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Trump Differs With Netanyahu, Sees 'Real Starvation' in Gaza

'You can't fake that,' says president

(Newser) - Asked Monday about reports of starvation in Gaza , Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu could not have been clearer. "There is no policy of starvation in Gaza and there is no starvation in Gaza," he said, reports the Independent . The problem is that Netanyahu's biggest international ally appears to...

Israel Wins Wars, Often Loses What Follows
Israel Wins Wars, Often
Loses What Follows
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Jul 28, 2025 9:22 AM CDT

Israel Wins Wars, Often Loses What Follows

In the New Yorker , David Remnick sounds a note of caution about a supposed 'golden age'

(Newser) - We may have all recently witnessed a key piece of history play out in the Middle East. "There is a very good chance that you won't be able to understand the 21st century without understanding the Twelve-Day War," former Israeli lawmaker Michael Oren tells David Remnick of...

Partner Dumps Netanyahu, Leaves Him With Parliament Minority

Key governing partner quits, the second in a week

(Newser) - A key governing partner of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday it's quitting the government, leaving him with a minority in parliament. The ultra-Orthodox Shas party said it was leaving over disagreements surrounding a proposed law meant to grant wide military draft exemptions to its constituents. A second...

Netanyahu Nominating Trump for Nobel Peace Prize

And more from the leaders' latest meeting in DC

(Newser) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told President Trump that he was nominating the US leader for a Nobel Peace Prize as the two took a victory lap on Monday after their recent joint strikes on Iran 's nuclear facilities, with both hailing the 12-day war as an unmitigated success,...

Netanyahu Is Back at the White House

Israeli leader to meet with Trump amid truce talks with Hamas

(Newser) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Washington on Monday to meet President Trump, who has been pushing for a ceasefire that might lead to an end to the 21-month war in Gaza. Israel and Hamas are considering a new US-backed proposal that would pause the war, free Israeli hostages,...

Netanyahu: We're 'Very, Very Close' to Goals in Iran

But Israeli leader doesn't provide a timetable for ending the airstrikes

(Newser) - The world hasn't seen independent confirmation of the damage to Iran's nuclear sites by American bombers, but comments from Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu seem to suggest it's substantial.
  • "We embarked on this operation to eliminate the two concrete threats to our existence: the nuclear threat, the
...

2 More Hostages' Remains Recovered
2 More Hostages'
Remains Recovered
Jun 11, 2025 5:08 PM CDT

2 More Hostages' Remains Recovered

Yair Yaakov was killed during the Hamas attack on Israel in October 2023

(Newser) - Israeli forces have recovered the remains of two more hostages held in Gaza, the office of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday. One of the hostages, Yair Yaakov, was killed on Oct. 7, 2023, during Hamas' attack on southern Israel, and his body was taken into Gaza, the...

Israel: Top Hamas Honcho Has Been 'Eliminated'

Netanyahu says senior Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar was killed in a strike in Khan Younis

(Newser) - Israel says that one of its top Hamas targets has been "eliminated," reports the Standard , with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reading out the name of Mohammed Sinwar as among the Hamas leaders killed in an address to parliament on Wednesday. "We have killed tens of thousands of...

The UK Is Cracking Down on Israel
The UK Is
Not Happy
With Israel
May 20, 2025 9:50 AM CDT

The UK Is Not Happy With Israel

Britain yanks free-trade talks, slaps sanctions on Israel over actions in Gaza, West Bank

(Newser) - The British government is suspending free-trade negotiations with Israel and has leveled new sanctions targeting West Bank settlements as it criticizes Israel's military actions in Gaza. Tuesday's actions came a day after the UK, France, and Canada condemned Israel's handling of the war in Gaza and its...

