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Israel marks three years since Oct. 7 massacre, officials concerned Iran may launch more missiles

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People visit the site of the Nova music festival, where partygoers were killed and kidnapped during the deadly Hamas-led October 7, 2023 massacre, on the third anniversary of the attack, near Reim, southern Israel, October 7, 2026.
Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa at the U.S. National Security Council Brett McGurk speaks at the IISS Manama Dialogue in Manama, Bahrain, November 18, 2023.

Biden aide McGurk says Washington had no warning of Oct. 7, reveals how war shook White House

McGurk told the Post that, in one meeting with the families of the hostages, "One woman left the screen, and when she came back, she learned that her loved one was actually confirmed dead.”

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Military Vehicle patroling. Border Police are stationed and patroling at the Harif Mountain area, at the border between Israel and Egypt.

US waives human rights conditions on $320 million in military aid to Egypt over Iran war role

Secretary of State Marco Rubio determined that the military aid was necessary for "counterterrorism, border security, or nonproliferation programs."

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken addresses the press in Jordan's southern city of Aqaba on December 14, 2024.

Blinken denies telling Qatar to delay Israel-Hamas hostage mediation

Blinken called a conversation between him and the Qatari emir a "complete fiction" after Haaretz claimed that he told the emir to wait to make a deal between Israel and Hamas.

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Trump releases thousands of one-ton bomb shipments frozen by Biden to Israel, official says

The delivery was frozen by the Biden administration in May due to the Israeli operation in Rafah.

JANUARY 25, 2025ByAMICHAI STEIN
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands with U.S. President Donald Trump after signing the Abraham Accords, normalizing relations between Israel and some of its Middle East neighbors, in a strategic realignment of Middle Eastern countries against Iran, 2020

Trump should build on Israel's successes - opinion

A new American administration appears ready to seize the opportunity that Israel created for a better Middle East and a safer world. The world will be better for it.

JANUARY 25, 2025ByARON U. RASKAS
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump holds a letter he received from former president Joe Biden, in the Oval Office of the White House on Inauguration Day, this past Monday.

Trump escalates campaign against diversity, threatens private sector probes

In a new executive order, Trump revoked executive orders dating as far back as 1965 on environmental actions and equal employment opportunities.

JANUARY 22, 2025ByREUTERS
U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a letter from former President Joe Biden as he issues executive orders and pardons for January 6 defendants in the Oval Office at the White House on inauguration day in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2025.

Grapevine January 22, 2025: Coming up Trumps

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JANUARY 22, 2025ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
MIKE HUCKABEE, current US ambassador to Israel nominee, attends a ceremony marking the construction of a housing complex in Efrat in 2018.

Trump's first decisions already shaping America's Middle East doctrine - analysis

The overall picture emerging from Trump’s first day and his overall doctrine is that he wants to reverse what he sees are mistakes from the last four years.

JANUARY 21, 2025BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Steve Wiltkof (left), Donald Trump (center), and Mike Huckabee (right), the incoming US administrations Middle East team (illustrative).

Nearly 60% of voters credit Trump for hostage deal in Gaza war, poll shows

The Harvard-Harris poll also concluded that support for Israel was much higher than support for Hamas, with 79% of voters supporting the Jewish state.

JANUARY 21, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
US President Donald Trump signs the third executive order during the inaugural parade inside Capital One Arena on the inauguration day of his second presidential term, in Washington, US January 20, 2025.

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala describes harrowing detention in Iran's Evin prison

'Their game is to give you hope and then use your hope to break you,' Sala said, adding, 'I am not going back to Iran, at least as long as there is the Islamic Republic.'

JANUARY 20, 2025ByJAMES GENN
Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani (R) and released journalist Cecelia Sala (L) embrace upon her return, January 8, 2025.

Trump announces sweeping first-day executive orders and record declassifications

Classified documents regarding the assassinations of JFK, RFK, and MLK are to be released. Trump added that "other topics of great interest" will have classified records declassified.

JANUARY 20, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a rally the day before he is scheduled to be inaugurated for a second term, in Washington, U.S., January 19, 2025.

What will be impact of Hamas, Hezbollah ceasefires on one another? - analysis

The most likely impact of the two ceasefires is for all parties to avoid returning to war. The risk of one blown ceasefire leading to another will weigh heavily on their minds.

JANUARY 19, 2025ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Hamas terrorists parade as they prepare to hand over hostages kidnapped during the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas, to the Red Cross as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Gaza City, January 19, 2025.

Biden-Harris administration really tested US-Israel alliance during their tenure - opinion

At home, the Biden administration’s policies have coincided with a surge in antisemitism across the United States. In 2023, the Anti-Defamation League recorded over 3,900 antisemitic incidents.

JANUARY 19, 2025ByGREGORY LYAKHOV
US PRESIDENT Joe Biden, flanked by Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, speaks about the deal between Israel and Hamas, at the White House on January 15, 2025.