GOLAN HEIGHTS, Israel—Secretary of State Mike Pompeo toured the contested Golan Heights area in northern Israel, marking the first official visit to the region for any senior U.S. official. 
JERUSALEM—Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Jerusalem on Wednesday to usher in the first ever official ministerial visit from Bahrain to Israel, an event that Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said would not have been possible without bold action by President Donald Trump. 
Senate Republicans wrote a letter this week urging the White House to expand its "Made in Israel" policy to include the West Bank. 
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) struck Iranian and Syrian military installations after militants placed improvised explosive devices near the Israeli border, an IDF statement said Wednesday. 
Israel demanded an apology from CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour on Sunday for her comments comparing the Trump presidency to Kristallnacht, a violent pogrom perpetrated against Jews in Nazi Germany that killed dozens and left synagogues and Jewish-owned businesses destroyed .
CNN on Tuesday featured a Quincy Institute fellow known for making spurious claims about American Jews and the state of Israel. 
Georgia Senate candidate Raphael Warnock (D.) signed a March 2019 letter criticizing Israel's actions in the West Bank and likening them to those of apartheid South Africa, Jewish Insider reported Thursday. 
Malawi's foreign minister announced at a press conference Tuesday that his country will build its Israeli embassy in Jerusalem, the first African nation to do so in decades. 
Israel's minister for settlement affairs warned of war between Israel and Iran if a potential Biden administration returned to the Iran deal.
The Trump administration, in a major reversal of U.S. foreign policy, will now permit Americans born in Jerusalem to list “Israel” as their birthplace on passports and other consular documents, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Thursday. 