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Netanyahu warns Israel could face banking sanctions, prepares alternative financial system

Netanyahu says Israel is preparing alternatives to banking sanctions, including blockchain, and warns that US military aid cannot be taken for granted.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other officials on the day of the funeral service for late US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, DC,July 28, 2026.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a special plenum session in honor of U.S. President Donald Trump at the Knesset, Israel’s parliament in Jerusalem, on October 13, 2025

Trump waited for favorable election polling before endorsing Netanyahu, sources say

Pictures from the MIBA event announcing the US-Israel Innovation Exchange (USIIE).

Israel-US commercial relations strengthen after 80 organizations sign MoU to improve bilateral ties

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in the White House, July 28, 2026.

Rubio spoke with Israel's Netanyahu on Monday, State Department official says


Israel must pivot from US partisanship dependent on Republican loyalty - opinion

The more Israel is perceived as a purely partisan Republican project, the harder it will be to restore cross-party trust, risking the long-term erosion of legitimacy.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and US Vice President JD Vance meet at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem last month. US politics has transformed Israel into a volatile symbol of domestic partisan identity, the writer asserts.

‘America First’ means supporting Israel - opinion

Jerusalem is one of Washington’s most dependable partners in an unstable region full of American enemies; a collaboration that ensures the United States remains at the forefront of global innovation.

 U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) attends a press conference alongside fellow Republicans following the passage of the Secure the Border Act, HR-2, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 11, 2023.

WATCH: IDF chief Eyal Zamir holds situational assessment with US military chief Dan Caine in Israel

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir met US Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine in Tel Aviv to discuss Gaza, regional threats, and strengthening military cooperation.

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir meets with US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine at the IDF's Kirya headquarters in Tel Aviv, November 1, 2025.

'A lion-hearted friend': Israeli officials mourn Charlie Kirk's death

Netanyahu revealed that he had spoken to Kirk two weeks ago and invited him to Israel, describing him as a "lion-hearted friend" of the Jewish state.

Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA founder, puts on a MAGA hat during the AmericaFest 2024 conference sponsored by conservative group Turning Point in Phoenix, Arizona, US December 19, 2024.

Half of Israelis believe Gaza op. has low chance of defeating Hamas, Witkoff meets mediators

Saudi Crown Prince MBS warns that West Bank annexation could end any chance of normalization • Druze teens bring their story from Majdal Shams to Budapest through soccer

IDF precision strike brings down a Hamas-used high-rise in Gaza City, shortly after residents were ordered to evacuate, September 5, 2025.

Trump says US in 'very deep' negotiations with Hamas, urges release of hostages

Trump on Friday also signed an executive order paving the way for Washington to designate countries around the world a state sponsor of wrongful detention and impose punitive measures.

US President Donald Trump speaks with the media on the day of the signing of an executive order to rename the Department of Defense the "Department of War", in the Oval Office, at the White House in Washington, DC, US, September 5, 2025.

Born to be wild in Jerusalem: Mike Huckabee, Amir Ohana and Paul Singer plan rock set - interview

Huckabee said the celebration, postponed from July, will take place Tuesday, September 9, at the Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem.

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee in coversation with The Jerusalem Post.

Netanyahu rejects partial hostage deal, Israel braces for nationwide strike for hostage release

Border Police officers killed in car crash • Israel to allow shelter supplies into Gaza • Israel strikes in southern Lebanon • IDF inches closer to Gaza City before occupation

 Demonstrators protest for the release of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip, outside Hakirya Base in Tel Aviv, July 12, 2025.

Israel at War day 643: What's going on in Israel, Gaza, West Bank?

Netanyahu: Israel to enter talks for permanent ceasefire in Gaza after 60 days • Defense minister: Israel will strike Iran again if provoked • One murdered in West Bank terror attack

Here, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accompanied by Trump, speaks during a dinner in the Blue Room of the White House on Monday in Washington.

‘Israel fights for us all’: Evangelical pastor calls IDF the shield of Western civilization

Earlier this month, Stearns had traveled to Israel with 46 pastors from the United States, whose return flight departed before Israel’s preemptive attack on Iran.

 "Israel is fighting the war and paying the greater price so that we in America and the West can be safer," says evangelical Bishop Robert Stearns.