Trump sees advantage in debate over Israel, anti-Semitism
President Donald Trump can’t get enough of Rep. Ilhan Omar.
Trump calls Rep. Omar apology about Israel remark ‘lame’
Freshman Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar has apologized for tweets suggesting that members of Congress support Israel because they are being paid to do so.
Rep. Omar apologizes for tweets about support for Israel
Freshman Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar has “unequivocally” apologized for tweets suggesting that members of Congress support Israel because they are being paid to do so, which drew bipartisan criticism and a rebuke from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Mississippi House approves bill targeting Israel boycotts
Lawmakers want Mississippi to join some other states in refusing to do business with companies boycotting Israel.
Trump, at UN, backs separate states for Israel, Palestinians
For the first time since taking office, President Donald Trump endorsed a two-state solution as the best way to resolve the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians as he met Wednesday at the U.N. with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Made in Mississippi: Stark delivers first missile defense canister to Israel
A new ballistic missile defense system being developed for Israel will have a bit of the Golden Triangle in it.
58 dead in Gaza protests as Israel fetes US Embassy move
In a jarring contrast, Israeli forces shot and killed 57 Palestinians and injured more than 2,700 during mass protests Monday along the Gaza border, while just a few miles away Israel and the U.S. held a festive inauguration ceremony for the new American Embassy in contested Jerusalem.
AP sources: Adelson offers to help pay for Jerusalem embassy
The Trump administration is considering an offer from Republican mega-donor Sheldon Adelson to pay for at least part of a new U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, four U.S. officials told The Associated Press.
Pence says US embassy will move to Jerusalem by end of 2019
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence told Israeli lawmakers Monday that the U.S. would put plans to move its embassy to Jerusalem on a fast track, drawing angry denunciations from Arabs who were forcibly removed from the hall during his speech before Israel’s parliament.
Pence has long pushed for Trump policies on Israel
Vice President Mike Pence is making his fifth visit to Israel, returning to a region he’s visited “a million times” in his heart.
Israel minister plans Trump train station at Western Wall
Israel’s transportation minister is pushing ahead with a plan to dig a railway tunnel under Jerusalem’s Old City, passing near sites holy to Jews, Christians and Muslims — and ending at the Western Wall with a station named after President Donald Trump.
Abbas says UN should replace US as Mideast mediator
Breaking with years of courting the U.S., Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called Wednesday for the United Nations to replace Washington as a Mideast mediator and suggested he might not cooperate with the Trump administration’s much-anticipated effort to hammer out an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal.
Trump declares Jerusalem Israeli capital, smashing US policy
President Donald Trump shattered decades of unwavering U.S. neutrality on Jerusalem Wednesday, declaring the sorely divided holy city as Israel’s capital and sparking frustrated Palestinians to cry out that he had destroyed already-fragile Mideast hopes for peace.
Mideast braces for fallout from Trump’s move on Jerusalem
Palestinians shuttered schools and shops and called for protests in West Bank towns today, while the leader of the Hamas militant group called for a new armed uprising, in widespread show of anger over President Donald Trump’s move to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
Warnings intensify as Trump readies Jerusalem declaration
America’s friends and foes unleashed fierce criticism today ahead of President Donald Trump’s announcement recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
Starkville K-12 teachers travel to Israel, Jordan with MSU program
Four Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District teachers, as well as Mississippi State University students and professors, are traveling in the Middle East for an educational archeology trip offered through the Fulbright-Hays grant awarded last year.
In Jerusalem, Trump solemnly remembers Holocaust victims
President Donald Trump on Tuesday solemnly paid tribute to the six million Jews killed during the Holocaust, calling on the world to never forget “history’s darkest hour.”
Next stop for Trump is Israel, in pursuit of ‘ultimate deal’
President Donald Trump has cast the elusive pursuit of peace between Israelis and Palestinians as the “ultimate deal.”
Trump’s pick for Israel envoy goes on damage control
The combative attorney President Donald Trump picked as his ambassador to Israel sought to repair the damage from past attacks on political opponents, telling Congress he deeply regretted using inflammatory language and promised to be “respectful and measured” should he be confirmed.
A broader Israel-Arab deal — rare opportunity or diversion?
President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have pledged to seize what they believe is an opportunity for an ambitious Israeli-Arab peace deal.