Author: David Leibermann

Last Passover, Agam Berger marked the holiday in the small, dim room in Gaza where she was being held hostage. With her fellow soldier Liri Albag, she used a makeshift haggadah to recount the story of the ancient Israelites’ exodus from slavery in Egypt. Yarden Bibas, meanwhile, reminisced from where he was being held captive […]

Nearly 1,000 active and retired reservists in Israel’s Air Force have called for their government to strike a deal to release Israeli hostages in exchange for an immediate end to the war in Gaza, arguing that the fighting endangers the captives’ lives as well as innocent civilians. In response, the Air Force said it would […]

The freed Israeli captive Liri Albag is fighting back against supporters of Benjamin Netanyahu who criticized her, sometimes in cruel and lewd terms, because she blamed the prime minister for her ordeal. The backlash began on Monday when the Israeli broadcaster Kan promoted an interview with Albag, a soldier who was held hostage by Hamas […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finished his visit to Washington, D.C., without any public commitment by President Donald Trump to roll back the 17% tariff he is imposing on Israeli goods. Asked during a press conference with Netanyahu on Monday whether he planned to adjust the tariff, Trump demurred. “Maybe not,” Trump said. He then […]

A Palestinian-American boy was killed by Israeli fire in the West Bank, local officials say. It is unclear exactly who shot Omar Mohammad Rabea, formerly from northern New Jersey, on Sunday in the village of Turmus Ayya, which has a large population of American citizens. The village’s mayor said he was shot by an Israeli […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew on Sunday to Washington, D.C., where he will meet with President Donald Trump, the second time the two men have gotten together since Trump took office about 10 weeks ago. The meeting on Monday, according to a statement from Netanyahu, will focus on the 17% tariffs that the United […]

Hungary will withdraw from the International Criminal Court, the body that issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant last year. The announcement preceded Netanyahu’s arrival in Budapest for a state visit, which comes as he faces multiple scandals at home and as Israel ramps up fighting in […]

The United States will impose 17% tariffs on goods imported from Israel under a sweeping new tariffs system that President Donald Trump unveiled on Wednesday. The tariffs on Israeli goods are less than some Trump rolled out but greater than the 10% baseline that he is assessing on all imported products. They fall into the […]

Not one but many interconnected scandals involving Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are roiling the country right now. They span everything from Israel’s courts to its intelligence agencies to suspicions of a Qatari plot. Police have questioned Netanyahu, two of his aides have been arrested and protests against him are still filling the streets. This […]