Sen. Lindsey Graham urged a formal U.S.–Israel defense pact, arguing that U.S. aid delivers “tenfold” returns in intelligence, counterterrorism, and advanced technology.
Weak. Indecisive. A failure to the Jewish community. These are just some of the character appraisals made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against left-wing Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for ignoring his warnings about rising antisemitism ahead of the Bondi Beach massacre.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blames Australian PM Anthony Albanese for encouraging antisemitism.
Leading Australian Jewish advocate Dionne Taylor declares Prime Minister Anthony Albanese “has blood on his hands” after the Bondi Beach massacre targeting Jewish locals celebrating Hanukkah. She described the terrorist attack as “a transformational watershed moment” for the country, while urging the left-wing PM to “call President Trump” to learn how to lead with strength in protecting citizens and countering rising threats, citing Trump’s success in combating antisemitism “on campuses and elsewhere.”
Top Israeli officials accused the leftist government in Australia of failing to meaningfully confront antisemitism before the deadly terror attack against the Sydney Jewish community in Bondi on Sunday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday the mass-casualty terrorist shooting that killed at least 11 people at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney came after he warned left-wing Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese months ago that Canberra’s policies were “promoting and encouraging antisemitism.” He further charged that Australia “replaced weakness with weakness and appeasement with more appeasement” as Jewish blood was spilled.
Israel and Hamas are “very shortly expected to move into the second phase of the ceasefire” after the terrorist group returns the remains of the last hostage held in Gaza. That was the confident prediction Sunday of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who acknowledged the opening step of President Donald Trump’s comprehensive 20-point ceasefire plan is close to fruition.
DOHA, Qatar — A top adviser to the highest levels of the Qatari government told Breitbart News on Sunday evening here at the Doha Forum it was a Breitbart News interview with the Prime Minister of Qatar at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) back in September that helped President Donald Trump land the deal that produced the ceasefire in Gaza that brought home the remaining living Israeli hostages from Hamas.
Hamas leader Khaled Mashal declared that “the resistance and its weapons are our honor and glory” and that “the battle is not over,” boasting that rights are won “at the recruitment office, not the U.N. Security Council” — a declaration that directly contradicts President Donald Trump’s 20-point Gaza peace plan and celebrates the October 7 “Al-Aqsa Flood” massacre as a turning point to push Israel off “our homeland” and the international stage.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that it would be possible to negotiate a non-aggression pact with Syria, as desired by President Donald Trump, if the Syrian government is willing to establish a “demilitarized buffer zone.”
Argentine President Javier Milei formally launched the “Isaac Accords,” declaring Argentina would serve as a “pioneer” with the United States in advancing a new regional framework to expand political, economic, and cultural cooperation with Israel.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) defended the United States’ relationship with Israel, pointing out that it is “really important” to have an ally and partner like Israel in “that corner of the world.”
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, chief executive of Saudi Arabia, meets with President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday.
IIsrael is pressing the Trump administration to condition any sale of advanced F-35 stealth fighter jets to Saudi Arabia on Riyadh agreeing to normalize relations with Jerusalem and join the Abraham Accords.
The Maronite Christian bishops of Lebanon issued a joint statement last week denouncing Israel’s “daily attacks on the South and other regions of Lebanon, which are bringing the country to the brink of war once again.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday rejected a report that Jerusalem is pursuing a 20-year U.S. security-aid package, saying his “direction is the exact opposite” and adding that “it’s time to ensure that Israel is independent,” with an announcement expected “very soon.”
President Donald Trump formally requested Wednesday that Israeli President Isaac Herzog pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling the corruption trial a “political, unjustified prosecution” in an official letter.
After meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday, Syria’s interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa said Trump supports his call for Israel to remove its forces from Syrian territory.
Kazakhstan is becoming the newest participant in the Abraham Accords, with President Donald Trump indicating that additional countries are preparing to enter the agreements as well.
The terrorists of Hamas returned the remains of three more slain hostages to Israel on Sunday. All three were Israeli soldiers who were killed attempting to repel the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023. The terrorists dragged their bodies back to Gaza to use as bargaining chips.
Hamas returned the body of American-Israeli Capt. Omer Neutra to Israel on Sunday, a bittersweet handover his father marked with Jeremiah’s line that “your children shall return to their own land” — “Our Omer is on Israeli soil … so much pain, and so much relief.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed Sunday that there are still two “pockets” of Hamas terrorists inside the area to which the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) withdrew under the ceasefire deal.
Thom Yorke, frontman for the British alternative rock band Radiohead, says he will “absolutely not” play in Israel.
Trump helped Israel defend its boundaries from terror — but he is also reminding Israel that boundaries set limits to those within, too.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed a bill currently being debated in Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, that would effect the annexation of Judea and Samaria (the West Bank), which Palestinians claim as theirs.
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.
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) has announced he will return donations from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and refuse future support.
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.
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.
Wednesday on Fox News Channel’s ‘The Story,” Queens Assemblyman and New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D) said he would “exhaust every legal option” to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he came to New York City.
Guy Gilboa-Dalal and Evyatar David endured systematic starvation, psychological torture, and months buried alive in Hamas tunnels before Monday’s historic release after two years in captivity.
President Donald Trump went off-script during a speech Monday and asked for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be pardoned.
U.S. President Donald Trump told Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, on Monday that “This is not only the end of a war, but the end of an age of terror and death, and the beginning of an age of faith and hope.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump to Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, thanking him for his support in the war and in forging the hostage deal to end the war in Gaza.
More diplomatic surprises were revealed Monday as U.S. President Donald Trump visited Israel to mark the release of the Israeli hostages and the end of the war.
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the nation Sunday night on the eve of the return of the remaining hostages to Israel, calling it “an evening of tears and joy,” while warning that the threat to Israel’s security “is not over.”
Netanyahu’s office said he deserved credit for ignoring demands to end fighting prematurely: “Prime Minister Netanyahu took risks, and those risks led us to this point.”
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that President Donald Trump has dealt with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the right way, which is “you show total support for Israel at the same time you’re leaning
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth revealed that, under an agreement with the United States, Qatar would be moving forward with building an air force facility on a U.S. Air Force base.
Trump-brokered Gaza ceasefire is now in effect, the IDF announced, confirming they’d withdrawn their troops to the initial agreed line.
