Israel and Hamas have agreed to a deal that includes the release of Israeli hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza, according to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.  “We have a deal for the hostages in the Middle East. They will be released shortly. Thank you!” Trump posted on his TruthSocial social media account on Jan. […]

Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed on Jan. 14 that a Gaza cease-fire and hostage deal is close. In his last major foreign policy speech while heading the State Department, Blinken told the Atlantic Council foreign policy think tank that the United States, Egypt, and Qatar put forward a final proposal on Jan. 12. “The […]

Three Israelis were killed and eight others injured in a shooting attack on a bus and cars in Samaria, also called the West Bank, on Jan. 6, according to Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue service. The attack took place near the Jewish town of Kedumim. It was also close to the Arab village of Jit, […]

Israel and Hezbollah have commenced a cease-fire that ends more than a year of cross-border air and rocket attacks and two months of Israel’s ground war to drive the Hezbollah terrorist group away from Israel’s northern frontier. The cease-fire came into effect at 4 a.m. local time on Nov. 27 (9 p.m. ET on Nov. […]

Nations around the world reacted to the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) issuing an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes, but one nation stood out in its reaction. Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban invited Netanyahu to Hungary on Nov. 22, saying the arrest warrant would “not be observed.” Orban, in comments […]

Israel has confirmed for the first time that it was behind the pager and radio attacks that killed or wounded thousands of members of the Hezbollah terrorist group in September, as Israel prepared for a ground war against the group. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu personally approved the attacks, his office’s spokesperson said on Nov. […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired his defense minister, Yoav Gallant, on Nov. 5, bringing a longstanding conflict to a head. Netanyahu planned to move Foreign Minister Israel Katz to the defense portfolio and replace him with Gideon Sa’ar, who would be added to the Cabinet. The two had been at odds throughout the war […]

In yet another devastating strike on Hezbollah, Israeli officials said an Israeli airstrike on Sept. 20 killed its operations commander and a dozen other top leaders as they met in a bunker beneath a residential building outside Beirut, Lebanon. Hezbollah had responded overnight, as it promised it would, to this week’s deadly exploding pager and […]

In the wake of this week’s exploding pager and walkie-talkie attacks, Israel and Hezbollah intensified their border war on Sept. 19, stopping short of a total ground war. Israeli jets and artillery hit multiple targets in southern Lebanon during the night, while Hezbollah fired a new barrage into northern Israel on Thursday. The Israel Defense […]

An American activist shot and killed at a West Bank demonstration on Sept. 6 was hit unintentionally, an Israeli army inquiry has found. Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, 26, who also held Turkish citizenship, was killed at a demonstration near Beita Junction, where dozens of protesters burned tires and threw rocks at Israeli security forces, the Israel […]

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that a hostage who had been held in captivity for 326 days was rescued “in a complex operation in the southern Gaza Strip.” The IDF said Qaid Farhan Alkadi, 52, is in stable condition and was taken to a hospital for medical checks. “His family has been updated with […]

Three expert witnesses testifying before a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee denounced as a whitewash a recent U.N. investigation into its troubled agency assisting Palestinians in Gaza. On May 17, they told the Subcommittee on Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, chaired by Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), that the Colonna Report was released by […]

A few hours after finishing second in the Iowa Caucuses, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis looked chipper and sounded optimistic in his first campaign event on Jan. 16 in Greenville, South Carolina. With many pundits trying to count him out and many networks calling the Jan. 15 race for former President Donald Trump before many Iowans […]

Christmas in Jesus’s birthplace is a muted affair this year, with the Holy Land cloven by war. The war in Gaza rages, with thousands of civilian casualties, Israelis still held hostage, and many more back home still reeling from the Oct. 7 attacks. Bethlehem, along the flight path of rockets Hamas in Gaza fires at […]

LAS VEGAS—Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has one advantage over his Republican rivals, who also spoke at the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) summit in Las Vegas. He’s in power right now in a large state with a significant Jewish population, and his party controls both houses of the Legislature. Campaigning for the 2024 presidential nomination before […]

LAS VEGAS–Just four days into his new role as House Speaker, Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) made his first speech at a public event, declaring to a largely Jewish audience:  “We are going to stand like a rock with our friend and our ally, Israel.” Mr. Johnson, who was elected to his role on Oct. 25, […]

Former President Donald Trump surrendered himself to authorities at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, Georgia, on Aug. 24 at roughly 7:36 p.m. local time. He was released on a $200,000 bond in about 20 minutes after going through the booking process, including fingerprinting and having his picture taken for a mug shot—the first ever […]

Republican candidates debating in Milwaukee all said they’re pro-life. But they differed on whether to go with six-week “heartbeat” limits for abortion or 15-week limits, and whether last year’s Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade sends the issue back to the states or whether the federal government still plays a role. The first question went […]

Those at Erick Erickson’s “The Gathering” in Atlanta on Aug. 19 saw two sides of Chris Christie. The first side was on stage in the 45 minutes the former New Jersey governor spent chatting amiably with Mr. Erickson, the Atlanta-based conservative talk radio host. Mr. Christie talked about the issues of the day—the challenge of […]

ATLANTA—In a bizarre turn of events, Georgia briefly posted online—then removed—a two-page list of charges against former President Donald Trump on Aug. 14. The posting (pdf) came amid reports that a grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia, was still hearing testimony from witnesses regarding the former president’s challenge of the 2020 election results and his […]