US-Israel Relations

The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman says the US move to veto a UN Security Council resolution calling for the stoppage of the Israeli war on Gaza proves Washington is the key factor in the persistence of the crisis and paves the way for the spillover of the conflict.

Washington decision to veto yet another UN Security Council draft resolution that demanded an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip indicates US is responsible for the continuation of war crimes against Palestinians, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has stressed.

The US has vetoed a United Nations security council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza for the third time, arguing that it would undermine negotiations over a hostage agreement.

The spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry has deplored the US Senate's approval of a $14-billion aid package to Israel, stressing the decision shows Washington rewards the regime for massacring Palestinian civilians amid the conflict in Gaza.

The United States is preparing to send more bombs and other arms to Israel even as it pushes for a ceasefire in the war on Gaza and has announced it opposes Tel Aviv’s plans for a ground invasion in southern Rafah where more than half of the besieged enclave’s displaced population is trapped.

The relatives of two Palestinian-American teens, both fatally shot in separate incidents in the occupied West Bank by Israel, say investigators from the American embassy have made visits to their homes to probe the incidents.

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has urged allies of Israel, primarily the United States, to stop sending it weapons as “too many people” are being killed in the Gaza Strip and Israel has pledged to press on with Rafah offensive in the enclave.

US President Joe Biden has not modified his Israel policy despite mounting frustration with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s refusal to compromise in the Gaza Strip, which has erupted into name-calling in private, NBC has reported, citing multiple sources.

The Palestinian movement Hamas has blamed the US and its president Joe Biden personally for the Israeli army's attacks on the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, which has resulted in massive casualties among Palestinins.

Israel’s war in Gaza – and Washington’s support for it -- is inflicting serious damage on US standing across the Arab world, according to the poll results conducted in 16 Arab countries and released by the research institute, Arab Center Washington DC.

The US Senate has blocked a $118 billion supplemental funding bill with aid for Ukraine and Israel, as well as immigration reforms and national security measures.

US President Joe Biden has vowed to veto a Republican-proposed standalone aid package for Israel, if it manages to pass through the Congress. The idea to pass a “clean” aid package, not tied to border security or Ukraine, was floated by speaker of the US House of Representatives Mike Johnson last week.

The United States Senate has unveiled a $118bn bipartisan deal that would boost border security and provide wartime aid for Israel and Ukraine.

Washington has put sanctions on several Israeli settlers for attacking Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, accusing them of undermining stability and security in Israel and the Palestinian territories.

The US is reviewing options to recognize a Palestinian state when the war in the Gaza Strip is over, according to a report by Axios.

US Air Force personnel in Iraq have been ordered to remain on standby in case of the US involvement in the Israel war on the besieged Gaza Strip, The Intercept has reported, citing a Pentagon memo.

US government employees of the group Feds United for Peace are planning a day of “fasting” in an attempt to raise awareness of the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. The group is made up of dozens of officials who are against US President Joe Biden’s policies toward Israel, and had organized a walkout earlier this month, also in protest of Biden’s policies.

The White House is discussing withholding or delaying the shipments of offensive weapons to Israel in order "to compel Tel Aviv to scale back the ongoing military operation in the Gaza Strip", NBC News has reported.

A US federal judge in California is studying testimony heard in a lawsuit against Joe Biden, who is being sued by a group of American Palestinians and aid groups, accusing the US president of failing to prevent genocide in the Gaza Strip.

The White House spokesman rejected plans by Israel to establish a "buffer zone" within the Gaza Strip and stressed such a proposal is at odds with the Biden administration's stated policy.

Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has denounced the United States for preventing the UN from fulfilling its duty to press for an end to Israel's ongoing "war of genocide" against the Gaza Strip.

Washington is seeking from Israel a transition from the wider ground operation in the Gaza Strip to targeted attacks on the leaders of the Hamas movement, US Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer has stated.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refuses to compromise with Washington on a potential two-state solution for post-war Gaza despite US President Joe Biden’s insistence the pair were in agreement after a phone call with Netanyahu, according to a post the Israeli premier wrote on X social media on Saturday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US President Joe Biden in a telephone conversation Friday that public comments he made on Thursday, in which he appeared to reject the idea of creating a Palestinian state, were not meant to foreclose the possibility of a Palestinian state in any form, a person familiar with the issue told CNN. It comes a day after after Netanyahu appeared to reject the idea of creating a Palestinian state, a comment that would put him at odds with Biden’s position.

US President Joe Biden is losing patience with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the war in the Gaza Strip which has hit 100-day mark, according to a report.