Donald Trump
US President Donald Trump and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrive for a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington. Photo: AP Photo/Evan Vucci
February 5, 2025, 7:53 pm
Community leaders react to Trump plan to relocate Gazans
'The details of Mr. Trump’s proposals are still not fully developed, and some of them are controversial and potentially quite problematic'
By AJN STAFF
President-elect Donald Trump speaks as Steve Witkoff listens, during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, January 7, 2024, in Palm Beach, Florida. (The Times of Israel: AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
January 8, 2025, 10:11 am
Trump’s Mideast envoy to visit Qatar, claiming hostage deal on verge of completion
While Witkoff says progress made in Doha, Hamas stands by demand for permanent end to war, which Israel rejects; president-elect: ‘It won’t be good for anyone’ if no deal by Jan. 20.
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks about Israel's operations in Syria, following a call with US President-elect Donald Trump, December 15, 2024. (The Times of Israel: Screenshot/GPO)
December 16, 2024, 11:15 am
PM discusses hostages with Trump as Israeli officials say deal could be clinched in days
As cabinet meets, reports say sticking point in talks is number of captives to be freed; Netanyahu says phone call with president-elect stressed need to ‘complete Israel’s victory’.
By LAZAR BERMAN and TOI STAFF
Then-former US president Donald Trump poses for photos with family members of Hamas hostage Edan Alexander, after visiting the gravesite of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson in New York, October 7, 2024. (The Times of Israel: AP Photo/ Yuki Iwamura)
December 3, 2024, 9:38 am
Trump warns there will be ‘all hell to pay’ if hostages aren’t released by Jan. 20
After making threat as candidate at the RNC, president-elect doubles down, two days after Hamas releases video of American-Israeli captive begging him to secure a deal
By Jacob Magid
Then US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem on May 23, 2017. Photo: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90, Times of Israel.
November 14, 2024, 10:31 am
Pride and hope
In the face of unprecedented antisemitism around the world, we must be defiant; we must hold on to our traditions and our Jewish pride.
By AJN STAFF
US President-elect Donald Trump (L), wife Melania Trump (C) and son Barron Trump (R) leave at the conclusion of an election night event at the West Palm Beach Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, early on November 6, 2024. (Jim Watson/AFP)
November 7, 2024, 3:45 pm
Omitting US Jews, Trump hails ‘historic’ coalition that propelled his election win
President-elect thanks Black, Hispanic, Arab and Muslim voters, but not Jewish Americans; RJC asserts Jews helped win some swing states, as exit polls show vast majority backed Harris.
By Ron Kampeas
November 1, 2024, 8:00 am
A Pivotal US Election
Sharyn Kolieb looks at the possible implications of the American election for US relations with Israel and for American Jewry.
By Sharyn Kolieb
Donald Trump arrives at a campaign rally in Erie, Pennsylvania on July 29. Photo: AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File
August 4, 2023, 12:25 pm
Trump campaign compares indictment to Nazi persecution
Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt decries comparison as 'factually incorrect, completely inappropriate and flat out offensive'
By LUKE TRESS 
Photo: Olivier Douliery/AFP via Times of Israel
February 15, 2023, 9:25 am
Nikki Haley announces presidential campaign
Hugely popular with US pro-Israel groups and Republican Jews for her work in fighting anti-Israel bias as UN ambassador, she would be the first female and Indian-descent US president.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with then-US vice-president Joe Biden in Jerusalem in 2016. Photo: Amit Shabi/Pool
November 12, 2020, 12:00 am
‘A great friend of the State of Israel’
ECAJ: 'We sincerely hope that the Biden-Harris administration will advance its predecessors’ profoundly important advancements toward securing Israeli–Arab peace'.
By Gareth Narunsky
Donald Trump. Photo: AFP/Brendan Smialowski
November 10, 2020, 10:09 am
US election: a Bizzaro world
By Lily Steiner
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and US President Donald Trump. Photos: Angela Weiss and Mandel Ngan/AFP
November 5, 2020, 12:00 am
White House winner: hopes, fears
By Evan Zlatkis
Watching last week’s presidential debate on a smartphone. Photo: Dreamstime.com
October 29, 2020, 1:07 am
Good and bad of Trump, Biden
The Australian newspaper's foreign editor Greg Sheridan told an Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council webinar a re-elected Trump would be better than a victory for Joe Biden.
By Peter Kohn
US President Donald Trump visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on May 22, 2017. Photo: AFP Photo/Mandel Ngan
October 27, 2020, 11:13 am
Trump blessing Israel and the world
'You don’t have to like Trump, but if you can’t identify anything you can commend him for, you are part of the problem'.
By Lily Steiner
US President Donald Trump and Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden. Photos: Jim Watson/Saul Loeb
October 21, 2020, 2:42 pm
Red, white and Jew: inside the US election
Americans go to the polls on November 3 in one of the most crucial ballots in history. What issues are important to Jews and what impact might the result have on Israel policy?
By Gareth Narunsky
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