Source to ‘Post’: Israel ‘optimistic’ that hostage deal can be continued

Shortly after, Hamas said it was keen that the hostage-ceasefire deal would not break down. By AMICHAI STEIN, JERUSALEM POST STAFFFEBRUARY 13, 2025 02:53Updated: FEBRUARY 13, 2025 10:27  Woman walks past a poster calling for the release of the hostages held by Hamas, in Tel Aviv, December 5, 2024(photo credit: REUTERS/STOYAN NENOV) Israel is optimistic that the hostage […]

Iran flying cash to Hezbollah via Beirut Airport – IDF warning

 February 13, 2025 Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon. (Shutterstock) IDF spokesman said that Iran has successfully smuggled money, intended for re-arming Hezbollah, through the airport. By World Israel News Staff Iran is trying to rebuild its battered proxy group Hezbollah by flying millions of dollars to the terror organization through Beirut International Airport, a […]

Rubio: ‘Don’t believe anything Hamas says’

February 12, 2025 Marco Rubio. (AP/Carolyn Kastner) ‘It’s not a stupid ceasefire,’ says US Secretary of State, emphasizing Israel must not allow Hamas to rebuild itself during the Gaza truce, as Netanyahu warns of return to war if hostages not released on Saturday. By World Israel News Staff U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio appeared […]

French President Macron rejects US President Trump’s Gaza proposal, calls to ‘respect’ Palestinians

“The right answer is not a real estate operation, this is a political operation,” Macron told CNN in an interview. By JERUSALEM POST STAFFFEBRUARY 12, 2025 02:34Updated: FEBRUARY 12, 2025 08:56  France’s President Emmanuel Macron looks on next to Lebanon’s Prime Minister Najib Mikati during an international press conference in support of Lebanon, in Paris on October […]

Egypt to present ‘comprehensive’ plan for Gaza reconstruction without displacement

Foreign ministry says it wants to cooperate with US, but stresses its solution will enable Palestinians to stay ‘in enclave with the legitimate and legal rights of this people’ By AFP and ToI StaffToday, 8:31 am   A Palestinian family cooks on fire next to their tent, in an area largely destroyed during the war against Hamas in […]

Egypt declines refugees, offers rebuilding plan for Gaza

Egypt’s statement comes as Trump continues to press for his plan to take over the Gaza Strip and resettle its population to neighboring Egypt and Jordan. By REUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFFFEBRUARY 11, 2025 23:49Updated: FEBRUARY 12, 2025 08:17  U.S. President Trump meets with with Egypt’s President el-Sisi in New York City, New York(photo credit: REUTERS) Egypt plans to offer […]

Trump and Jordan’s king set for tense meeting on Gaza’s future

By REUTERSFEBRUARY 11, 2025 08:08  Donald Trump meets Jordan’s King Abdullah on Tuesday for what is likely to be a tense encounter following the US president’s Gaza redevelopment idea and threat to cut aid to the US-allied Arab country if it refuses to resettle Palestinians. Trump’s proposal, floated one week ago, for the US to take […]

Trump: If the Hostages Are Not Released by Saturday, All Hell Will Break Loose

By David Israel  – 13 Shevat 5785 – February 11, 2025 Displaced Gaza Arabs near their flooded tents in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, January 23, 2025. President Donald Trump warned on Monday that if all Israeli hostages in Gaza are not returned by Saturday at noon, he would propose canceling the Israel-Hamas […]

Trump Warns Jordan, Egypt: If You Don’t Accept Gaza Arabs, I’ll Cut Off Your Aid

By David Israel  – 13 Shevat 5785 – February 11, 2025 President Donald Trump with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi at the White House, April 3, 2017. On Monday, President Donald J. Trump warned that he would cut aid to Jordan and Egypt if they rejected his demand to permanently accept the majority of […]

Nobody wants to die’ – Trump says

Iran ‘very nervous,’ ready for a deal  February 11, 2025 President Donald Trump (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) President Trump blasts Obama’s 2015 Iran nuclear agreement as ‘the dumbest deal,’ says Iran cannot be allowed to achieve a nuclear capacity, with only a new deal or Israeli airstrikes capable of preventing them from achieving it. By […]

PA nixes ‘pay for slay’ – but quietly finds alternative funding for jailed terrorists

February 10, 2025 (Flash90/Abed Rahim Khatib) The ‘pay-for-slay’ program refers to the PA’s policy of providing financial support to terrorists who carry out attacks against Israelis. By Vered Weiss, World Israel News Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas signed a decree on Monday ending the notorious “pay-for-slay” program, which provides stipends to jailed Palestinian terrorists and […]

12 Correction of sin in the church

Paul continues here with an explanation of his thoughts on how he should approach the Corinthians with the fully undisclosed sins they were guilty of committing. He truly wants to reach them and does not want to harm them with a rebuke but, cause them to turn from their practices and restore their status as […]

Trump: US will own Gaza, Mideast states can help rebuild; US may let some Gazans in

US president reiterates plan to relocate all of Strip’s population, says his country may admit refugees on case-by-case basis; vows to ensure Palestinians are ‘not murdered’ By Reuters and ToI StaffToday, 5:17 am   Palestinians walk past destroyed vehicles as they cross the Netzarim Corridor, making their way to the northern parts of the Gaza Strip on February […]

Trump threatens ceasefire deal after seeing ’emaciated’ Israeli hostages

Or Levy, Ohad Ben Ami, and Eli Sharabi appeared on Saturday morning, looking very frail with sunken faces, leading to comparisons with those liberated from the Holocaust death camps. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERSFEBRUARY 10, 2025 00:43Updated: FEBRUARY 10, 2025 08:03  U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S. February […]