moreDetailsLate Defense Minister Moshe Arens awarded posthumous citation
Dr. Miriam Adelson presents award to Arens' daughter, Aliza, who tells audience that her father is looking down, smiling with satisfaction, and saying "Keep up the good work."
Read moreDetails'Israel can and should attract 20 million tourists a year'
"If we can bring major international events to Israel on a regular basis, we can change the image of our country, which sadly today, is not very good," says Israeli-Canadian businessman and philanthropist Sylvan Adams.
Read moreDetailsWZO VP: We are proud of our bond with US
Yaakov Hagoel, vice chairman of the World Zionist Organization sends a special message to the guests at the Israel Hayom Forum on US-Israel Relations and expresses hope that Israel and the United States enjoy "many more years of true friendship."
Read moreDetailsIsrael's older and wiser sister
As long as we preserve the liberal democratic principles Israel was founded on, we will maintain our special relationship with the United States and ensure that the BDS movement is swept into the trash bin of history.
Read moreDetailsFormer Quartet Mideast envoy: I firmly believe in 2-state solution
Former Quartet Mideast Envoy Tony Blair says two-state solution will be relevant only "when the economics and politics are right." Blair calls situation in Gaza "a tragedy," says all violence must come to a halt.
Read moreDetails'Israel, Palestinians must give US peace plan a chance'
In exclusive interview with Editor-in-Chief Boaz Bismuth, former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley tells Israel Hayom that President Donald Trump’s peace plan puts Israel’s security first. "I am an optimist. It’s not going to be easy. Both sides won’t love it. And both sides won’t hate it. But both sides have to want peace. And if they do, they will be deciding the details. Not the US. And I think it is worth taking that chance," she said of Trump's anticipated "deal of the century."
Read moreDetailsUS envoy: Iran's foreign policy brought Arabs, Israelis together
"The Iranian regime does not get a veto over American and Israeli national security," says US Special Representative for Iran, Brian Hook. Critical of the Obama administration's "accommodation" of Iran, Hook says the Trump administration is taking an "entirely different approach."
Read moreDetailsBlue and white energy
Israel's collaboration with the American private sector has paved the way for the Israeli economy's energy independence, ushering in the natural gas revolution.
Read moreDetails'There is no such thing as a take it or leave it deal'
In exclusive interview with i24NEWS, Trump's representative for international negotiations says Palestinian boycott peace efforts prompted administration not to invite Israeli officials to the in "Peace to Prosperity" workshop next week.
Read moreDetailsUS Ambassador David Friedman: We don't tell Israel what to do
A massive painting depicting the biblical "sin of the spies" hangs in the modest office of U.S. Ambassador to Israel...
Read moreDetailsAn alliance for the ages
From the historical recognition of Jerusalem and the Golan Heights, inaugurating the new embassy in the capital a year ago, withdrawing from the nuclear deal with Iran and many other measures, U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration are firmly in Israel's corner with no sign of slowing down.
Read moreDetailsAmerican Jewry: Still Israel's most important safety net
Indeed, many Jewish Americans, predominantly from the liberal camp of the Democratic Party, are clearly drifting away from Israel. Yet despite this apparent erosion in support, the Jewish community continues to comprise the core base for the special relationship between the United States and Israel.
Read moreDetailsPM: Israel will hear US peace plan in fair, open manner
“We’ll hear the American proposal, hear it fairly and with openness. And I cannot understand how the Palestinians, before they even heard the plan, reject it outright,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says. PA President Mahmoud Abbas dismisses plan, says, “What have the Americans proposed that is original? $50 or $60 billion? We are used to this kind of nonsense."
Read moreDetailsUS ambassador: Israel would likely be able to 'retain some' of West Bank
In interview with The New York Times, U.S. envoy David Friedman says Israel would, under certain circumstances, "have the right" to keep parts of the area claimed by Palestinians, "but unlikely all" of it. Asked how administration would react to annexation moves he says: "I don’t want to prejudge.”
Read moreDetails'The Trump administration is the best thing that happened to Israel'
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is representing the Trump administration at the embassy relocation ceremony in Jerusalem on Monday. “I couldn’t be prouder,” he says, stressing that the move is not a means of pressuring Israel.
Read moreDetailsThe IDF's dual strategy in Gaza
Military pressure on Hamas intensifies as another division enters the Khan Younis-Rafah corridor. The IDF operates on two fronts – hostage release and disabling Hamas' capabilities.
Read moreDetailsShakeup on Trump's NSC: Multiple fired amid Loomer visit
A source familiar with the situation described the dismissals as "being labeled as an anti-neocon move."
Read moreDetailsTrump's tariff tsunami hits Israel
For Israel, the situation represents a significant economic challenge – a 17% tariff on exports to the United States, which stands as Israel's most crucial trading partner alongside the European Union.
Read moreDetailsRare Haggadahs up for auction in Bnei Brak
Written before independence declaration, containing Holocaust and revival messages and state establishment celebrations, these are the Haggadahs expected to be sold at the Brand auction house.
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