Girding for a campaign without Washington's help, PM may be enticed to demonize Biden as he once did Obama to score points; but doing so would be costly, and might not work

Policy shift was announced by Pompeo during unprecedented recent visit to a West Bank winery; unclear if Biden administration will uphold it

Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs David Schenker urges greater oversight to monitor trade, especially in technology that could be put to military use

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley meets with Defense Minister Gantz, IDF chief Kohavi after visits to Saudi Arabia, UAE, Afghanistan

US vice president said expected to leave Washington for week-long multi-stop trip, after overseeing session of Congress to affirm Biden's election win

Ron Dermer says US president-elect has 'a deep emotional commitment' to Israel, claims Netanyahu's speech to Congress against nuke deal accelerated Israel-Arab ties

Bipartisan slate of lawmakers initiated law launching competition to design registration plate that 'represents the Florida-Israel relationship'

Visiting Jerusalem, US National Security Adviser O'Brien says Israel's Morocco normalization deal even more remarkable than other agreements with Arab states

Minister in Netanyahu's party says 'it's likely that during the trip itself there will be a declaration of normalization' with another Arab state

PM said to want current UN ambassador to choose 1 of the 2 roles, while another Likud member, Yuval Steinitz, will get the other; premier's office issues denial