After a chaotic first Trump administration of Syria policy, there’s uncertainty in both what Trump’s views and the newly rebel-led country will look like come inauguration day.

December 10, 2024

Israel Defense Forces fired strikes in central Beirut, killing at least 20 people. EJ Kimball a senior policy advisor at USIEA joins LiveNOW from FOX to discuss the latest.

November 24, 2024

Heather Johnston discusses Mike Huckabee's nomination as ambassador to Israel and her time on the Huckabee Show.

November 18, 2024

This past weekend’s leak of two Pentagon documents assessing Israel’s readiness to strike Iran has revealed just how little the Harris-Biden administration knows about the US ally’s future plans, experts tell The Post.

October 23, 2024

Shawn Bolz interviews USIEA's Joan Leslie McGill regarding the state of Israel. 

September 23, 2024

This past Sunday marked the fourth anniversary of the Abraham Accords, signed by Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan. They stand as a powerful symbol of regional cooperation and peacebuilding in a region rife with conflict, especially now.

September 18, 2024

According to Ari Sacher, rocket scientist and senior policy adviser at the U.S. Israel Education Association, the best course of action in countering China’s emphasis on military AI is to collaborate with as many of its allies as possible.

September 3, 2024

Beyond the world of sports, the United States could claim the top spot in the world of defense, with Lockheed Martin topping the 2023 Top 100 Defense Contractors, released by Defense News on Tuesday.

August 12, 2024

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will on Wednesday address members of Congress at the US Capitol amid historic tension with Washington over the Gaza war.

July 23, 2024 

Auburn head basketball coach Bruce Pearl traveled to Washington, D.C. on Monday to meet with U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) in a show of support for Israel in its ongoing war with Hamas.

July 9, 2024

Representatives Brad Schneider (IL-10), Ann Wagner (MO-02), David Trone (MD-06) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) launched the bipartisan Gaza Working Group, which will focus on reengaging Abraham Accords countries to plan for the “day after” in Gaza once Hamas is defeated. 

June 11, 2024 

On Monday, the House Appropriations Committee released its draft funding bill for the State Department. This bill would uphold the funding ban for UNRWA and enforce strict vetting for aid to the West Bank and Gaza. It also requires a State Department plan to provide Middle East aid without UNRWA and ultimately phase the agency out of existence. 

June 7, 2024 

USIEA's Ari Sacher shares, "It's imperative for Israel to respond here. De-escalation is a suboptimal path forward so long as Iran and its proxies fail to recognize Israel as a sovereign nation... A purely defensive stance by Israel against Iran's attacks will continue this cycle of aggression, leaving Israel strategically vulnerable and emboldening the Islamic Republic."

April 18, 2024

Israel's leadership has reportedly decided on a range of ways it may hit back at Iran. For now, though, the government has yet to choose a time.

April 17, 2024

Many experts and analysts have pointed to the consistent teaching of hatred of Jews and Israel to Gazan children as a driver of Hamas’s October 7 massacre, and polling has shown widespread Palestinian support for the violence.

April 16, 2024

It’s highly unlikely that Israel will emerge victorious in this year’s Eurovision contest. The reason is obvious to anyone who passively consumes news: Israel is not a favored country right now.

April 8, 2024

Congress is acting. Recently proposed bipartisan legislation to establish an FDA Bureau in the Abraham Accords region is a groundbreaking step to align the Middle East’s biotech corridor and represents a legitimate and collaborative extension of the historic Abraham Accords agreement.

March 7, 2024

Friend-shoring to the Abraham Accords Nations is a Viable Path to Peace. Amid a cataclysmic war in the Mideast between the region's only democracy, Israel, and Iran's terrorist proxies, there is still every reason to remain hopeful for a brighter future.This war may have threatened the progress made by the Abraham Accords over the past four years, but as U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said, "Virtually every leader I talked to supports moving forward with integration, normalization."

February 5, 2024

Representatives Diana Harshbarger and Juan Vargas (CA-52) introduced the United States-Abraham Accords Cooperation and Security Act, bipartisan legislation that will establish a U.S. Food and Drug Administration Abraham Accords bureau to provide guidance and technical assistance aimed at protecting our medical supply chains and ending our reliance on adversarial nations like China.

February 2, 2024

EJ Kimball, USIEA Director of Policy, discusses the killing of Hamas leader Saleh Al-Arouri, the threat of the Hezbollah, and the important work of USIEA. 

