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US tells Israel it will send dozens more refueling planes amid Ben-Gurion crowding crisis - report

According to Israeli officials, the US military prefers having the refueling planes operate from Ben-Gurion Airport as it is less exposed to Iranian attacks than other bases in the region.

One of two US Air Force F-22 stealth fighter jets receives fuel mid-air from a KC-135 refueling plane over Norway en route to a joint training exercise with Norway's growing fleet of F-35 jets August 15, 2018.
Iran's former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reads his statement while attending a press center after registering as a candidate for June 18, presidential elections, in the Iranian Interior Ministry building on May 12, 2021 in Tehran, Iran.

Why is the Mossad-Ahmadinejad meeting's dirty laundry being aired now? - analysis

Yisrael Beytenu leader MK Avigdor Liberman leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, July 6, 2026

Netanyahu a ‘burden to Trump,' dismantled US-Israel ties, Liberman tells ‘Post’ - interview

The IDF receives additional F-35 fighter jets at the Nevatim Air Force Base. January 18, 2026.

Israel not expected to get involved in new round of US-Iran fighting, officials tell 'Post'


Sen. Lindsey Graham urges US to 'go all in with Israel' if Iran refuses nuclear talks - interview

Graham said Operation Rising Lion could be the most successful coordinated military and covert campaign in the history of the Jewish state.

 US Senator Lindsey Graham speaks outside the White House, in Washington, DC, US, February 28, 2025.

Jared Kushner advising Trump team ahead of key Middle East visit - report

The primary goal of the trip is to secure investment deals from Gulf states that would support economic initiatives in the US.

 Jared Kushner looks on during a swearing-in ceremony of Special Envoy Steve Witkoff in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, US, May 6, 2025.

Trump, Netanyahu on 'same side of every issue' US president claims after phone call

"The call went very well," Trump wrote, adding "we are on the same side of every issue," without elaborating further.

 U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands during a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 7, 2025.

Netanyahu appoints Dr. Yechiel Leiter as Israel's next US Ambassador

Leiter was Netanyahu's chief of staff at the Finance Ministry in the past and will step into his role on January 10.

 Dr. Yechiel Leiter, Israel's Ambassador to the United States.

US is fully, fully supportive of Israel, Biden says after Iran attack

President Biden affirmed full support for Israel after defending it from a large Iranian missile attack, warning of severe consequences.

 Iranians celebrate on a street, after the IRGC attack on Israel, in Tehran

Letters to the Editor, August 21, 2024: Israel's problems

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

 Letters

The American administration is guilty of wishful thinking - opinion

The American effort to stop the war hasn’t helped shore up the fragile trust that the moderate Arab countries - who wish to see an Israeli victory - have in the United States.

 US SECRETARY of State Antony Blinken waves while boarding a plane as he departs Riyadh, following talks with Saudi officials last month. Some of the assumptions behind the US regional plan are misplaced, the writer maintains

Blinken warns against Israel expansion of Jewish settlements

Blinken also said that all the options are on the table to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy Summit in Washington, US, June 5, 2023.

Senator Risch: Judicial overhaul won’t harm US-Israeli relations

Risch noted that the United States has “relationships with all kinds of countries that have different systems of governance."

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. James Risch (R-ID) speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on U.S. Policy in the Middle East, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, September 24, 2020.

US-Israel ties strengthening, Iran needs to plan next move carefully

REGIONAL AFFAIRS: Iran needs to consider its next moves carefully because there is less tolerance in the West for Iran's threats.

 Focus on Iran, the Iranian flag in crosshairs (Illustrative).