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Jonathan J. Pollard, who was convicted of espionage, said in an interview that the meeting, which was highly unusual for a U.S. diplomat to attend, had been friendly.
U.S. and Israeli soldiers, foreign diplomats and aid workers are congregated in a warehouse in Israel to talk about the future of Gaza. One key group is missing: Palestinians.
A student in Montreal, who was born in Kfar Saba, Israel, said she was initially told she could not list Israel as her birth country on her passport.
Ron Dermer, a longtime ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and an influential figure in the Israeli government throughout the war in Gaza, resigned as minister of strategic affairs.
Boycotts of Israeli universities, largely imposed in Europe, have multiplied since the start of the war and reflect Israel’s international isolation over its conduct in Gaza.
The chief legal officer of Israel’s military resigned after authorizing the leak of a video in the case involving grave abuse of a Palestinian detainee. That further politicized a fraught case.
Hundreds of thousands took to the streets of Jerusalem on Thursday to protest against efforts to end an exemption from military service for Israel’s Haredi religious students.
There were explosions over the Gaza skyline after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israeli accused Hamas of violating the cease-fire and ordered the military to resume strikes in Gaza.
The office of the Israeli prime minister said Tuesday evening that he had ordered “forceful strikes,” accusing Hamas of firing on Israeli troops and failing to return hostages’ bodies.
Since an Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal came into effect, the U.S. effort to sustain it appears to have constrained Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.