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Vice President JD Vance hailed what he called “days of destiny” in the Middle East as he met Wednesday in Jerusalem with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss the Gaza ceasefire and the future.

Rafael Grossi, Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said on Saturday that his agency believes “the majority” of Iran’s stockpile of near-weapons-grade uranium survived bombing runs from Israel and the United States in June.

Arab and Muslim nations that are expected to contribute to a peacekeeping force in Gaza are reportedly afraid to face Hamas, due to the group’s ferocity and the perception of appearing to be occupiers.

The Qatari regime has blamed Israel and the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for ceasefire violations in Gaza, rather than the Hamas terrorists who killed Israeli soldiers on Sunday.

The Iran-backed Houthi insurgents of Yemen raided a United Nations compound in the occupied capital of Sanaa on Saturday and took 20 employees hostage, the latest of several mass kidnappings the Houthis have conducted against U.N. personnel.

Mohammed Nazzal, a senior official with the Hamas terrorist organization, defended his group’s mass execution of Palestinian civilians on Friday after President Donald Trump warned Hamas could face utter destruction for the murders.

Israel is rejecting claims by Hamas, reiterated by the media, that the terrorist group has not delivered all of the remaining bodies of dead hostages, as promised, because it cannot locate them amid the rubble of Gaza.

U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner sparked controversy Sunday by defending Hamas’s good faith in the Gaza ceasefire, and suggesting Israel needs to treat Palestinians better.

A post by radical Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani, the frontrunner to become New York City’s next mayor, ignited a firestorm after he proudly shared photos of himself smiling beside Imam Siraj Wahhaj — an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing — with lawmakers and public figures warning that jihad is coming to New York unless voters wake up.

The Israeli government demanded to know Sunday why the world is silent in the face of Hamas’s abuse of Palestinians in Gaza, including public beatings and executions, carried out in the ten days since the ceasefire.

The organizers of the Jewish International Film Festival say they were forced to postpone the event because cinemas in Malmö, Sweden, would not screen the films, with some citing safety and security concerns.

The ceasefire in Gaza is holding, despite the fact that Hamas is violating it by executing rivals in public, delaying the transfer of the bodies of Israeli hostages, and even attacking Israeli soldiers on patrol.

The Department of State issued a warning there were “credible reports” Hamas was planning an attack on the people of Gaza, which would violate a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel.

Protesters supporting the global intifada to destroy the state of Israel are embedded in today’s “No Kings” protests — a nationwide demonstration which organizers say evokes “power to the people,” though an investigation into its funding and planning tells a different story.

Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) has announced he will return donations from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and refuse future support.

A ship caught fire Saturday in the Gulf of Aden off Yemen after being struck by a projectile, the British military said.

Palestinian terrorist groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad both refused to commit to disarming this week — brazenly defying the peace plan President Donald Trump brokered and both terror groups accepted— with a senior Hamas official telling Reuters he could not say “yes or no” to surrendering weapons.

WASHINGTON–President Donald Trump believes his administration carries “a lot of momentum” from the historic Middle East deal into Russia-Ukraine talks, as he works to bring the nearly five-year-long conflict to an end.

María Corina Machado, the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday to commend him on Israel’s achievements in the war in Gaza, and the hostage deal to end it.

A 33-year-old man living and working in Lafayette, Louisiana has been arrested and is facing federal charges of taking part in the deadly October 7, 2023 terrorist attack on Israel.

Democratic Party nominee Zohran Mamdani falsely accused Israel of “genocide” three times in Thursday night’s debate in the race for New York City mayor.

Accusations of antisemitism followed the banning of Israeli football fans from attending an away game of a Tel Aviv team in Birmingham.

President Donald Trump demanded Thursday that Hamas stop killing people in Gaza, or his administration “will have no choice but to kill them.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud Party are surging in polls of Israeli voters after the victorious conclusion to the war in Gaza, with a hostage deal securing the return of 20 living captives.

The UK Guardian published a glowing article last weekend celebrating the success of the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaign in closing Jewish-owned businesses — what it called “Israel-adjacent.”

The national body of Students for Justice in Palestine backed Hamas’s grisly public executions of fellow Palestinians in Gaza on Sunday, posting “Death to the Occupation, Death to Collaborators” on Instagram.

The Kremlin confirmed on Thursday that strongman Vladimir Putin engaged his Syrian counterpart, jihadist President Ahmed al-Sharaa, on Russia’s interest in maintaining its two military bases in the country.

Hamas offered starving hostages more food if they converted to Islam — and they refused, according to statements by families of some of the 20 living hostages who were returned to Israel earlier this week.

Display screens and PA systems at four Canadian airports were hacked with pro-Hamas, anti-Israel messages on Wednesday. 

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa traveled to Moscow on Wednesday for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is desperate to preserve Russia’s investments in Syria after the fall of the Russian-supported dictator Bashar Assad.

Rom Braslavski, freed this week after two years in captivity under the terrorist group Palestinian Islamic Jihad, was systematically tortured, kept in shackles, and repeatedly pressed to renounce his Jewish faith and convert to Islam in exchange for food, his mother told Hebrew media Wednesday.

Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun said on Monday that he wants negotiations with Israel, mediated by President Donald Trump.

Flights were briefly delayed by hacks of the public address systems at two North American airports where travelers heard pro-Palestinian messages praising Hamas and denouncing President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

College students are reportedly vowing to continue their anti-Israel protests, despite the Israel and Hamas ceasefire deal.