Iran’s nuke program set back 2 years, Pentagon estimates

   July 3, 2025 Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth gives a thumbs up as President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (Win McNamee/Pool Photo via AP) US Defense Department says intelligence agencies around the world agree that US, Israeli airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear program […]

Syria: Talks of peace deal with Israel are ‘premature’

July 3, 2025 Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Julani. (Reuters/Ammar Awad/File Photo) Syrian state media insists peace with Israel is off the table for the time being, despite recent optimistic statements from Syrian and Israeli leaders on normalization. By World Israel News Staff Syrian state television poured cold water on reports […]

Israel Condemns Iran’s Suspension of IAEA Cooperation, Urges Europe to Reinstate UN Sanctions

by Ailin Vilches Arguello Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar at a press conference in Berlin, Germany, June 5, 2025. REUTERS/Christian Mang/File Photo Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar on Wednesday condemned Iran’s decision to halt cooperation with the UN’s nuclear watchdog and called on the international community to reinstate sanctions to curb Tehran’s nuclear ambitions. “Iran has just […]

Hamas said satisfied with assurances to end Gaza war in truce framework

Terror group expected to release captives five separate times during 60-day truce, without handover ceremonies * Ben Gvir again urges Smotrich to join forces, torpedo ‘reckless’ deal   By ToI StaffToday, 2:47 am Share Hamas terrorists stand in formation ahead of a ceremony to hand over Israeli hostages to the Red Cross in Nuseirat, central Gaza […]

Bipartisan US lawmakers propose giving bunker-buster bombs to Israel

For third time, Democrat Josh Gottheimer and Republican Mike Lawler introduce measure to provide massive GBU-57 explosive and aircraft to deliver them should Iran try for nuke By ToI StaffToday, 10:44 am   In this photo released by the US Air Force on May 2, 2023, airmen look at a GBU-57, or the Massive Ordnance Penetrator […]

Trump formally lifts sanctions shackling Syria amid hopes for transformed Mideast

Executive order follows through on May promise to remove restrictions blocking Damascus from global finance, in move that could bolster bid to bring country into Abraham Accords By AFPToday, 4:15 am   An advertisement billboard thanking US President Donald Trump is set up on a major roadway in Damascus on June 11, 2025. (LOUAI BESHARA / […]

Trump: I am not offering Iran ANYTHING

US President Donald Trump says he isn’t currently offering Iran ‘anything,’ digs at former US President Barack Obama for paying Iran ‘billions’ under ‘road to a nuclear weapon’ plan. Israel National News Published: Jun 30, 2025, 10:17 AM (GMT+3)   Donald TrumpREUTERS/Piroschka Van De Wouw/Pool US President Donald Trump has claimed that he did is not […]

Israel and Syria Reportedly Engaged in Quiet Talks Toward Normalization

By David Israel  – 4 Tammuz 5785 – June 30, 2025 The private Lebanese television network, Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International (LBCI), reported on Sunday that Syria—under the leadership of President Ahmed al-Sharaa—is moving toward normalized relations with Israel, pending certain conditions. The channel’s Toni Mrad wrote: “A headline that once seemed unimaginable—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds […]

Israel was facing destruction at the hands of Iran. This is how close it came, and how it saved itself

Iran was a decision and a few weeks away from nuclear weapons. But unlike Gaza 2023, Israel had been watching By David Horovitz  Today, 9:33 am The Iranian regime was increasingly convinced in recent months that it would soon be able to destroy Israel. The “Destruction of Israel” clock in Tehran’s Palestine Square was not an exercise in […]

Netanyahu and IDF Prepare for Final Gaza Hostage Deal Tied to Withdrawal

By David Israel  – 4 Tammuz 5785 – June 30, 2025. Amid Sunday’s intensified strikes in the Gaza Strip, senior political leaders and the IDF Southern Command’s General Staff convened to assess the future of the campaign, Israeli media reported. During the meeting, the IDF presented key outcomes of Operation Gideon’s Chariots. According to the […]

CIA chief says strike on metal conversion site set Iran nuclear program back by years

Damage assessment shared with US lawmakers appears to mesh with those of Israeli officials; Iranian envoy to the UN vows the Islamic Republic ‘will never stop’ enriching uranium By AP and ToI StaffToday, 6:34 am CIA Director John Ratcliffe departs a classified briefing for senators at the US Capitol on Capitol Hill, June 26, 2025, in Washington. (AP […]

Report: Egypt promoting 60-day ceasefire agreement in Gaza

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty announces that Egypt is working to secure an agreement that includes a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza. He accuses Israel of violating the previous agreement and warns that renewed fighting would become a source of regional instability. Dalit Halevi Published: Jun 30, 2025, 1:24 AM (GMT+3)   Hostage releaseAbed Rahim Khatib/Flash 90 […]

Iran parliament backs suspending IAEA cooperation ‘until security of nuclear sites guaranteed’

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council still needs to give final approval for move * 7 IDF soldiers killed when armored vehicle hit by explosive in southern Gaza   By ToI StaffToday, 12:58 am This handout satellite picture provided by Maxar Technologies and taken on June 24, 2025, shows new airstrike craters at a perimeter installation on […]

Zohran Mamdani Clinches NYC Mayoral Primary After Vowing to Jail Netanyahu

By David Israel  – 29 Sivan 5785 – June 25, 2025 Zohran Mamdani, the 33-year-old Democratic Socialist and state assemblyman, has pulled off a major upset in the NYC Democratic mayoral primary—securing 43.5% of first-choice votes to edge out former governor Andrew Cuomo’s 36.4%, with about 93–95% of ballots tallied. WHAT JUST HAPPENED Fall of the […]