January 7, 2024

Republicans of Kingsport welcomed a rocket scientist as a virtual guest to their Tuesday meeting, the main topic of discussion being the war between Israel and Hamas.

January 2, 2024

The war between Israel and Hamas is not about “underdogs” or about the “oppressor” and “oppressed.” It is about good versus evil.

December 15, 2023

To this day, Hezbollah remains a powerful force in Lebanon and a dire threat to Israel, especially those living in the north. At some point, the war between Hamas and Israel will come to an end. A looming but important question: what’s next?

November 30, 2023

Heather Johnston, CEO of the Birmingham-based United States Israel Education Association, is in Washington, D.C., participating in one of the largest pro-Israel marches since the start of the war.

November 14, 2023

Western civilization is at an inflection point. A precipice that requires each leader to unambiguously choose a side.

November 6, 2023

The US Israel Education Association (USIEA) held discussions about the Israel-Hamas War and its impact on the U.S. 

November 3, 2023

Hamas’s terrorist invasion of Israel and the monstrosities that accompanied it have shocked the conscience of the civilized world. More than 1,400 Israelis were murdered in this horrendous assault, the proportional equivalent of multiple 9/11s.

November 2, 2023

Israel’s missile defense system is highly sophisticated, demonstrating state-of-the-art rocket science and breathtaking ingenuity. But one can argue that the missile defense system has become so effective that it rendered the Hamas rocket threat a mere nuisance.    

October 22, 2023

USIEA hosted a Zoom meeting Monday of 247 U.S. activists developing a strategy to support Israel in the face of terrorist attacks featured Alabama's U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) and Auburn head basketball coach Bruce Pearl.

October 9, 2023

"We're trying to pull ourselves together," a survivor said, looking around at the rubble, the charred and bullet-sprayed houses.

October 13, 2023

The prime minister discusses AI and antisemitism with Elon Musk ahead of the UN General Assembly and meetings with President Biden and other world leaders in New York, all while trying to drown out the sound of protesters on both coasts. 

September 19, 2023

USIEA, a Birmingham-based nonprofit, has selected Stacy Ryan to serve as Chief Development Officer. 

September 5, 2023

USIEA is raising awareness of the Biden Administration’s recent reimposition of a ban prohibiting U.S. taxpayer funds from going toward joint research between U.S. universities and Israeli institutions located in the West Bank.

June 29, 2023

The House Appropriations Committee is marking up the Agriculture Appropriations bill and report today calling for the establishment of an FDA bureau in the Middle East’s Abraham Accords region to initiate a strategic shift away from America’s overdependence on China for essential medical and pharmaceutical supply chains.

June 29, 2023

A proposal to open U.S. Food and Drug Administration branches in Israel and the United Arab Emirates is headed to Congress on Thursday for preliminary approval.

May 17, 2023

Data shows the U.S. healthcare industry is far behind its retail and technology peers when it comes to offshoring manufacturing from China. 

April 13, 2023

America is beholden to those who supply us. Institutions from the military to hospitals rely on imports from a broad range of countries, and not all of them are friendly. Relying on non-allied countries for critical goods makes us vulnerable. We can only improve that reality with bipartisan collaboration.

March 20, 2023

The top Democrats and Republicans in the Senate and several other U.S. lawmakers taking part in a series of visiting congressional delegations met with Israel’s leadership this week to discuss judicial overhaul plans, Iran and ties between Jerusalem and Washington.

February 23, 2023

The good news is that the global pandemic, combined with diplomatic breakthroughs in the Middle East, presents a unique opportunity for the United States to “nearshore” some of its pharmaceutical operations to Abraham Accords nations. 

September 12, 2022

The House-Senate caucus will be a ‘cheerleading squad’ for the normalization agreements, co-chair Sen. James Lankford told JI.

January 10, 2022

Heather Johnston, Founder of U.S. Israel Education Association, shares about her new book, Uncommon Favor. 

August 2, 2021

Kara spoke at the second annual Israeli-Palestinian Economic Forum, a grassroots UISEA initiative to focus on ways to improve Israeli-Palestinian economic ties.

October 21, 2020

USIEA Executive Director Heather Johnston witnessed a “paradigm shift” in the senior members of Congress over the course of the mission.

