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By Lazar Berman FollowToday, 1:28 pm Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in an interview with The Economist in Jerusalem, January 8, 2026. (Screen capture: Youtube/The Economist) Speaking at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that Israel and Iran will become partners again after the regime in Tehran falls. “We are sending strength to the heroic and courageous citizens of Iran — and once the regime falls, we will do good things together for the benefit of both peoples,” he says, according to Hebrew media reports. Earlier today, the Iranian parliament’s speaker threatened that Iran would strike …

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This is an important meeting because it shows Iran is seeking to redouble efforts to involve itself in Lebanon after it saw setbacks last year in Israel’s war on Hezbollah and the fall of Assad. By SETH J. FRANTZMANJUNE 4, 2025 10:31Updated: JUNE 4, 2025 10:41  Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi shakes hands with Lebanese Foreign Minister […]

The attack occurred during a weekly walk held to raise awareness for Israeli hostages held captive in Gaza. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERSJUNE 2, 2025 00:32Updated: JUNE 2, 2025 06:46  An Israeli flag is placed near police tape, after an attack that injured multiple people, in Boulder, Colorado, U.S. June 1, 2025.(photo credit: REUTERS/MARK MAKELA) FBI personnel and […]

Israel says it lifted blockade last week after French leader fumes that it continues to block Gaza aid; Germany says it’ll assess arms shipments based on humanitarian situation By ToI Staff, Agencies and Lazar Berman  30 May 2025, 8:22 pm France’s President Emmanuel Macron gives the keynote address at the Shangri-La Dialogue Summit in Singapore on May 30, 2025. […]

April 14, 2025 1:59 pm No Breakthrough in Gaza Talks, Egyptian and Palestinian Sources Say by Reuters and Algemeiner Staff Families and supporters of Israeli hostages kidnapped during the deadly Oct. 7, 2023 attack by Hamas gather to demand a deal that will bring back all the hostages held in Gaza, outside a meeting between […]

Iranian officials say they don’t want war but also want to negotiate as equals with the US or others. By SETH J. FRANTZMANAPRIL 5, 2025 21:12Updated: APRIL 5, 2025 22:59  RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian exchange documents at a partnership agreement signing ceremony in Moscow in January.(photo credit: EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA/REUTERS) Russia is pushing to […]

March 17, 2025 3:38 pm by Ailin Vilches Arguello v US President Donald Trump has declared that Iran will be held directly responsible for any future attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, who have targeted US and Israeli ships in the Red Sea in retaliation for Jerusalem’s ongoing blockade of the Gaza Strip. “Every shot fired by the […]

Hamas’s armed wing has appointed new commanders and also begun repairing its underground tunnel network in preparation for the possibility of returning to war with Israel. By JERUSALEM POST STAFFFEBRUARY 27, 2025 10:12Updated: FEBRUARY 27, 2025 10:15  Hamas terrorists stand guard in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, February 22, 2025(photo credit: BASHAR TALEB/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES) […]

Reports say US security contractors, Egyptian firm to be tasked with monitoring Netzarim corridor to ensure Palestinians traveling between southern and northern Gaza aren’t armed By ToI StaffToday, 6:48 am   Special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff speaks during the inaugural parade inside Capital One Arena, in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (Jim […]

Khalil al-Hayya praises deadliest massacre of Jews since Holocaust as ‘a source of pride for our people’; Islamic Jihad calls deal ‘an honorable agreement to stop the aggression’ By ToI Staff and AgenciesToday, 5:03 am   Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya gives a televised speech about the hostage-ceasefire deal between the Palestinian terror group and Israel, in the Qatari […]

“We are closer than ever to reaching a prisoner exchange deal and a ceasefire, provided that Netanyahu does not obstruct the agreement,” the official said. By SAM HALPERN, RAQUEL GUERTZENSTEIN FROHLICHDECEMBER 16, 2024 08:23Updated: DECEMBER 16, 2024 10:51  Palestinian fighters from the armed wing of Hamas. (Illustrative)(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON’S UNIT, REUTERS/IBRAHEEM ABU MUSTAFA) A Gaza hostage-ceasefire is […]