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U.S. to Leave Afghanistan on August 31, Biden Says

Biden says Afghan people must decide their own future and U.S. has achieved its goals in its war as he defends decision to withdraw troops

U.S. troop drawdown will push moderate Arab nations toward Iran, Rivlin warns Biden in meeting
Six months into Biden’s rule, the Mideast is learning it’s not his priority

Ahead of DC Antisemitism Rally, Israel Manifests an Issue for Leftist Jewish Groups

Taliban Seize More Territory, Announce They Control Swathes of Afghanistan

TikTok Fanned the Flames of the Israel-Gaza War. What Else Is It Capable Of?

Biden to Nominate Daughter of Holocaust Survivor as U.S. Ambassador to Germany

Chabad Rabbi Stabbed in Front of Jewish Day School and Synagogue in Boston

Iran Ups Its Game as U.S. Return to Nuke Deal Faces New Hurdles

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A person receives a coronavirus vaccine in Tel Aviv, this week.

Pfizer to Seek U.S. Authorization for Third COVID Shot Dose as Delta Variant Spreads

People take pictures of decorated cars in a small car parade to celebrate Israel's Independence Day, which marks the 73rd anniversary of the creation of the state, in Times Square in New York City, U.S., April 18, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs

An Unbreakable American-Israeli Bond? Maybe Not

Search and rescue team members climb the debris from the collapse of Champlain Towers South along Collins Avenue in Surfside, Fla., July 7, 2021.

Search Called Off for Survivors of Florida Condo Collapse

A wildfire raging in British Columbia earlier this month.

When Canada Was Hotter Than Baghdad

Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem in 2017.

Trump Called Netanyahu’s Congratulations to Biden ‘Ultimate Betrayal’ Trump Called Netanyahu’s Congratulations to Biden ‘An Ultimate Betrayal,’ New Book Claims

U.S. Army soldiers in Baghdad in 2019.

Multiple Attacks Target U.S. Diplomats, Troops in Iraq and Syria

A worker makes her way past the rubble and debris of the Champlain Towers South condo

Crews Give Up Hope of Finding Survivors at Florida Condo Collapse Site

Donald Trump, left, and John Kelly in New London, Connecticut in 2017.

Trump Reportedly Praised Hitler for Doing ‘A Lot of Good Things' Trump Praised Hitler for Doing ‘A Lot of Good Things,' New Book Reveals

Gen. Maurice Rose, Commanding General of the 3rd Armored Division, First U.S. Army, whose armor was first to enter the city of Cologne makes a radio check-up on the position from his jeep in a Cologne street, on March 6, 1945.

The Forgotten American-Jewish War Hero Who Went Toe to Toe With the Nazis

Blast walls of a sleeping quarters for U.S. soldiers are seen at Ain al-Asad air base in Anbar province, Iraq January 13, 2020.

Rocket Attack on Iraqi Air Base Housing U.S. Forces, Two Said Wounded

A missile is launched in a drill in Iran, in January.

U.S., European Powers Decry Latest Nuclear Move by Iran

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, left, with U.S. Chargé d'Affaires Michael Ratney at the American Embassy in Jerusalem, on Tuesday.

At U.S. Embassy, Bennett Vows Bilateral Ties Won't Become a Partisan Issue At U.S. Embassy, Bennett Vows Bilateral Ties Won't Become a Partisan Issue in Either Country

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President Biden kneeling before Rivka Ravitz in the Oval Office last week.

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Search and rescue personnel work at the site of a collapsed Florida condominium complex in Surfside, Miami, yesterday.

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Joe Biden participates in a briefing about the building collapse in Surfsidem, Miami, on Thursday.

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Rep. Ilhan Omar listening to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaking on Capitol Hill last month.

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Donald Rumsfeld attends a ceremony at the Pentagon, in 2009.

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Israeli search-and-rescue forces at the site of the collapsed apartment building in Surfside, Fla.

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Ilhan Omar speaking at a news conference in Minnesota in April.

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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attends a press conference in Moscow.

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An image of Harry Rosenberg, hangs on a fence as part of a makeshift memorial in Surfside, Florida

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U.S. Representative Paul Gosar at the American Conservative Union's Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Oxon Hill, Maryland.

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Reuven Rivlin (L) with Joe Biden at the White House, Monday.

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A US Bradley Fighting Vehicle in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province last week.

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Search and rescue personnel with a rescue dog continue searching for victims days after a residential building partially collapsed in Surfside near Miami Beach, Florida.

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Naftali Bennett, right, with Benjamin Netanyahu in the Golan Heights

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