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Eye on Gaza, Israel to Call Up 60K Reservists

Those already serving report decreased motivation, negative feelings toward government

(Newser) - Israel's military will start calling up 60,000 reservists, and extend active duty for some 20,000 reservists already serving in the country's exhausted army, as it proceeds with its planned occupation of Gaza City , an official told the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday. It reports reservists will...

Thousands Strike to Pressure Israel on Hostages, Gaza Plan
Thousands Join Israeli Strike
Aug 17, 2025 11:15 AM CDT

Thousands Join Israeli Strike

Police turn water cannons on crowds during nationwide protests over hostages, Gaza offensive

(Newser) - Israeli police blasted crowds with water cannons and made dozens of arrests on Sunday as thousands of protesters demanding a deal to free hostages in Gaza aimed to shut down the country with a one-day strike that blocked roads and closed businesses. Groups representing families of hostages organized the nationwide...

Netanyahu Answers Global Backlash
Netanyahu Answers
Global Backlash
Aug 10, 2025 4:00 PM CDT

Netanyahu Answers Global Backlash

Security Council meets about planned offensive in Gaza

(Newser) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday defended the plan for a new, broadened offensive against Hamas in parts of Gaza in the face of condemnation from Israelis and other nations, saying his government "has no choice but to finish the job." At a news conference in Jerusalem, the...

Germany Shifts Gears on Israel Amid Bibi's New Plans

Chancellor Friedrich Merz: We'll halt military gear exports to Israel due to plan to take over Gaza City

(Newser) - Germany won't authorize any exports of military equipment to Israel that could be used in Gaza "until further notice," Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Friday, in a strikingly quick response by one of Israel's strongest international backers to a decision by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security...

Bibi's Gaza Plan Meets With a Chorus of Nos

Israeli opposition chief, world leaders, hostage families react to plot to take over Gaza City

(Newser) - Benjamin Netanyahu's plans for Israel to take over Gaza City amid international calls for a ceasefire in the nation's fight with Hamas aren't going over well with many. The New York Times reports that the prime minister is being "broadly criticized"—by resident politicians, global...

Israel: Military Will 'Take Control of Gaza City'

Announcement marks another escalation of the war

(Newser) - Israel said early Friday that it plans to take over Gaza City in another escalation of its 22-month war with Hamas, the AP reports. The decision, taken after a late-night meeting of top officials, came despite mounting international calls to end the war and protests by many in Israel who...

Pope Leo Is Winning the Newsmakers Popularity Contest

Pontiff tops Gallup list of prominent US, world figures, with 57% favorable approval rating

(Newser) - Sorry, Volodymyr—Pope Leo XIV is a bit more popular than you. Gallup has a new survey out listing the favorability ratings for more than a dozen prominent US and world luminaries, and the new pontiff comes in at No. 1, with a 57% favorable rating (11% unfavorable, 31% no...

Netanyahu Ousts His AG, Setting Up Legal Showdown

Israel's Supreme Court is considering whether the firing is legal

(Newser) - Benjamin Netanyahu's government voted on Monday to dismiss his attorney general, intensifying a high-stakes clash over judicial independence in Israel, reports the Washington Post . The Israeli cabinet voted unanimously to oust Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, who has clashed with Netanyahu over policy—and who happens to be the...

In Video, Emaciated Hostage Says He's Digging Own Grave

Stark images from Gaza horrify Israelis, ramp up pressure on Netanyahu for a ceasefire

(Newser) - Images of emaciated Israeli hostages held in Gaza have horrified Israelis and added pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a ceasefire with Hamas, even as his government considers another expansion of the nearly 22-month war. The videos released late last week by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad show...

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...

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