WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed Jacob Lew as ambassador to Israel, filling the key diplomatic post as the country is fighting a war with Hamas. Lew, a treasury secretary under President ...

President Joe Biden has nominated Jacob Lew, a visiting professor at the School of International and Public Affairs, to the post of U.S. ambassador to Israel. The appointment was announced on Sept. 5.

The State Department says the monthslong blockade has damaged U.S. national security. Several Republican senators have objected to advancing the slate of nominees. By Edward Wong and Michael Crowley ...

Jacob Lew, former treasury secretary under President Barack Obama, testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing to examine his nomination as Ambassador to the State of Israel, ...