Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire is nearly complete, setting the stage for what he warned will be a more difficult second phase — and ultimately a sweeping plan to “deradicalize Gaza.” Speaking alongside visiting German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at a joint press conference in Jerusalem, […]
Qatar’s prime minister delivered a blunt message to the international community Sunday: Doha will not bankroll the reconstruction of Gaza, shattering widespread assumptions that the gas-rich emirate would serve as the primary financier of postwar rebuilding. “We are not the ones who are going to write the check to rebuild what others destroyed,” Prime Minister […]
New York Governor Kathy Hochul distanced herself from incoming New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s escalating anti-Israel positions, insisting that Mamdani has no legal authority to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu despite repeatedly vowing to do so. Asked about Mamdani’s pledge, Hochul was unequivocal. “I disagree,” she said, according to Politico. “The New York […]
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Newly released security-camera footage from the Sha’ar Hanegev junction has pulled back the curtain on one of the most dramatic — and until now, little-known — acts of heroism from October 7: Maj.-Gen. Roman Gofman, Israel’s incoming Mossad chief, wounded while charging Hamas terrorists in the middle of the massacre. The video shows Gofman — […]
Hamas is ready to discuss “freezing or storing” its arsenal of weapons as part of its ceasefire with Israel, a senior official said Sunday, offering a possible formula to resolve one of the thorniest issues in the U.S.-brokered agreement. Bassem Naim, a member of Hamas’ decision-making political bureau, spoke as the sides prepare to move […]
The White House is quietly maneuvering to bring Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi together for their first public meeting in eight years, Axios reported. According to a U.S. official and an Israeli source cited in the report, the Trump administration views a Netanyahu–Sissi summit as a linchpin in a larger regional […]
Over the past Shabbos, the Modzitz Chassidus marked the yahrzeit of the Rebbe, the Imrei Shaul zt”l, who was Niftar 78 years ago on Shabbos. The Rebbe, who composed approximately 2,000 niggunim during his lifetime, was the first leader of the Modzitz dynasty following the devastation of the Holocaust. He was Niftar while visiting Eretz […]
More than 2,000 years ago, the Chashmonaim merited miracles because they didn’t stop at “good enough.” Their dedication to serving Hashem unlocked success above and beyond the laws of nature,
German carrier Lufthansa Cargo has imposed an immediate suspension on all military and security-related shipments to and from Israel, a move that lands squarely in the middle of intensifying German–Israeli defense cooperation and Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s high-profile visit to the country. In a statement, a Lufthansa Cargo spokesman said the halt was triggered by restrictions […]
Ex-Military Advocate General Yifat Tomer?Yerushalmi, who was released on Friday from Ichilov Hospital and is undergoing further interrogation on Sunday, still receives a full IDF salary and all the benefits
WhatsApp has become so deeply embedded in Israeli life that nearly the entire population relies on it daily. But as its civilian use has grown, so has its penetration into
Every Jewish community has moments of chesed. But sometimes, a community takes those individual acts and turns them into something far bigger- an organized system that protects families even before
Large crowds of Bnei Brak residents poured out over Shabbos to witness the uplifting avodah of the Alexander Rebbe from New York, attending his tefillos and observing his tischen. The
Nearly a year after the passing of longtime Chief Rabbi Yitzchak Haleva, Turkey’s Jewish community has formally installed Rabbi David Sevi as its new spiritual leader, marking only the fourth time since 1923 that the country has appointed a Chacham Bashi. Rabbi Sevi, 70, was sworn in during a ceremony at Istanbul’s historic Neve Shalom […]
On Sunday morning and early afternoon, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson joined Congressman Mike Lawler for a fundraiser in Stony Point before making a special visit to the home of the Skvere Rebbe in New Square. The Speaker and the Congressman spent time in the Rebbe’s home for a warm and substantive meeting. Sources tell […]
A senior diplomat from Riyadh declared that reforming the Israeli government — not the Palestinian Authority — is the key to achieving lasting peace in the Middle East. Speaking onstage at the Doha Forum, Manal Radwan, a minister in Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry, pushed back against what she described as an international fixation on Palestinian […]
President Trump unleashed on Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) after the congressman, freshly pardoned on federal bribery and corruption charges, announced he would seek reelection as a Democrat. Cuellar, 70, had faced sweeping allegations — including bribery, money laundering, and acting as an unregistered foreign agent — stemming from what prosecutors said was $600,000 in payments […]
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