August 25, 2019 

With support from USIEA, Palestinian and Israeli business and political leaders launched a joint economic initiative aimed at advancing economic opportunities in the West Bank.

February 22, 2019

The “ceasefire” agreement between the US and Israel, and between the US and Lebanon, along with a “designated” interlocutor for Hezbollah, is complicated to say the least. EJ Kimball, USIEA Director of Policy and Strategic Operations, answers the questions that arise.

December 6, 2024

U.S. Republicans on Thursday promised to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court after it issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant over the war in Gaza.

November 21, 2024

Dear President-Elect,
As you prepare to assume the world’s most powerful office, the stakes for the Middle East could not be higher.

November 1, 2024

The U.S. is now more deeply entrenched in the conflict in the Middle East after a pivotal move to send troops to Israel was announced this week. 

October 16, 2024

On Wednesday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced a bill directing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to open an Abraham Accords Bureau, aimed at promoting cooperation between the FDA and companies in Abraham Accords countries that seek to sell products in the US.​

September 22, 2024

“If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.” These are the words of Mahatma Gandhi, emphasizing the importance of educating the next generation to bring about peace.

September 10, 2024

I remember January 17, 1991 vividly. Saddam Hussein had just invaded Kuwait. After repeatedly ignoring demands to withdraw his troops, the U.S. attacked Iraq, igniting the First Gulf War.

August 29, 2024

The US Israel Education Association condemned the Friday report that Israel was considering, with the support of the United States, to release Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti as part of hostage deal negotiations with Hamas.

August 9, 2024 

Watch Heather on LiveNow from Fox News. 

July 10, 2024 

In the lead-up to the first presidential debate, the U.S. Israel Education Association (USIEA) is outlining our expectations for both candidates.

June 27, 2024 

LiveNOW's Stephanie Coueignoux spoke with Heather Johnston for an Israel-Hamas war update as news broke that three hostages were killed in an Israel operation in Gaza. Hamas' armed al-Qassam Brigades posted a video that did not release the names, but showed three unidentifiable corpses with censored faces. "Your captives will not be released unless our prisoners are freed," the video added.

June 9, 2024 

Jewish groups, politicians criticize president for withholding supply of bombs to Israel that, citing past civilian fatalities, he does not want used in population centers in Rafah. 

May 7, 2024 

In the wake of Iran’s unprecedented attack against the Jewish nation, the U.S. Israel Education Association (USIEA) is highlighting the importance of U.S. aid to Israel through its three-pronged education strategy: on The Hill, in Israel, and with the media.

April 20, 2024 

Iran sent more than 300 missiles and drones streaking towards Israel early Sunday morning in what was the first-ever direct strike on the Jewish state by Tehran.

April 15, 2024 

Despite a decrease in tourists and tempered celebrations, Christians gathered at the Garden Tomb in Jerusalem's Old City for prayer and commemoration.

April 8, 2024

THE IMPLICATIONS of supporting orgs with links to terrorism are profound. Not only does it fuel the cycle of violence, but it also complicates diplomatic relations and undermines US foreign policies.

March 11, 2024

Joel Pollak interviews Heather Johnston on key topics related to the U.S.-Israel relationship including the two-state solution, an alternative solution for the Palestinian people, and a grassroots peace movement of Palestinian and Israelis working together for economic growth. 

February 25, 2024

IN WASHINGTON this week, Rep. Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) and Rep. Juan Vargas (D-CA) introduced the United States-Abraham Accords Cooperation and Security Act of 2024, aimed at establishing an FDA bureau in the Abraham Accords Region to serve as a staging ground for fostering friendly partnerships in the Middle East. 

February 5, 2024

Nearly one year ago, we came together to tell Americans that "protecting America's medical supplies is a bipartisan national security priority." We highlighted America's overreliance on China for life-saving drugs and the need to act quickly in the interest of national security.

February 6, 2024

USIEA has released a comprehensive position paper announcing its official stance on the Israel-Hamas war. The paper includes messages for the U.S. government regarding hostages and how Israel should conduct future operations in the South. 

January 8, 2024

Hamas’s deputy leader outside of Gaza, Saleh al-Arouri, was killed along with at least five other people in an alleged Israeli drone strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Hamas confirmed Tuesday evening.

