'Israel wants to destroy all of Palestine, ' Abbas tells Arab media
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told Al-Arabiya and Al-Hadath that "Netanyahu does not want a fully-fledged Palestinian state."
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Beirut, Lebanon, May 22, 2025. (photo credit: REUTERS/MOHAMED AZAKIR)Go to the full article > >
Trump: Israel is losing the war of public relations, congressional support shrinking
"Israel was the strongest lobby I’ve ever seen. They had total control over Congress, and now they don’t," Trump told the Daily Caller in an interview.
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFFUS President Donald Trump waves while boarding Air Force One, as he departs for Alaska to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, US, August 15, 2025(photo credit: REUTERS/KEVIN LAMARQUE)Go to the full article > >
Trump urges 'full force' approach on Gaza, Netanyahu says
"Our impression is that Netanyahu's opposition is genuine. He will not agree to a partial deal," ministers told The Jerusalem Post.
ByAMICHAI STEIN L to R: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump. (illustration)(photo credit: REUTERS/Mike Segar, Raneen Sawafta, 2025 Planet Labs PBC via REUTERS, Shutterstock/lev radin, Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)Go to the full article > >
NGO: Israel's 11,000 Palestinian security prisoners breaks record
Administrative detention numbers have surged in Israel, now three times higher than during the Second Intifada, reports HaMoked.
ByYONAH JEREMY BOB A Palestinian prisoner waits to be released from Ketziot prison, southern Israel, October 1, 2007(photo credit: RONEN ZVULUN/REUTERS)Go to the full article > >
Belgium to recognize a Palestinian state at UN General Assembly
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International aid drops into Gaza paused until further notice - report
No more aid drops over the Gaza Strip are expected until further notice.
IDF chief Zamir warns Gaza plan could push Israel into military rule
"You are heading toward military rule," IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir warned during a cabinet meeting that discussed the Gaza City occupation plan.
ByAMICHAI STEIN IDF chief Eyal Zamir, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Defense Minister Israel Katz seen during a military briefing, in Tel Aviv, Israel, June 30, 2025(photo credit: MAAYAN TOAF/GPO)Go to the full article > >Israel at War: What you need to know
Hamas launched a massive attack on October 7, with thousands of terrorists infiltrating from the Gaza border and taking some 240 hostages into Gaza.
Over 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were murdered, including over 350 at the Supernova music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across the Gaza border communities.
48 hostages remain in Gaza, while 49 hostages in total have been killed in captivity.
The IDF launched large-scale attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities on June 13, 2025.
Israel struck key nuclear sites and killed senior Iranian military and IRGC officials.
28 Israelis killed, over 1,300 wounded, including several IDF soldiers, in Iranian attacks.