Israeli Police Meet Top Catholic Leader in Holy Land, Cut Deal to Allow Holy Week Observances
Israeli Police and Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa announced they had agreed to allow Holy Week observances in the Old City of Jerusalem.

Israeli Police and Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa announced they had agreed to allow Holy Week observances in the Old City of Jerusalem.

Antisemitism in Australia is “frightening and worrying,” Israel’s President Isaac Herzog despaired Thursday as he wrapped up a four-day visit Down Under that generated angry protests everywhere he went.

President Donald Trump hailed the return of the final Israeli hostage’s remains from Gaza on Monday as an “impossible” outcome achieved — then declared the moment now pivots to Phase II of his Gaza framework.

President Donald Trump renewed his call to secure Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a pardon, with Israeli President Isaac Herzog quickly denying Trump’s claim that a pardon was already “on its way.”

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.

President Donald Trump went off-script during a speech Monday and asked for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be pardoned.

World leaders, lawmakers, and public figures are calling on the Nobel Committee to honor President Donald Trump after he brokered what Israeli officials hailed as a “miraculous” deal set to free all remaining hostages and bring an end to the Gaza war — an achievement hailed as historic and unprecedented, with allies calling him the “President of Peace” and “the peacemaker the world needed.”

Early responses to President Donald Trump’s peace deal in Gaza have been strongly positive, even from adversarial nations like Russia, which grudgingly admitted the ceasefire would be a positive diplomatic achievement — if it holds up.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog said Thursday that President Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating a hostage deal that will bring an end to the Gaza war.

President Emmanuel Macron officially announced that France will recognize Palestine as a state during a meeting co-chaired with Saudi Arabia at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Monday.

Israel President Isaac Herzog rebuked Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof for allegedly misrepresenting their phone conversation and for failing to mention Israeli hostages in a subsequent communiqué about the call.

Muslim leaders from across Europe met with Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem to promote a message of peace on Monday.

Israel’s ceremonial president, Isaac Herzog, sent thanks and blessings to President Donald Trump on Sunday as he visited sites where Iranian missiles that evaded Israel’s air defenses had landed in the heart of Tel Aviv.

Israeli leaders struck a tone of defiance Monday as they visited apartment buildings that had been hit by Iranian missiles — and air force bases preparing for missions against Iranian regime targets in Tehran.

Ambassador Mike Huckabee formally presented his diplomatic credentials to Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Monday, amid a warm welcome in a country that he has visited dozens of times since the early 1970s.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog expressed the condolences of his country to the Christian world on the death of Pope Francis on Monday, just one day after leading Easter celebrations at the Vatican.

President Donald Trump said on Sunday he remains “committed to buying and owning Gaza,” despite considerable pushback from U.S. allies in Europe and the Middle East.

The United Nations was called out for its “moral bankruptcy” and failure to confront anti-Semitism in a speech delivered Monday by Israeli President Isaac Herzog.

Israel’s Security Cabinet on Friday voted to approve the Gaza ceasefire deal despite misgivings from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Israel is preparing to submit a report to the United Nations later this week that describes the torture suffered by Israeli hostages abducted by Hamas to Gaza last October 7, including sexual assault and the “branding” of children.

Dutch populist leader Geert Wilders was presented with an award by the legislature of Israel as he visited the Jewish state to show solidarity in its fight against radical Islam.

The Ministry of the Interior for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced three arrests on Monday in connection with the disappearance and death of Rabbi Zvi Kogan of Abu Dhabi.

A video posted on November 3, 2024, shows Israeli President Isaac Herzog shooting at targets on a range to fulfill requirements for his gun license.

Israeli warplanes targeted more than 300 Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon on Monday and Israel warned civilians to evacuate the area as more intense strikes are on the way.

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz warned France that Jerusalem believes Iran is planning to attack the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.

Elon Musk revealed that he is a guest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s and plans to attend his speech before Congress.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog thanked his Argentine counterpart Javier Milei for leading the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the AMIA bombing.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) announced that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was invited to speak before the United States Congress and Senate in a joint meeting.

Argentina questioned the International Criminal Court (ICC) for its top prosecutor’s decision to seek arrest warrants for Israeli officials.

Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters converged on Amsterdam on Sunday as the Dutch city unveiled the National Holocaust Museum.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that Israel would not accept a Palestinian state that had been declared unilaterally by other countries, telling world leaders they risked rewarding Palestinians with a “grand prize for terror.”

President Javier Milei of Argentina expressed his solidarity with Israel against Hamas terror Thursday, as he toured the ruins of Kibbutz Nir Oz with President Isaac Herzog of Israel.

Argentine President Javier Milei concluded his Tuesday itinerary in Israel with a meeting with the nation’s president, Isaac Herzog.

A Gaza City clothing shop named “Hitler 2″ was reportedly destroyed during the current conflict between Israel and Hamas.

French President Emmanuel Macron reportedly backtracked on his comments suggesting Israel was intentionally killing “women and babies” in Gaza.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog has written an open letter to the leaders of American colleges and universities, demanding that they show “moral leadership” in the face of rising antisemitism on their campuses since the Hamas terror attack on October 7.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog has hit back at Academy Award-winning actress Angelina Jolie over her condemnation of the Israel Defense Force’s response in the Gaza Strip in the wake of Hamas’s unprecedented terror attack on the Jewish state, which killed 1,400 people and wounded 4, 500 more.

Newly-confirmed U.S. Ambassador to Israel Jack Lew, who backed many of Barack Obama’s anti-Israel policies, offered conditional support to the Israeli war effort against Hamas terrorists Sunday, saying it should be conducted “in a manner that reflects the values that we share.”

Israel’s ceremonial president, Isaac Herzog, told Britain’s Sky News on Sunday that Hamas terrorists were found with USB drives that included instructions on how to manufacture cyanide for use against Israelis.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Monday that President Joe Biden will visit Israel on Wednesday.