January 2, 2024

The Palestinian Authority should not be allowed to govern a post-Hamas Gaza, an idea that has of late been floated by the Biden administration. The P.A. is essentially Hamas without resources; they hold the same antisemitic, rejectionist and violent worldview as Hamas. The Biden administration would do well to drop it as a partner.

December 14, 2023

Armstrong Williams interviews Heather Johnson in Washington. D.C. 

November 18, 2023

A group from Alabama is among the thousands in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday for the March for Israel.

November 14, 2023

USIEA'S Former Board of Director General Krulak speaks on challenges Israel military faces. 

October 27, 2023

More than four dozen people filled Birmingham's Five Point South's Temple Emanu-El Friday for a town hall featuring Alabama Sen. Katie Britt, Auburn basketball coach Bruce Pearl and U.S. Israel Education Association founder Heather Johnston on the current Israel-Hamas conflict.

November 3, 2023

Alabama’s junior U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) brought a mother’s viewpoint during a visit to the war-torn Middle East this past weekend, where she and seven other U.S. Senators of both parties met with key leaders in the region and “emphasized the United States’ unequivocal support for Israel in the wake of the brutal terrorist attacks by Hamas October 7.”

October 23, 2023

Soon after news broke in the United States of Saturday’s shocking early-morning multi-pronged assault by Hamas terrorists, American Jewish organizations began expressing their support for the Jewish state.

October 8, 2023

Watch Washington Watch with Tony Perkins now.  

October 10, 2023

High-tech is not always the best tech. “Gaza is surrounded by a huge fence. They breached the fence. They ‘low-teched’ us. … They just low-teched us and they swarmed into the country and they entered 22 different towns, committed atrocities of every way, shape and form, murdered, raped, and took hostages back to Gaza.”

October 13, 2023

After a 6.8-magnitude earthquake and more than 2,000 tragic deaths, Morocco has been the recipient of various relief funding from across the world. One of the fastest responders? Israel.

September 16, 2023

USIEA supports the latest Congressional advance toward supporting an integrated business model for Israelis and Palestinians in the West Bank paving the way toward economic prosperity as a means to peace. 

July 14, 2023

Shoddy conditions at factories in India have sickened Americans and stoked a shortage in chemotherapy drugs for cancer patients, raising calls to make the generic-drug supply more resilient.

June 19, 2023

U.S. Congress on Thursday will consider a proposal to open the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) offices in Israel and the United Arab Emirates. 

May 19, 2023

Tensions between the U.S. and China are rising, and the U.S. has become over-dependent on China for critical medical supplies. We must continue to educate members of Congress on this ongoing threat and work with the Abraham Accords nations (Israel, Bahrain, Morocco, and UAE) to secure U.S. medical supply lines.

May 5, 2023

Former FDA Associate Commissioner Peter Pitts has been appointed a Senior Research Fellow at the U.S. Israel Education Association (USIEA) to advise on “America’s Medical Friendshoring Solution,” the organization’s friendshoring strategy to shift America’s medical and pharmaceutical supply chains away from China.

As Iran’s nuclear potential reaches new levels and China increases its influence in the Middle East, the relationship between the U.S. and Israel grows even more vital. That is a major reason many U.S. lawmakers visit America's number one ally in the region.

February 28, 2023

Democratic Congressman Juan Vargas, who represents California's 52nd district, defended Israel's right to determine the structure of its judiciary this week.

February 25, 2023

The USIEA isn’t as well-known as AIPAC and the alphabet soup of Israel-supporting entities in America, but it has a history of punching above its weight.

February 2, 2022

Diplomacy reporter Lazar Berman casts an eye on the USIEA and the race to head JAFI; news editor Amy Spiro updates us on the Western Wall and Israel’s 1st Orthodox figure skater.

January 10, 2022

"How the US is looking to redirect the American pharmaceutical supply chain away from China to Israel and its new trade partners in the Middle East."
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October 26, 2021

“In a strong bipartisan way, we should be supporting the grassroots movement for economic cooperation between Israelis and Palestinians," said Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers. "It’s foundational to achieve peace in the region."

November 30, 2019

USIEA Executive Director Heather Johnston witnessed a “paradigm shift” in the senior members of Congress over the course of the mission.

May 25, 2019

When Donald Trump vowed that there would be “all hell to pay in the Middle East” if hostages are not freed by the time he takes office, what did he mean?

December 6, 2024