Category: Israel

Prior to his death, slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk sent a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warning the leader that Israel was losing support within the “conservative MAGA community” and exhorting him to do a better of job of making Israel’s case to the world. Netanyahu teased the existence of a supportive letter […]

President Donald Trump’s announcement of a peace plan in the Israel-Hamas war on Monday was missing one crucial element, he said: “Now we just have to get Hamas.” Now, observers of the region – including families of the 48 hostages who remain in Gaza and would be freed swiftly under the plan — are holding […]

Israel has accepted the White House’s proposal to end the Gaza war, U.S. President Donald Trump announced during a press conference Monday afternoon with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “Now we just have to get Hamas,” Trump said. “I think we will.” Whether Hamas will assent remains to be seen. The plan includes multiple elements […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on his way to the White House, one day after President Donald Trump suggested that a deal in the Middle East could be imminent. “We have a real chance for GREATNESS IN THE MIDDLE EAST,” Trump posted Sunday morning on Truth Social, his social network. “ALL ARE ON BOARD […]

Microsoft has revoked the Israeli military’s access to a software it used to store data on millions of phone calls by Palestinian civilians, according to a letter obtained by the Guardian. In doing so, the company becoming the first U.S. tech giant to penalize Israel amid its war in Gaza —and following demands from pro-Palestinian […]

Delivering a speech to rows of empty seats at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to “finish the job” against Hamas in Gaza. “The final remnants of Hamas are holed up in Gaza City. They vow to repeat the atrocities of Oct. 7 again and again […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address the United Nations General Assembly on Friday, a day after both Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and U.S. President Donald Trump spoke forcefully against some of his ambitions. In a speech that was livestreamed because the Trump administration denied him a visa to enter the United States, Abbas […]

TEL AVIV — Three years ago, Jerusalem-based publisher Matthew Miller got a call from the head of Israel’s largest bookstore chain. Steimatsky chief executive Ayal Grinburg said he was watching translations of works by the late Jonathan Sacks fly off the shelves and wanted to know why a British rabbi was connecting with Israeli readers […]

Just months after former hostage Edan Alexander was freed from 584 days in Hamas captivity, the Golani Brigade soldier has announced he will return to service. “Next month, God willing, I will return to Israel. I will once again put on the IDF uniform, and I will proudly serve alongside my brothers,” Alexander said at […]

The European Commission Wednesday proposed plans for the European Union to impose harsh sanctions on Israeli officials and suspend a trade arrangement with the country to urge them to change course on the war in Gaza. While the measures currently do not have enough support from EU member nations to pass, including from Germany which […]