More information may help resolve your issue. For example: when did the shares vest; is this Israel-source income; if a U.S. resident for income tax purposes when was that U.S. residency effective; where were you living when the shares vested; and where were you living when the shares were were sold?
One distinction that is important is earned income (e.g., that is reported as wages, as the vested RSUs would have been) versus the capital gain from the sale of the RSUs (the difference between the sales proceeds and the cost basis, which would equate to what was included in earned income).
Note that if you are a U.S. citizen or resident alien, the rules for filing income tax returns and paying estimated tax are generally the same whether you are in the United States or abroad. Your worldwide income is subject to U.S. income tax, regardless of where you reside.
But, if you had income from foreign sources and were either a bona fide resident of a foreign country or were physically present there for most of the year, you probably qualify to exclude some or all of your foreign earned income from taxation by the U.S. Even if you don't meet those tests for foreign earned income exclusion, you get a credit for foreign taxes paid on our income.
See the IRS website at this link for more information, and other links to the foreign income exclusi...
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