Hamas Releases Last American-Israeli Hostage

It's seen as a goodwill gesture toward the Trump administration

(Newser) - An American-Israeli soldier held hostage for more than 19 months in the Gaza Strip was released Monday, Hamas said, in a goodwill gesture toward the Trump administration that could lay the groundwork for a new ceasefire with Israel. There was no immediate confirmation from Israel, reports the AP . Edan Alexander...

Trump Reveals US Is Having 'Direct Talks' With Iran

He also discusses hostages, tariffs after meeting with Netanyahu

(Newser) - The US is holding "direct talks" with Iran, President Trump revealed during an Oval Office meeting Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. " Were having direct talks with Iran, and they've started," Trump said. He said there would be a "very big meeting" Saturday and...

Trump Shares AI Video of His Gaza of the Future
Trump Shares AI Video
on Gaza That's an Eyeful
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Feb 26, 2025 10:00 AM CST

Trump Shares AI Video on Gaza That's an Eyeful

Clip shows ruins of the region reinvigorated, complete with Trump statues and dancers

(Newser) - Earlier this month, President Trump first floated the controversial idea of permanently relocating Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and having the United States take over the region to turn it into the "Riviera of the Middle East." He doubled down on that "spectacular" concept days later, and...

It May Be a Defining Image of the Gaza War

Hamas holds propaganda ceremony before returning bodies of youngest hostages

(Newser) - Hamas returned the bodies of four Israeli hostages on Thursday after a grim propaganda ceremony. In what NBC News reports is likely to be one of the defining images of the war, the caskets were displayed on a stage in front of a banner with photos of the hostages and...

After Trump's Ultimatum, Netanyahu Issues His Own

Threatens to end ceasefire if terms are not met by Hamas

(Newser) - It seems Israel might be on board with US President Trump's Hamas ultimatum . Trump gave the militant group until noon Saturday to release all remaining Israeli hostages or, he warned, "all hell" would break loose. On Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave Hamas that same deadline, the...

Netanyahu's Gift to Trump: a Golden Pager

Gift celebrates 'exploding pager' attack on Hezbollah members

(Newser) - President Trump has a very unusual souvenir of his Tuesday meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Israeli leader gave Trump a golden pager, a reference to the exploding pagers that targeted Hezbollah members in Lebanon in September. The blasts killed at least 37 people and injured thousands, including...

Israeli Government Backs Ceasefire, Hostage Deal

Cabinet OKs agreement in victory for Netanyahu

(Newser) - The government of Israel gave its approval to the deal with Hamas calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages and Palestinian prisoners early Saturday, the day before it is to go into effect. The 33-member group of ministers had begun its deliberations on Friday evening, CNN...

Netanyahu Indicates Ceasefire Deal Is Not Final

Thanks Biden, Trump for 'advancing' the deal

(Newser) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday night addressed the ceasefire deal being worked out between Israel and Hamas, emphasizing that the agreement is not yet complete. He later went further, claiming Hamas backtracked on a previous understanding of the three-phase deal. The AP reports that claim "could indicate...

Biden, Netanyahu Discuss Ceasefire on Phone

US is pushing to finalize a deal before Trump administration takes over

(Newser) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Biden spoke Sunday about efforts to reach a ceasefire and hostage release deal in the Israel-Hamas war, a sign of the intensifying push to reach a deal before President-elect Trump's inauguration next week, the AP reports. Talks mediated over the past...

Both US Administrations Make Push for Middle East Deal

Netanyahu raises hopes by sending Mossad chief to Qatar talks

(Newser) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has approved sending the director of the Mossad foreign intelligence agency to ceasefire negotiations in Qatar, his office said Saturday, in a sign of progress in talks on the war in Gaza. David Barnea will travel to Qatar's capital, Doha, for the latest round...

Poland Guarantees Netanyahu Won't Be Arrested

World leaders are planning to attend marking the liberation of Auschwitz this month

(Newser) - Poland's government has approved a measure promising Israel that its officials—including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—can attend events commemorating the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp without fear of arrest. The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu and other Israelis...

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