Weighing Trump’s and Harris’ policies toward Israel

We can envision Donald J. Trump wagging his forefinger as did Pakistani restauranter Babu from Seinfeld when the former president proclaimed, “The Democrats are very bad to Israel, very bad.” Read more

Nasrallah acknowledges ‘unprecedented’ defeat in alleged Israeli attacks

Hezbollah suffered an unparalleled defeat, the Lebanese terrorist group’s Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah acknowledged on Thursday, saying the alleged Israeli attacks using its communication devices amounted to a declaration of war. Read more

Israel, Hezbollah trade heavy fire before pulling back

A heavy exchange of fire between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah has ended, with both sides signalling their most intense clashes in months is over. Read more

Palestinians plan UN resolution on Israel’s occupation

The Palestinians want to introduce a UN General Assembly resolution enshrining a recent ruling by the UN’s top court declaring Israel’s occupation unlawful. Read more

Blinken says Israel accepts Gaza ‘bridging proposal’

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accepted a “bridging proposal” presented by Washington to tackle disagreements blocking a ceasefire deal in Gaza, and urged Hamas to do the same.
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Biden, Bibi, MBS, Guterres & Abdullah can no longer ignore HKOPS

President Biden, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS), UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Jordan’s King Abdullah (“The Group of 5”) need to meet urgently to discuss the implementation of the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine Solution (HKOPS). Read more

Israelis accept the breach in relations with the Biden administration

Israelis hunkered down Thursday night and braced for Iran’s promised retaliation for Israel’s assassination of Hezbollah and Hamas terror masters Fuad Shukr and Ismail Haniyeh. Read more

The hour of Israeli leadership has arrived

Hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered his address before the Joint Houses of Congress, Kuwait’s Al-Jarida newspaper reported that Iran has provided Hezbollah with electromagnetic pulse weapons. Read more

‘Precisely what I was thinking,’ UN’s Albanese says of Hitler-Netanyahu comparison

Francesca Albanese, the U.N. special rapporteur for Palestinian rights with a long history of anti-Israel comments, shared and agreed with a post on social media that likens Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Adolf Hitler. Read more

Inside story: Behind the Netanyahu-Harris meeting

This week, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris sent strong signals to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about what to expect from a relationship should she succeed U.S. President Joe Biden in the Oval Office. Read more

Kamala Harris wants it both ways on Israel

Since she became the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party for the presidency in the last week, backers of Vice President Kamala Harris have been doing their best to redefine her image. Read more

Harris pushes Netanyahu to ease suffering in Gaza

US Vice President Kamala Harris has pressured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to help reach a Gaza ceasefire deal that would ease the suffering of Palestinian civilians, striking a tougher tone than President Joe Biden. Read more

Anti-Israel agitators burn US flags, clash with police in protest of Netanyahu

Anti-Israel protesters violently confronted Capitol Hill police and burned the American flag in front of Union Station on Wednesday afternoon during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hour-long address to Congress. Read more

Were Americans listening to Netanyahu’s message?

What Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in his address to a joint meeting of Congress was important. Read more

Israeli officials hail Netanyahu’s ‘important,’ ‘historic’ speech to Congress

Israeli government officials praised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday following his address to the U.S. Congress. Read more

Hostage families call to maintain pressure on Hamas

Hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem on Sunday morning to demand that the government keep up the military pressure on Hamas. Read more

Netanyahu to meet Biden at the White House on July 22

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to meet President Joe Biden at the White House on July 22, ahead of his address to a joint session of Congress, an Israeli official said on Sunday. Read more

Israel delegation to negotiate hostage deal with Hamas

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told US President Joe Biden he is sending a delegation to resume stalled negotiations on a hostage release deal with Hamas. Read more

Israel’s challenges

Prime Minister Netanyahu is a man under huge pressure on multiple fronts. Some of his own making and some not. Read more

US plan not a good deal but Israel accepts it: Netanyahu aide

An aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed that Israel has accepted a framework deal for winding down the Gaza war being advanced by US President Joe Biden. Read more

Albanese ducks questions over Israel war crime warrant

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has ducked questions about an international arrest warrant issued to the Israeli prime minister over allegations of war crimes in Gaza. Read more

ICC prosecutor seeks arrest of Netanyahu, Hamas leaders

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in connection with their actions during the seven-month war. Read more

Gantz threatens to quit Israeli cabinet over Gaza plan

Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz has demanded Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu commit to an agreed vision for the Gaza conflict that includes stipulating who might rule the territory after the war with Hamas. Read more

Dr. Phil’s moral clarity

It’s not surprising that the press had a field day following Dr. Phil’s interview on Thursday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu. Read more

Israel marks first post-Oct. 7 Holocaust Remembrance Day

Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day began at sundown on Sunday, with the official state opening ceremony taking place at 8 p.m. in Warsaw Ghetto Square, Yad Vashem, on the Mount of Remembrance in Jerusalem. Read more

Prime Minister Netanyahu: ‘Capitulating to Hamas’s demands would be a terrible defeat’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday commented on the ongoing negations for the release of Israelis who have been held hostage in Gaza for the past seven months, calling media reports about them provocative and the cause of “needless suffering to the families of the hostages that are enduring a nightmare.” Read more

State comptroller calls on Netanyahu to cooperate with probe of Oct. 7 failures

Israel’s State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman called on the country’s Prime Minister and military chief of staff to cooperate with his office’s probe into the failures of October 7 in separate letters sent on Wednesday. Read more

Israeli president: ICC warrants would hamper global fight against terrorism

As concerns grow in Jerusalem that the International Criminal Court may issue arrest warrants for top Israeli officials, President Isaac Herzog denounced on Tuesday what he called attempts to “abuse international legal institutions – including the ICC – to deny the state of Israel its basic rights.” Read more

Netanyahu slams proposed sanctions on Israeli military

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will fight sanctions being imposed on any Israeli military units for alleged rights violations after media reports said Washington was planning such a step. Read more

Israel to defend itself, PM says, amid restraint calls

Israel will make its own decisions about how to defend itself, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says, as its allies pleaded for restraint in responding to a volley of attacks from Iran. Read more

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