Tag: Gaza Strip
Nation mourns Bibas family, Oded Lifshitz as bodies transferred to Israel
Israel redeemed on Thursday the bodies of four slain hostages from Hamas captivity in Gaza: the three members of the Bibas family—mother Shiri, infant son Kfir and his older brother Ariel, and octogenarian Oded Lifshitz.
The...
Trump’s Gaza plan backed by majority of Israelis, according to new poll
In a survey of 501 Israeli adults, 68% said they supported U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan for relocating the population of the Gaza Strip, Israel’s Channel 12 reported on Monday.
A fifth of respondents in the poll, which...
Let their people go!
So it turns out that quite a few Gazans really do want to leave Gaza. Will Israel’s critics continue to demand that they be held prisoner there?
A front-page article in The New York Times on Feb. 5...
Apply ‘Trump spirit’ to the situation in Gaza
Everything that has been happening since U.S. President Donald Trump’s entrance into the White House in the context of the future of the Gaza Strip and the Israeli hostages has been widely discussed in...
Trump posts video message from freed hostage Agam Berger: ‘Thanks to you, we are...
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday posted a video clip of released Israeli hostage Agam Berger, thanking him for helping negotiate her freedom from Hamas captivity and asking "to bring everyone home."
Berger, 20, was...
Top Russian rabbi helps freed Gaza captive put on tefillin
Alexander ("Sasha") Troufanov, who was released on Saturday from Hamas captivity in Gaza, put on tefillin for the first time on Sunday, with the help of Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar.
Lazar gave Troufanov, who is a dual...
The moral bankruptcy and hypocrisy of the International Red Cross
The 1986 foundational statutes of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Red Crescent Movement proclaim that:
"International Committee of the Red Cross and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent...
The shattering of foreign-policy delusions
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke during his visit on Sunday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, stating that the president also “has been very bold about his view of what...
Katz to US senators: No Palestinian state, only Trump’s plan ensures safety
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz informed a bipartisan delegation of visiting U.S. senators on Sunday that Israel "will never agree to the establishment of a Palestinian state that would endanger its existence."
During the meeting,...
Israeli Security Cabinet to meet to discuss Phase 2 talks with Hamas
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was set to convene the Security Cabinet on Monday to discuss Jerusalem's stance toward the Phase 2 talks with the Hamas terrorist group in the Gaza Strip, the Prime...