The Trump ceasefire framework is not the end of the war; it is the opening of a political battlefield. The guns are silent, but the battle for Gaza’s future has begun –... Read more »
Israel on Monday freed nearly 2,000 Palestinians — including hundreds of terror convicts serving life terms — from its prisons as part of a deal to reach a ceasefire and release the... Read more »
The moment we have been waiting for: Twenty living hostages are expected to be released Monday morning in two stages. The first hostages to be released were Alon Ohel, Gali and Ziv... Read more »
US President Donald Trump declared on Sunday that the war in Gaza was “over,” and appeared confident that the ceasefire and hostage release deal he arranged would hold, as he headed to... Read more »
On Sunday night, some 12 hours before Omri Miran was set to be released from captivity in Gaza after 737 days, his daughters Roni, 4, and Alma, 2, were glowing with joy,... Read more »
As Israelis on Sunday marked 25 years since a Palestinian mob lynched two Israelis in Ramallah, one of its perpetrators was set to go free in the first phase of the hostage... Read more »
Moved almost to tears, three of US President Donald Trump’s closest confidants stood together on Saturday night on the stage at Hostages Square – a central Tel Aviv plaza that, since the... Read more »
Iran dismissed the idea that it would establish diplomatic ties with Israel, describing the idea on Saturday as “wishful thinking.” The statement came nearly two weeks after US President Donald Trump suggested... Read more »
JTA — When Rabbi Adam Mintz’s Modern Orthodox congregation was first looking for a space on the Upper West Side, finding one that worked was no simple task. Kehilat Rayim Ahuvim, the... Read more »
US special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and Admiral Brad Cooper, the head of the US military’s Central Command, visited an Israeli army post in the Gaza Strip on Saturday,... Read more »