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Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich leads a Religious Zionism Party faction meeting at the Knesset, Jan. 20, 2025. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.

Smotrich: Israel advancing plans for Gazan emigration

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Israel is actively developing a large-scale emigration plan for Palestinians in Gaza, in coordination from the United States, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Sunday. Speaking to the Knesset’s Land of Israel Caucus, the Religious...
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 7, 2025. Photo by Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images.

Trump: ‘We’re down to the final moments with Iran’

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U.S. President Donald Trump hinted on Friday that the United States could take military action against the Iranian nuclear program “very soon” if the Islamic Republic does not strike a deal with the United...
A view of protesters demonstrating outside the campus of Columbia University in New York City, April 22, 2024. Credit: Evan Schneider/U.N. Photo.

Citing Jew-hatred, Trump admin axes $400 million in federal funding to Columbia

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The Trump administration announced on Friday that it canceled about $400 million worth of contracts with and grants to Columbia University, citing what it said is the public school's inaction in the face of...
Susan, Judit and Sofia Polgar with their parents Klara and Laszlo, in New York City, July 8, 1992. Photo by Yvonne Hemsey/Getty Images.

Oct. 7 was ‘total shock,’ chess grandmaster Susan Polgar says

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Susan Polgar, a Jewish Hungarian-American grandmaster, was traveling with a student to the International Chess Federation’s Youth World Championship in Egypt, with a stop in Tel Aviv, on Oct. 7, 2023. “Like many others,...
Muslim worshippers pray at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City during the first Friday prayers of Ramadan, March 7, 2025. Photo by Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty Images.

90,000 Muslims ascend Temple Mount for Ramadan prayers

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Approximately 90,000 Muslims, including thousands from Judea and Samaria, ascended the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City for the first mass prayers of Ramadan on Friday morning, according to the Jordanian-appointed Waqf trust, which...
Israeli President Isaac Herzog and first lady Michal Herzog meet redeemed hostage Ohad Ben Ami (third from left) on the 500th day since Oct. 7, Feb. 17, 2025. Photo by Kobi Gideon/GPO.

Israel’s first lady demands accountability for Hamas sex crimes

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Ahead of International Women’s Day on March 8, Israel’s first lady, Michal Herzog, has renewed her call for Hamas terrorists to be held accountable for the sexual violence they perpetrated during their massacre of 1,200 people...
FBI Director Kash Patel and U.S. Envoy for Hostages Adam Boehler participate in the U.S. hostage and wrongful detainee flag raising at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., March 6, 2025. Credit: Freddie Everett/U.S. State Department.

US hostage envoy: ‘100% focused on returning people home’

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American policy is "100% focused on returning people home," Adam Boehler, the U.S. presidential envoy for hostage affairs, said during a U.S. hostage and wrongful detainee flag-raising ceremony at the U.S. State Department on...
Pope Francis is welcomed by Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem, May 25, 2014. Photo by Atta Jaber/Flash90.

Hospitalized pope calls Gaza parish, celebrates Ash Wednesday

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Pope Francis had a stable day at Rome's Gemelli Hospital, the Vatican reported Wednesday, which included calling the Catholic parish in Gaza and increasing his respiratory and mobility exercises. In a March 5 statement, the...
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with released hostages in the Oval Office at the White House on March 5, 2025. Credit: White House.

‘Shalom Hamas’: Trump threatens Palestinian terrorist group

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U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Hamas in a social-media post on Wednesday after an Oval Office meeting with a delegation of eight freed Israeli hostages. “‘Shalom Hamas’ means hello and goodbye—you can choose,” Trump wrote on his...
U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio attend a meeting with King Abdullah II of Jordan in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on Feb. 11, 2025. Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images.

Rubio: Trump has ‘lost his patience’ with Hamas over hostages

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed strong support for President Donald Trump’s ultimatum to Hamas, saying the president is done waiting for the terrorist group to release hostages in Gaza. "He's lost his patience...