Chat logs reveal young GOP racism

Republican youth organization leaders across four states exchanged thousands of messages containing Hitler praise, gas chamber jokes, and racial slurs over seven months while campaigning for control of their national federation, according... Read more »

Israel at a crossroads as Hamas threat looms

Photo after photo. Each one worth a million words. Ariel Cunio and Arbel Yehoud. Avintan Or and Noa Argamani. Omri Miran with Lishi and the daughters. David Cunio with Sharon and the... Read more »

Trump: If Hamas doesn’t uphold vow to disarm, ‘we will disarm them, perhaps violently’

US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Hamas has told his top aides that it will disarm, and that the terror group could be dealt with “violently” if it refuses to do... Read more »

Israel won’t reopen Rafah crossing, will limit aid, to press Hamas for release of 24 slain hostages

Israel on Tuesday decided not to reopen the Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt the next day, as required by the ceasefire deal, accusing Hamas of failing to stand... Read more »

Kamala Harris: ‘We should all step back and ask’ whether Israel committed genocide

JTA — Former US vice president Kamala Harris held back from labeling Israel’s actions in Gaza a “genocide” on Sunday but said it was an appropriate question. “A lot of folks in... Read more »

Freed hostage’s dad: ‘Of course’ we wanted him back earlier but gov’t also has security concerns

JTA — Hours before Monday’s expected hostage handover, Tal Shoham, who spent more than 500 days in Hamas captivity, and Ilan Dalal, father of hostage Guy Gilboa-Dalal — with whom Shoham was... Read more »

Joint Egypt-Qatar-Turkiye-US statement on Gaza

The leaders of Egypt, Qatar, Turkiye and the United States have released a joint statement backing the Gaza ceasefire deal and committing to “enduring peace” in the region. The statement, released on... Read more »

Trump’s Gaza plan exposes Turkey and Qatar for what they are

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 frees nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, including hundreds of terror convicts

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 »

Hostage deal underway

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 »