U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in Jerusalem on Thursday to address issues regarding the Gaza cease-fire.

A reporter asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Vice President JD Vance during Vance's visit this week to Jerusalem whether the U.S. pressuring Israel to make a peace deal with Hamas makes it an American "vassal state or protectorate.

Two years ago, after Hamas killed and kidnapped its way across southern Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seemed finished. “Mr. Security,” as he billed himself, would either resign in shame or be driven out by a devastated public.

Netanyahu hailed Trump as “the greatest friend Israel has ever had in the White House," and he promised to work with him going forward.

US Vice President JD Vance says Trump’s policy opposes West Bank annexation and expresses cautious optimism about the Gaza ceasefire holding. The recent Knesset vote on West Bank annexation was a "deliberate political provocation by the opposition" meant to incite conflict during US Vice President JD Vance's visit,

President Trump publicly urged Israeli President Isaac Herzog to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of his bribery charges in an off-script moment during his triumphant speech to the Knesset

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he's prepared to "give peace a chance" — but "the way you purchase peace is through strength," he told "CBS Mornings" co-host Tony Dokoupil Tuesday in Tel Aviv.

"When the vice president, Vance, is visiting here, you don’t stick a finger in his eye,” Netanyahu's office reportedly said in a message to Smotrich. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich that he didn't want to push the issue of Israeli sovereignty in the West Bank during US Vice President Vance's visit,