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Trump's new Middle East leaves Israel out - and it's a wake up call - opinion

The Israel-US relationship has always rested on two pillars: effective political organizing by American Jews and smart Israeli strategies that align with core American interests.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a news conference in Jerusalem, last Wednesday. The Israeli government’s commitment to ‘total victory’ has led Netanyahu and his right-wing partners to misread the room entirely, the writer argues
 US President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman stand during a visit to At-Turaif World Heritage Site, in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025

US-Israel ties: Having faith in God, as well as in our friends - opinion

 Israeli soldier hangs an Israeli flag in Kibbutz Nir Am, near the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip, August 12, 2024

Knesset greenlights 4.9 billion NIS budget to rebuild war-torn Gaza Border communities

 An illustration US President Donald Trump and the Gaza Strip

Jewish clergy, creatives denounce Trump’s Gaza proposal in full-page NYT ad


Qatar will host Palestinian prisoners if they choose to come, PM says

His welcoming sentiment to released Palestinian prisoners is not the first of its kind in recent weeks.

 Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani attends a press conference, in Doha, Qatar, October 24, 2024.

Israeli UN envoy warns of Egypt's military buildup: 'Why all the submarines and tanks?'

While Egypt has played a central role as a mediator between Israel and Hamas, Danon’s words highlighted a growing trust gap between the two nations.

 Members of the military stand next to a helicopter next to the French ship amphibious helicopter carrier Dixmude as it docks, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in the city of Al-Arish, Sinai peninsula, Egypt, January 21, 2024.

Yarden Bibas released from Hamas captivity as wife, children remain in Gaza

Footage made public in April also shows that Yarden Bibas was alive when abducted, although bloodied from the terrorists’ attacks. 

 Released Israeli hostage, Yarden Bibas, who was seized during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas, looks out the window as he travels to a hospital in a helicopter, in this handout photo obtained by Reuters on February 1, 2025.

Donald Trump to rebuild Gaza? The hurdles facing the president's plans - analysis

The challenge for Trump in Gaza is that he’s not the first person to think that the enclave could be rebuilt and become a success.

 An illustration US President Donald Trump and the Gaza Strip

Despite major strike, Houthis target Israel with new drone attack

Though the drone was shot down, hopes are not high for the end of attacks.

 Footage released by Houthi Military Media says to show a launch of missile, which the Houthis say they fired at Israel, at an unknown location in this screen grab obtained from a handout video released on December 19, 2024.

Assad's fall a direct result of Israel's strikes on Iran and Hezbollah, Netanyahu says

Netanyahu labels Assad's fall a 'milestone' for Israel: "The Assad regime is a central link in Iran's axis of evil - this regime has fallen."

Defense Minister Israel Katz (L) And PM Benjamin Netanyahu (R) observe the border with Syria, December 8, 2024

Light sentences expected for 4 Jews convicted of endangering Palestinians in Ahuvia Sandak

Had the defendants been only convicted of less dangerous rock throwing, lighter sentences might have been less surprising.

 SETTLERS HURL stones at Palestinians during the annual harvest season, near the settlement of Yitzhar in 2020.

Halevi: 'We will not stop until we return residents to the North'

"On a peaceful border, defense is on one side; on a wartime border, defense must be on both sides of the border with freedom of action," Shin Bet Chief Ronen Bar said.

 Situational assessment between the IDF and Shin Bet, October 11, 2024

Top air force official: No one warns enemy to evacuate before attacking

IDF rejects criticism of attacks in Lebanon as illegal.

 IDF carries out strikes on southern Lebanon, 23 Sept 2024

Unyielding reality: why an Islamic Middle East rejects Israel - opinion

In the Islamic Middle East, doctrinal antisemites have remained faithful to their most primal hatreds.

 IRAN’S LATE SUPREME LEADER Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meets with Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, last month. It doesn’t matter at all to Iran and Hamas if Israel agrees to political and territorial concessions, says the writer.

UNRWA could shut down by end of February if funding does not resume

Israeli authorities have long called for the agency to be dismantled, arguing that its mission is obsolete and fosters anti-Israeli sentiment, something UNRWA has vigorously denied.

 Una mujer palestina participa en una protesta contra posibles reducciones de los servicios y la ayuda ofrecidos por la Agencia de Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados Palestinos en Oriente Próximo (UNRWA), frente a la sede de la UNRWA en la ciudad de Gaza el 16 de agosto de 2015.