Biden administration

Biden aide McGurk says Washington had no warning of Oct. 7, reveals how war shook White House

McGurk told the Post that, in one meeting with the families of the hostages, "One woman left the screen, and when she came back, she learned that her loved one was actually confirmed dead.”

Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa at the U.S. National Security Council Brett McGurk speaks at the IISS Manama Dialogue in Manama, Bahrain, November 18, 2023.
 Military Vehicle patroling. Border Police are stationed and patroling at the Harif Mountain area, at the border between Israel and Egypt.

US waives human rights conditions on $320 million in military aid to Egypt over Iran war role

 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken addresses the press in Jordan's southern city of Aqaba on December 14, 2024.

Blinken denies telling Qatar to delay Israel-Hamas hostage mediation

Then-US president Joe Biden speaks with UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the G20 summit in New Delhi, India, September 9, 2023; illustrative.

Officials in Biden admin. 'unaware' of UAE's October 7 warning to Netanyahu, sources tell 'Post'


The best books of 2024: Top picks on Judaism, Israel, and global issues – opinion

The author's annual list of the best books on Israel, Judaism, and strategic matters across the globe.

 THE WRITER displays some of his favorite books from the past year.

Joe Biden's rise and fall: Political and personal tragedy with cancer diagnosis – opinion

MIDDLE ISRAEL: US President Joe Biden's formal departure from politics marks the end of a bygone era in US politics.

 FORMER US president Joe Biden and former first lady Jill Biden pose for a selfie photo, in a handout picture released on Monday.

Gaza aid pier: Why 62 US troops were hurt in a mission that shouldn't have happened - analysis

More soldiers were injured than previously known, illustrating that the previous US admin was not forthcoming about this failure.

Members of the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy and the Israeli military put in place the Trident Pier, a temporary pier to deliver humanitarian aid, on the Gaza coast, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, May 16, 2024.

Biden's Gaza pier injured far more troops than previously known

Over 60 US troops were injured during Biden's floating aid pier mission in Gaza, a new Pentagon report shows.

American soldiers stand guard at Trident Pier, a temporary pier to deliver aid off the Gaza Strip, June 25, 2024

DOJ submits letter over UNRWA immunity, clears way for lawsuit over Oct. 7 attack

The letter contradicts the position of the Biden administration, which claimed that UNRWA was immune because the UN didn't waive immunity.

 A torn UNRWA logo is seen among destruction in Rafah, in southern Gaza, January 22, 2025

With strong US-Israel alliance, criticism of each other should be expressed in private - editorial

Israel believes, justifiably, that meeting with Hamas is a mistake. It believes, rightfully, that Boehler’s rather sanguine reading of the situation is woefully unrealistic.

 US State Secretary Marco Rubio arrives in Israel on the first leg of his Middle East trip, as Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar waits to welcome him, in Tel Aviv, Israel, February 15, 2025.

Biden's antisemitism envoy rejects Columbia post over campus antisemitism: ‘I won’t be a fig leaf'

'I was Biden’s antisemitism envoy. I had been considering an academic appointment at the Ivy League institution. Not anymore.' Lipstadt wrote

 US Antisemitism Envoy Deborah Lipstadt.

State Department officials worked against Israel during war, former envoy says - report

Former Israeli Ambassador to the US, Michael Herzog, also explained that there were severe tensions between Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu.

 IDF soldiers are seen working as part of the Israeli military's Gaza battlefield intelligence collection unit.

Former Biden advisor reveals challenges of negotiating with Hamas

Brett McGurk defended Biden’s support for Israel, criticized Hamas’s hostage tactics, and praised Trump for calling Hamas’s bluff to secure hostage releases and push for a Gaza without Hamas.

 Brett McGurk (R) in front of Presidents Trump and Biden and Hamas terrorists; illustrative

Trump releases thousands of one-ton bomb shipments frozen by Biden to Israel, official says

The delivery was frozen by the Biden administration in May due to the Israeli operation in Rafah.

  Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands with U.S. President Donald Trump after signing the Abraham Accords, normalizing relations between Israel and some of its Middle East neighbors, in a strategic realignment of Middle Eastern countries against Iran, 2020