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Mahmoud Habbash tells ToI that Palestinian people together with PA and Arab states have ability to coax terror group into giving up power after 17...
Agreement confirmed by Israeli official, who says the captives’ remains will be returned on Wednesday; ToI told that if no further hostages released...
Diplomats say Hamas’s use of performances as show of force has roiled Trump administration, which now more forcefully demands Arab allies come up...
Interior Ministry bans lawmakers and staffers, one of whom had previously called Israel a ‘terrorist state’
Seeking to encourage tourism, Jerusalem has been leaning on US State Department to upgrade advisory from ‘reconsider travel’ to ‘exercise...
Trump envoy will head to region this week, as agreement veers off original framework, but he insists it is still possible to get back on track with...
US president says six captives released Saturday ‘not in great shape’ but others have been worse; Secretary of State Rubio slams ‘savagery’ in...
After Mideast czar’s defense of administration’s policy, Ilan Goldenberg suggests Biden should have tried leveraging post-Oct. 7...
In first op-ed since leaving government, senior diplomat Brett McGurk defends previous administration’s handling of Gaza truce talks, says Hamas...
US president appears to credit his noon deadline for leading Hamas to release three captives as scheduled, says he thinks the terror group...
Yechiel Leiter tells US Jewish leaders Israel will start sharing ‘truth’ about Qatar after having to ‘suck it up’ for captives’ sake, says...
Top US diplomat says Arab allies must figure out how to remove Hamas from power or Israel will have to, ‘and then we’re back to where we’ve...
Netanyahu meets defense brass as report indicates bid to pressure Hamas into expediting releases of six others in first stage; don’t get your hopes...
Measures freeze Karim Khan’s US assets, bar him from entering the country, a week after Trump signed order to punish court for having ‘abused its...
State Department spokesperson tells ToI decree signed by Abbas ‘appears to be positive step,’ Washington will monitor its implementation; EU envoy...
US secretary of state reiterates Trump’s warnings that Israel will go in and eliminate terror group unless all hostages are released, but expresses...
‘Some of the things I say will be incorrect,’ says DOGE chief after reporting reveals that Gaza Strip was mistaken for province in Mozambique
Figure satisfies US president, who calls it ‘music to his ears’ while saying he doesn’t believe Hamas will release all the remaining hostages by...
Washington official confirms Jerusalem asked for extension but administration planning on keeping to February 18 date for IDF exit
Sander Gerber ‘cautiously optimistic,’ but says ‘ambiguous’ Abbas decree making welfare stipends contingent on economic need doesn’t address all...
After Hamas says it will delay release of hostages, US president says he will call for resumption of war if all captives not freed by weekend;...
Reform will bring families of prisoners and slain attackers into same welfare system as all other Palestinians, and be based on economic need, as...
Controversial plan reportedly caught Netanyahu, top White House aides off guard; Rubio says Gazans’ displacement would be only temporary,...
Arab diplomat says US shouldn’t bank on Saudi bail out after president went ‘too far’ with proposal that Riyadh won’t simply offer...
The Trump administration’s hostage envoy on Wednesday weighed in for the first time on the captivity of Princeton University researcher Elizabeth...
In Oval Office remarks, US president suggests ‘we could do something really beautiful’ for Gazans so ‘they wouldn’t want to return’; says...
Riyadh says its ‘firm and unwavering’ stance has been relayed to administration; PA envoy rejects Trump’s call for permanent relocation of...
In press conference with PM, US president doesn’t rule out possibility of sending troops to Strip, says he’ll be making ‘announcement’ about...
In astonishingly uncharacteristic interview, Michael Herzog claims State Department bureaucrats withheld weapons to Israel, pans Netanyahu’s...
White House, former VP Kamala Harris, and officials from Siegel’s home state of North Carolina issue statements celebrating his release, urging...
John Fetterman is lone Democrat to vote to advance bill, which House already approved; GOP lawmakers now likely need to resume compromise talks in...
US official says date not finalized but stresses the sit-down, the president’s first with a foreign leader since returning to office, will be early...
Trump’s press secretary says expenditure, which would amount to over 80% of USAID spending on contraceptives in 2023, was uncovered by budget office...
Decision on where to send the prisoners is coordinated with Israel, officials tell ToI; Hamas said to vow Fatah and PFLP terror chiefs will be...
US representative tells Security Council Jerusalem justified in effort to shutter UN agency over its ties to Hamas, rejects claims that doing so will...
US president brushes aside staunch Arab opposition to idea that Strip’s residents leave territory, saying violence is endemic to Gaza; Albanian...
US officials say details of trip could be arranged when presidential envoy Steve Witkoff visits Israel this week; PM’s health also a factor as he...
Bishara Bahbah says Palestinians need not leave Gaza for reconstruction to take place, suggests relocation idea was by aides who are far more...
Testing regional taboo, US president suggests Arab nations help ‘build housing where they can live in peace for a change,’ says he raised issue...
Shipment had been withheld by Biden administration due to concern over potential use in densely populated areas of Gaza
Volker Turk says the upcoming 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation is a wake-up call to the dangers of de-humanization, complacency and apathy
Kabul accuses court of trying to ‘impose a particular interpretation of human rights’ after chief prosecutor says Taliban heads suspected of...
Barbara Leaf ends diplomatic career hopeful about developments in Syria and Lebanon, regrets she could not convince Netanyahu to advance alternative...
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...