Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu;born 21 October 1949) is an Israeli politician who has been serving as the prime minister of Israel since December 2022,having previously held the office from 1996 to 1999 and again from 2009 to 2021. He is the chairman of the Likud party. Netanyahu is the longest-tenured prime minister in the country's history,having served for a total of over 15 years. He is also the first prime minister to be born in Israel after its Declaration of Independence.
Daniel Samuel Senor is an American-Canadian columnist,writer,and political adviser. He was chief spokesman for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq and senior foreign policy adviser to U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney during the 2012 election campaign. A frequent news commentator and contributor to The Wall Street Journal,he is co-author of the book Start-up Nation:The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle (2009). He is married to television news personality Campbell Brown.
Moshe Arens was an Israeli aeronautical engineer,researcher,diplomat,and Likud politician. A member of the Knesset between 1973 and 1992 and again from 1999 until 2003,he served as Minister of Defense three times and once as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Arens also served as the Israeli ambassador to the U.S. and was a professor at the Technion in Haifa.
Dore Gold is an American-Israeli political scientist and diplomat who served as Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations from 1997 to 1999. He is currently the President of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. He was also an advisor to the former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his first term in office. In May 2015,Netanyahu named him Director-General of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs,a position he held until October 2016.
The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (JCPA) is an Israeli think tank specializing in public diplomacy and foreign policy founded in 1976. Describing itself on its website as "The Global Embassy for Israel",it publishes the biennial journal Jewish Political Studies Review alongside other content.
Daniel Charles Kurtzer is an American former diplomat. He served as U.S. ambassador to Egypt during the term of President Bill Clinton,and was the U.S. ambassador to Israel from 2001 to 2005 during the term of President George W Bush.
Dennis B. Ross is an American diplomat and author. He has served as the Director of Policy Planning in the State Department under President George H. W. Bush,the special Middle East coordinator under President Bill Clinton,and was a special adviser for the Persian Gulf and Southwest Asia to the former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Michael Bornstein Oren is an American-born Israeli historian,author,politician,former ambassador to the United States (2009–2013),former member of the Knesset for the Kulanu party and a former Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office.
Ron Dermer is an American-born Israeli political consultant and diplomat serving as the Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs. He previously served as the Israeli Ambassador to the United States from 2013 to 2021. Zachy Hennessy of the Jerusalem Post called Dermer "one of the most consequential ambassadors from Israel to the United States",and the Jewish Institute for National Security of America called him "one of the most creative and influential ambassadors from any country during his time in Washington".
Since the 1960s,the United States has been a very strong supporter of Israel. It has played a key role in the promotion of good relations between Israel and its neighbouring Arab states—namely Jordan,Lebanon,Egypt,along with several others in the 2020 Abraham Accords—while also holding off hostility from other Middle Eastern countries such as Syria and Iran. Relations with Israel are a very important factor in the U.S. government's overall foreign policy in the Middle East,and the U.S. Congress has likewise placed considerable importance on the maintenance of a close and supportive relationship.
Aaron Klein is an American-Israeli conservative political commentator,journalist,strategist,bestselling author,and senior advisor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He served as campaign manager for Netanyahu's election campaign for the March 2021 election and as chief strategist for Netanyahu's 2020 election campaign that resulted in a rotating unity government with Netanyahu at the helm and his 2022 campaign in which Netanyahu won a full-term. Klein was Netanyahu's full-time strategic advisor in government from 2020 to 2021,during the period Netanyahu was prime minister of Israel's 36th government.
Martin Sean Indyk is an American diplomat and foreign relations analyst with expertise in the Middle East. He was a distinguished fellow in International Diplomacy and later executive vice president at the Brookings Institution in Washington,D.C from 2001-2018. He took leave from the Brookings Institution to serve as the U.S. Special Envoy for Israeli–Palestinian Negotiations from 2013 to 2014. He is currently a distinguished fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Robert Malley is an American lawyer,political scientist and specialist in conflict resolution,who was the lead negotiator on the 2015 Iran nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Until his security clearance was revoked and he was placed on a paid,then an unpaid leave of absence pending an investigation which had been referred to the FBI,suggesting suspicion of criminal misconduct,he was the U.S. Special Envoy to Iran,tasked with bringing the United States and Iran into compliance with the Iran nuclear deal abandoned by President Donald Trump.
Gilad Menashe Erdan is an Israeli politician and diplomat serving as Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations since 2020.
Azerbaijan and Israel have engaged in close cooperation since 1992. Azerbaijan is one of the majority Muslim countries,alongside Turkey,Egypt,Bahrain,United Arab Emirates,Jordan,Sudan,Kosovo,Morocco,Albania,Gulf countries and the other former Soviet republics to develop bilateral strategic and economic relations with Israel. In President Ilham Aliyev's meeting with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,Aliyev praised the active role of the Jewish community living in Azerbaijan in developing bilateral relations between the countries.
Danny Danon served as Israel’s 17th Permanent Representative to the United Nations,and currently serves as Chairman of the World Likud. Danon previously served as a member of the Knesset from the Likud Party,as Minister of Science,Technology and Space,and as Deputy Minister of Defense. During his term in the 18th Knesset,Danon served as Deputy Speaker,Chair of the Special Committee on the Rights of the Child,and Chair of the Committee for Immigration,Absorption and Diaspora Affairs. In June 2016,Danon was elected as chair of the UN’s Legal Committee,the first Israeli to ever hold the position.
J Street is a nonprofit liberal advocacy group based in the United States whose stated aim is to promote American leadership to end the Arab–Israeli and Israeli–Palestinian conflicts peacefully and diplomatically. J Street was incorporated on November 29,2007.
Direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian National Authority took place throughout 2010 as part of the peace process,between United States President Barack Obama,Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,and Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas. The ultimate aim of the direct negotiations is reaching an official "final status settlement" to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict by implementing a two-state solution,with Israel remaining a Jewish state,and the establishment of a state for the Palestinian people.
The 2013–2014 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks were part of the Israeli–Palestinian peace process. Direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians began on 29 July 2013 following an attempt by United States Secretary of State John Kerry to restart the peace process.
David Melech Friedman is an American bankruptcy lawyer and the former United States Ambassador to Israel. He joined the law firm Kasowitz,Benson,Torres &Friedman in 1994,where he met and represented Donald Trump,then chairman and president of The Trump Organization.
