Lloyd James Austin III is a retired U.S. Army officer and current civil servant who has served as the 28th United States Secretary of Defense since January 22,2021.
David Michael Satterfield is an American diplomat and ambassador,who has served extensively in the Middle East,including the Persian Gulf area,Lebanon,and Iraq. He later served as a senior advisor on Iraq for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and was director general of the Multinational Force and Observers,the peacekeeping force for the Sinai Peninsula from June 2009 until August 2017. He was chargéd'affaires to Egypt from August 2013 to January 2014 and was subsequently Special Advisor to the Secretary of State for Libya. From September 2017 to June 2019 he served as the acting assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs,and was confirmed as U.S. ambassador to Turkey on June 27,2019.
The United States was the first country to recognize the nascent State of Israel on May 14,1948. Since the 1960s,the Israel–U.S. relationship has grown into a mutually beneficial alliance in economic,strategic and military aspects. The U.S. has provided strong support for Israel:it has played a key role in the promotion of good relations between Israel and its neighbouring Arab states—notably Jordan,Lebanon,Egypt—while holding off hostility from countries such as Syria and Iran. In turn,Israel provides a strategic American foothold in the region as well as intelligence and advanced technological partnerships in both the civilian and military worlds. During the Cold War,Israel was a vital counterweight to Soviet influence in the region. Relations with Israel are an important factor in the U.S. government's overall foreign policy in the Middle East;the U.S. Congress has placed considerable importance on the maintenance of a supportive relationship. The relationship has been marked by the strong influence of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC),a pro-Israel lobby which has its own political action committee (PAC);it has been called one of the most powerful lobbying groups in the United States.
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).
Qatar and the United States are strategic allies. Qatar has been designated a major non-NATO ally by the United States.
Giora Eiland is a retired Major General of the Israel Defense Forces and a former head of the Israeli National Security Council. After his retirement from the public sector,he was a senior research associate at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS).
Antony John Blinken is an American lawyer and diplomat currently serving as the 71st United States secretary of state. He previously served as deputy national security advisor from 2013 to 2015 and deputy secretary of state from 2015 to 2017 under President Barack Obama. Blinken was previously national security advisor to then–Vice President Joe Biden from 2009 to 2013.
Political relations between the State of Palestine and the United States have been complex and strained since the 1960s. While the U.S. does not recognize the State of Palestine,it recognizes the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) as the legitimate representative entity for the Palestinian people;following the Oslo Accords,it recognized the Palestinian National Authority as the legitimate Palestinian government of the Palestinian territories.
Jacob Jeremiah Sullivan is an American attorney serving since 2021 as the U.S. National Security Advisor. He previously served as Director of Policy to President Barack Obama,National Security Advisor to then-Vice President Biden and Deputy Chief of Staff to Secretary Hillary Clinton at the U.S. Department of State. Sullivan also served as senior advisor to the U.S. federal government at the Iran nuclear negotiations and senior policy advisor to Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign,as well as visiting professor at Yale Law School. On November 23,2020,President-elect Biden announced that Sullivan would be appointed the United States National Security Advisor. He took office on January 20,2021.
John F. Kirby is a retired United States Navy rear admiral serving as White House National Security Communications Advisor since 2022. He previously served in the Biden administration as Pentagon Press Secretary and Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs from 2021 to 2022. He worked as a military and diplomatic analyst for CNN from 2017 to 2021. He served in the Obama administration as Pentagon Press Secretary from 2013 to 2015 and as the spokesperson for the United States Department of State and Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs from 2015 to 2017.
Jonathan Finer is an American journalist and civil servant who serves as deputy national security advisor under national security advisor Jake Sullivan in the Biden administration. He previously served as the chief of staff and director of policy planning for former Secretary of State John Kerry at the U.S. Department of State.
Amos J. Hochstein is an American businessman,diplomat,and former lobbyist. He is a top national and economic security official in the Biden administration. Hochstein has worked in the U.S. Congress,has testified before congressional panels and has served in the Barack Obama administration under Secretaries of State Clinton and Kerry. He was appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in 2011 and as Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs in 2013. In 2015,President Barack Obama nominated Hochstein to be the Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources but the Senate did not act on the nomination.
Edward Price is an American diplomat,political advisor and former intelligence officer who serves as the deputy to the United States Ambassador to the United Nations since February 29,2024.[†] In this role,he is considered a Deputy Cabinet Secretary and is a sitting member of the National Security Council's Deputies Committee. He previously served as Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State from 2023 to 2024 and the Spokesperson for the United States Department of State from 2021 to 2023. He worked at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 2006 until 2017.
Following the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel and outbreak of the Israel–Hamas war,the United States began to send warships and military aircraft into the Eastern Mediterranean and began sending Israel more military supplies. The Joe Biden administration stated that Israel would receive "whatever it needs" to support its offensive against the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
Joe Biden's tenure as the 46th president of the United States began with his inauguration on January 20,2021. Biden,a member of the Democratic Party who previously served as vice president for two terms under President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2017,took office after his victory in the 2020 presidential election over the incumbent president,Donald Trump of the Republican Party. Upon his inauguration,he became the oldest president in American history,breaking the record set by Ronald Reagan. Biden entered office amid the COVID-19 pandemic,an economic crisis,and increased political polarization. He withdrew his bid for a second term in the 2024 presidential election due to low popularity and concerns over his age and health. He is to be succeeded by Trump in January 2025,who won the aforementioned election.
The foreign policy of the Joe Biden administration emphasizes the repair of the United States' alliances,which Biden argues were damaged during the Trump administration. The administration's goal is to restore the United States to a "position of trusted leadership" among global democracies in order to address challenges posed by Russia and China. Both Biden and his Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin have repeatedly emphasized that no other world power should be able to surpass the United States,either militarily or economically. Biden's foreign policy has been described as having ideological underpinnings in mid-twentieth century liberal internationalism,American exceptionalism,and pragmatism.
Israel has been accused of committing genocide in the Israel–Hamas war,and the United States has been accused of complicity in the Gaza genocide. The complicity accusation has been made in court,by federal staffers,human rights organizations and academic figures around the world. The US has also been accused of enabling the Gaza Strip famine.
