If Iran tries to kill me, country gets ‘blown up, ‘ Trump declares

“Anything ever happens, the whole country is going to get blown up,” Trump said and added, “I would absolutely hit them so hard. But I have very firm instructions.” US President Donald Trump and members of his cabinet in the situation room during US strikes on Iran, June 22, 2025.(photo credit: WHITE HOUSE) ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN, JERUSALEM POST STAFF JANUARY 21, 2026 07:20Updated: JANUARY 21, 2026 11:43 US President Donald Trump assured on Tuesday that if Iran attempts to assassinate him, he would make the “order to wipe it off the face of this Earth.” Trump’s comments were made during an interview with NewsNation‘s Katie Pavlich Tonight, which marked …

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Iran’s FM blames Israel after Davos speech nixed over deadly crackdown; Herzog hits back

Tehran’s top diplomat posts video saying anti-regime protests were a ‘terror operation’ by Mossad; Israeli president says regime in ‘no position to lecture others on morality’ By AFP and ToI Staff20 January 2026, 1:55 pm Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (left) attends a joint press conference with his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein, in Tehran, Iran, on January 18, 2026. (ATTA KENARE / AFP); President Isaac Herzog speaks during a ceremony marking the lighting of the first Hanukkah candle at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, on December 14, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90) PARIS, France — Iran’s foreign minister hit out at the World Economic Forum …

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Senior Hamas officials planning ‘safe exit’ from Gaza Strip, Saudi media outlet reports

Senior Hamas figures are reportedly weighing a coordinated departure from Gaza following the rollout of Phase II of Donald Trump’s plan, according to sources cited by Asharq al-Awsat. A Hamas terrorist in the Gaza Strip. February 4, 2025.(photo credit: Ali Hassan/Flash90)ByJAMES GENN  JANUARY 20, 2026 13:53Updated: JANUARY 20, 2026 14:52 Senior leaders of the Hamas terror group are preparing a “safe exit” from the Gaza Strip, sources within the terror group revealed to Saudi outlet Asharq al-Awsat on Tuesday. This comes after the US announced the start of Phase II of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, which calls for establishing a technocratic government to administer …

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Netanyahu: No Turkish, no Qatari troops in Gaza reconstruction efforts

“We have a certain argument with our friends in the United States over the composition of the executive board that will oversee the processes in Gaza,” the Israeli prime minister said. Israeli soldiers inside the Gaza Strip, seen from the Israeli side of the border, Jan. 15, 2026. Photo by Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90. (Jan. 19, 2026 / JNS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that there would be no Turkish or Qatari troops deployed to Gaza as part of Phase 2 of the Trump administration’s Mideast peace plan. Speaking at a Knesset debate on “violence and crime in the Arab …

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The War Everyone Is Preparing For – And No One Wants To Start

Monday, 19 January 2026 07:36 am – Posted in Headlines Saudi Arabia doesn’t want Iran struck. Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly warned against it. Gulf states hosting U.S. bases have pleaded for restraint. Even countries that have spent decades fearing Iranian power are suddenly arguing that weakening Tehran could make everything worse. Read article

Gaza, Responsibility, and Davos Zephaniah and the Moment History Approaches Fulfillment – Tania Koenig

January 19, 2026 Gaza has been a global moral stage. For decades, it has functioned as a place where the world projects its outrage, its opinions, and its accusations. It has become a permanent platform for moral performance, where Israel is judged, condemned, and lectured, while the deeper questions of responsibility, cause, and consequence are quietly avoided. Governments issue statements. International bodies pass resolutions. Commentators offer judgments. Protest movements fill the streets. Yet what has been largely absent, decade after decade, is accountability—the willingness to carry cost, to enforce security, and to accept responsibility for outcomes rather than for words. …

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What President Trump Is Doing — Greenland, NATO, and Strategic Reality – Tania Koenig

January 18, 2026  Much of the public reaction to President Donald Trump’s statements and actions regarding Greenland, NATO, Gaza, Iran, and Israel has been driven more by surprise than by historical understanding. When examined carefully, what President Trump is doing is neither unprecedented nor irrational. It reflects long-standing strategic realities that the United States has understood for decades, often managed quietly, sometimes inconsistently, but never without awareness of their importance. The United States has attempted to acquire or secure Greenland multiple times in its history, not as an expression of expansionism, but because of geography and security. In 1867, the …

