Category: Israel

TEL AVIV — On Wednesday morning, cars driving down Tel Aviv’s main freeway were greeted with a new set of giant billboards bearing American flags, a photo of Donald Trump and a message, in English: “Thank you, Mr. President.” The billboards, erected by Republicans Overseas Israel, did not say why they were thanking the president. […]

President Donald Trump cast his dramatic proposals for the future of Gaza as a boon to Palestinians. But it was the Israeli far right that received them with giddy appreciation. “When I said this time and again during the war, that this was the solution to Gaza, they mocked me,” Itamar Ben-Gvir tweeted, referring to […]

Reactions from partisan American Jewish groups to President Donald Trump’s proposals for Gaza — that “all” Palestinians leave and the United States “take over” the territory — began flowing in just as soon as their leaders picked their jaws up off the floor on Tuesday night. The proposals — the latter of which was reportedly […]

President Donald Trump doubled down on his controversial efforts to relocate Palestinians from Gaza, telling reporters that he would hope to resettle most if not all in neighboring countries, perhaps permanently. Trump made the comments at the start of a White House meeting on Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Trump was less equivocal […]

Amid mounting talk of a peace deal between Saudi Arabia and Israel, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman made his first-first appearance in Jerusalem on Monday — on a billboard. Giant posters featuring Prince Mohammed shaking hands with U.S. President Donald Trump against the backdrop of an Israeli flag were unveiled in Jerusalem and other […]

The oldest living American-Israeli hostage exited Gaza on Saturday as Hamas released three more Israelis in accordance with the terms of a ceasefire deal. Keith Siegel, 65, was released after a seaside ceremony in Gaza City where he briefly walked across a stage and waved, a performance that Hamas has required of the hostages it […]

An American Israeli and a high-profile young father are among the latest hostages set to be freed from Gaza, in what will be the fourth release during the current Israel-Hamas ceasefire. Keith Siegel, Yarden Bibas and Ofer Kalderon will be released on Saturday, Hamas told Israel on Friday. The three men are among 33 hostages […]

Thursday’s chaotic hostage release, which saw a crush of fighters push two captives through a restless crowd, shocked viewers and sparked a crisis in the Israel-Hamas ceasefire. It also left Israelis with at least one lasting image: Hostage Gadi Mozes, 80, walking upright among the masked gunmen, with what appeared to be the faintest of […]

Eight hostages returned to Israel in two separate releases on Thursday, following scenes of chaos and intimidation as the terror groups that abducted them handed them over to the Red Cross. Agam Berger, the last woman soldier remaining in Gaza, was released first, after Hamas forced her to walk across a stage and pose with […]