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Jacob MagidThe Times of Israel |
Damage to Hezbollah, Sinwar’s killing pressured Hamas, officials say, while Trump’s ‘hell to pay’ threat gave new momentum; Qataris credit...
Swiss AG confirms receiving ‘several criminal complaints’ against Israeli president, who attended Davos conference but has since left Switzerland
MBS says he plans to invest $600b in US during 2nd Trump term; Netanyahu fields first call from new Secretary of State Rubio, who vows to ‘work...
‘We have a thing called “the hostages are coming back” going on right now,’ US president tells reporters, as envoy Witkoff confirms he’ll go...
Touting her grilling of university heads over campus antisemitism, Elise Stefanik vows to take similar approach at UN; also says Israel has biblical...
New US president ‘might’ help rebuild Gaza, which has ‘phenomenal location’; Hamas can’t govern Strip –...
Executive decree says US government must be ‘vigilant’ in issuing visas and ensure recipients support ‘do not advocate for, aid, or...
Relatives of abductees as well as freed hostage Noa Argamani greet president at rally; he tells them: ‘We never stopped praying for you’
Those set to be released include defendants captured on camera attacking law enforcement in riots four years ago
US president heeds pleas Israeli officials have been making for months, signing executive order hours after another rampage targets northern West Bank...
During his previous term, the president announced action against any court official probing US troops; the Biden administration overturned that...
After his intervention helped finalize an agreement that had been elusive for months, US president-elect faces arguably bigger challenge of...
‘After so much pain, destruction and loss of life, today the guns have gone silent,’ says outgoing president; adds Middle East ‘fundamentally...
Truce comes after rupture in talks said to have been caused by IDF’s resumption of airstrikes in area; battalion members to surrender arms to...
Officials tell ToI vetting process failed to identify pair accused of violence against Palestinians as dual nationals ineligible for targeting under...
‘Tense’ Jerusalem sit-down led to breakthrough in talks, with Israel and Hamas agreeing in principle to hostage deal two days later; sides now...
PM said to meet with far-right coalition members to gauge support for agreement; negotiators reportedly believe next two days critical to determine if...
Funds will be used to pay off debt to Israel Electric Corporation; both sides declare victory after agreeing to mechanism that US hopes can be used...
Israel could further curb humanitarian aid, expand ground op from north to central Gaza if deal not inked by Jan. 20, in move that could harm more...
PA President Abbas says terror group ‘sacrificed the interests of the Palestinian people for Iran,’ caused destruction of Gaza, as Ramallah cracks...
Washington optimistic on chances of closing agreement to release Israelis held by Hamas before end of Biden’s term; Netanyahu huddles with security...
Netanyahu’s hostage envoy tries to assure families of captives that government not abandoning their loved ones as it pushes for agreement in which...
Relatives of captives say they will meet with officials from incoming administration and members of Congress during trip to Washington later this...
Lebanese army chief Joseph Aoun, widely seen as favored by US and Saudi Arabia, is likely to win, after endorsement by Hezbollah pick Suleiman...
Secretary says Biden to hand off near-finished Gaza ‘Day After’ and Saudi normalization plans; US officials warn Trump aide of Gaza...
A main road in the provincial capital of Quneitra in southern Syria was blocked with mounds of dirt, fallen palm trees and a metal pole that...
A forum representing the vast majority of the remaining 100 hostages in Gaza on Monday called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government...
US envoy Amos Hochstein, visiting Beirut on Monday, said Israeli forces began withdrawing from a south Lebanon border town more than halfway into a...
US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday announced his decision to appoint former State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus as his deputy...
The Famine Early Warning System Network on Wednesday took down a report it published a day earlier alleging persistent famine in northern Gaza,...
In a rare critique, US Ambassador to Israel Jack Lew issued a statement Tuesday rejecting a US government agency’s food security report asserting...
Mediators continue to make progress toward a ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas, but will likely need weeks — not just...
NEW YORK — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that President-elect Donald Trump had a window to negotiate with Iran, saying the...
WASHINGTON — US President Joe Biden’s administration will not sanction far-right Israeli ministers Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich before the...
WASHINGTON — US President-elect Donald Trump said Monday that he is working to secure the release of the hostages in Gaza. “We are trying to help...
WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met on Monday with the family of Aysenur Eygi, a Turkish-American activist shot dead by the IDF...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A Dutch court on Friday rejected demands by pro-Palestinian groups for a ban on arms exports from the Netherlands to...
US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said that “for many months, Hamas has not been prepared to even do the basic things of coming to the...
US President-elect Donald Trump, again named Time’s “Person of the Year,” told the magazine on Thursday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
‘If that’s a deal breaker, the deal will sink, ‘ far-right minister tells Bloomberg; also tells reporters fall of Assad gives Israel opportunity...
Dictator dashed hopes of reform after coming to power in 2000, resorting to father’s brutal tactics and plummeting country into civil war by...
Terror group frames Muhammad Darwish as its chief during talks with Iran’s Araghchi, as Hamas leadership again ensconces itself in Qatar
Sources tell ToI that after Biden requested terror leaders’ expulsion, president-elect’s team urged reversal of move, deeming Doha’s...
On Gaza, Jack Lew argues Netanyahu’s vocal demands on Philadelphi ‘distracted’ from Hamas intransigence; says ‘there is no arms embargo on...
US president-elect returns to office with plans to expand Abraham Accords, but those pushing for Israel to annex West Bank are still bullish about...
After making threat as candidate at the RNC, president-elect doubles down, two days after Hamas releases video of American-Israeli captive begging...
State Department condemns Katz’s decision to end practice only against Israeli extremists, says it will continue taking its own actions, while...
Root of hostage impasse is PM’s refusal to end war and withdraw IDF from Gaza, Arab officials tell ToI, rejecting Israeli and US assertions that...
Biden calls move ‘outrageous’; Trump’s NSA pick vows strong response to ‘antisemitic bias’ as lawmakers urge sanctions on court, though...
Senior Israeli official tells ToI that embassy diplomats met with every lawmaker seen to be on the fence, managing to sway several who initially...