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Netanyahu fumes at Gaza oversight panel makeup as Trump invites Erdogan to peace board

PM’s office says it was left out of talks on makeup of executive board, which includes top officials from Turkey, Qatar; American official retorts: ‘This is our show, not his show’ By Jacob Magid, Lazar Berman and Nava Freiberg 17 January 2026, 9:28 pmUpdated: 18 January 2026, 4:22 am US President Donald Trump greets Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a summit to support ending the more than two-year Israel-Hamas war in Gaza after a breakthrough ceasefire deal, October 13, 2025, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Saturday that the White House’s unveiling of a key international oversight …

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Iran’s president warns US attack on supreme leader would mean ‘full-scale war’

Regime hints it may go forward with executing protesters; CEO of Iran’s second-largest telecom company fired for not blocking internet, as shutdown returns after briefly easing By Agencies and Lazar Berman FollowToday, 1:16 am Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian takes questions from the media at a press briefing in New York, September 26, 2025. (Angelina Katsanis/AP) Iran’s president warned on Sunday that any US strike on the country would provoke a “harsh response,” and that any attack on its Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei would be “tantamount to a full-scale war on the Iranian nation.” Masoud Pezeshkian’s threats came as the Islamic Republic’s judiciary hinted that …

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by i24 News and Algemeiner Staff

The deal includes SDF withdrawal east of the Euphrates, integration of fighters into Syria’s defense ministries, and transfer of control over oil fields and key provinces to Damascus  ■ i24NEWS, Ariel Oseran January 18, 2026 at 12:24 PM ■ latest revision January 18, 2026 at 12:42 PM Syrian state media reported on Sunday that the Syrian government and the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have reached an immediate ceasefire after days of clashes in Kurdish-held areas of the northeast.  The agreement, announced electronically by Damascus, marks a major shift in Syria’s ongoing efforts to reassert control over its Kurdish-majority regions. According to the Syrian presidency, …

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As Iran threat looms: Three new F-35 jets arrive in Israel

Three new Lockheed Martin F-35i “Adir” fighter jets arrived at Nevatim Airbase and will join the 116th Squadron and the 140th Squadron. Uzi Baruch Published: Jan 18, 2026, 8:55 PM (GMT+2) 0:00 / 0:101xשלושה מטוסי F-35i חדשים נחתו בישראלדובר צה”ל Three F-35i “Adir” fighter jets, manufactured by Lockheed Martin, landed today (Sunday) at the Nevatim Air Base. The aircraft will be assigned to the 116th Squadron and the 140th Squadron. The Israeli Air Force insignia has been emblazoned on the aircraft. Since the outbreak of the war, the “Adir” fleet has been operating continuously across a wide range of defensive and …

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US unveils key Gaza panel with prominent roles given to Israel critics Qatar, Turkey

Board of Peace executive committee responsible for overseeing postwar management of Gaza also includes Witkoff, Kushner, representatives from UAE, Egypt and pair of prominent businessmen By Jacob Magid  Today, 4:53 am US President Donald Trump speaks at a dedication ceremony for a portion of Southern Boulevard, which the Town of Palm Beach Council recently voted to rename,”President Donald J. Trump Boulevard,” January 16, 2026, at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) The White House on Friday unveiled the members of a key international panel that will oversee the postwar management of Gaza. Notable members of the …

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Report: Trump, Netanyahu held second phone call to discuss Iran

Axios reports that Trump and Netanyahu spoke on Thursday night to discuss Iran, their second phone call in two days on the Iran crisis. Israel National News Published: Jan 16, 2026, 8:56 PM (GMT+2) Netanyahu and TrumpAmos Ben Gershom/GPO US President Donald Trump held a phone call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday evening to discuss the escalating situation in Iran, Axios reported on Friday, citing two sources familiar with the conversation. It was the second call between the two leaders in as many days, as Trump weighs options ranging from a potential US military strike to renewed diplomatic engagement with a …

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