Author: David Leibermann

A senior member of Israel’s ruling party said Israel would annex parts of Gaza unless Hamas ceded power there and released the Israeli hostages it is holding. Culture Minister Miki Zohar, a member of Netanyahu’s Likud Party, made the comments onstage at the Jerusalem Post conference in New York City on Monday. The comments come […]

Robert Shwartzman, a Russian-Israeli driver, will take pole position at the Indy 500 next Sunday — the first rookie in more than 40 years to do so. In remarks after the race, Shwartzman signaled opposition to the war in Gaza and called for peace between nations. Shwartzman, 25, won the leading spot at Indianapolis Speedway […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he has ordered aid to enter Gaza, days after President Donald Trump joined the ranks of those saying that Gazans were starving under a months-long Israeli blockade. Israel had halted the entry of aid into Gaza since it resumed fighting there more than two months ago. Netanyahu made the […]

BEIT JALA, West Bank — Sitting in a secluded West Bank forest, listening to the account of an elderly Palestinian displaced from his home during Israel’s War of Independence, Kate Kaufman couldn’t help but think of her great-uncle. Harold Livingstone was among a group of Jewish American pilots who helped create the Israeli Air Force […]

President Donald Trump said people are “starving” in Gaza and the United States will help “get that taken care of” as he wrapped up his trip to the Middle East. Later, when asked whether Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can free the remaining hostages held captive by Hamas, Trump said, “I don’t know. We’re going […]

When he announced the impending release of Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander earlier this week, President Donald Trump posted, “Hopefully this is the first of those final steps necessary to end this brutal conflict. I look very much forward to that day of celebration!” He’s not alone. More than 19 months after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, […]

An Israeli pregnant woman who was on the way to deliver her baby was killed in a shooting attack in the West Bank on Wednesday night. The Israeli military said that a terrorist fired on cars next to the settlement of Bruchin in the northern West Bank. The pregnant woman, named in Israeli media as […]

An Israeli strike attempted to kill Mohammed Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in Gaza and brother of slain Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, though his fate remains unclear. In the strike on Tuesday, Israel bombed the European Hospital in Khan Younis, based on intelligence that Sinwar was hiding in a tunnel underneath the hospital. The strike […]

This is a developing story. Hamas has released Edan Alexander, an American-Israeli citizen, back to Israel under a deal reached with the United States. The release, conducted Monday evening in Gaza, may inaugurate a new phase in the hostage crisis that has consumed Israel since Hamas attacked on Oct. 7, 2023, taking 251 captives and […]

President Donald Trump and Hamas have announced that Edan Alexander, the only U.S. citizen among the living hostages remaining in Gaza, will go free after the Trump administration negotiated his release. “I am grateful to all those involved in making this monumental news happen,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social late Sunday. “This […]