In face of growing Iran threat, debate resurfaces over US-Israel mutual defense pact By Yaakov Lappin and Jackson Richman, JNS Although proposals for a U.S.-Israel mutual defense pact are not new, the concept has recently gained momentum and attracted growing…

TRUMP TWEETS — Trump gave Netanyahu another potential boost in the remaining days before the Israeli elections. In a Saturday morning tweet, Trump said that he told Netanyahu during a phone conversation that he will support a U.S.-Israel mutual defense treaty “that…

Trump ‘locked and loaded’ to strike Iran but waiting for smoking gun Jamie McIntyre, The Washington Examiner IN DEFENSE OF ISRAEL: President Trump tweeted on Saturday that he spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by phone about a potential…

“I know for a fact that from our dealings with the Israeli government, they’ve been interested in this for over a year,” Michael Makovsky, president of the Jewish Institute for National Security of America, told POLITICO’s Daniel Lippman. “With the…