Thursday, 6 March 2025 | Four days after the first phase of the hostage deal ended, negotiations for its continuation have reached a deadlock. Mediators informed Israel that Hamas is refusing to show flexibility or discuss the framework proposed by US President Donald Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff. Instead, Hamas insists on proceeding with the second
Continue Reading »Thursday, 6 March 2025 | The United Nations Security Council held consultations in a closed session on Wednesday morning, as the global body has warned of an impending food shortage in the Gaza Strip. Sigrid Kaag delivered what was expected to be her final briefing as the UN senior humanitarian and reconstruction coordinator for Gaza—a
Continue Reading »Thursday, 6 March 2025 | The so-called “most elite” US universities have failed their Jewish students “utterly” after “the bloodiest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust,” Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), told attendees of the Anti-Defamation League’s [ADL] “Never Is Now Summit” in New York City on Monday. “We will not and must not
Continue Reading »Thursday, 6 March 2025 | On March 9, 1950, Iraq’s Chamber of Deputies and Senate approved the “Supplement to Ordinance Cancelling Iraqi Nationality” law. It stipulated that Jews could leave the country, on condition they renounce their citizenship and their right to return. Of the 135,000 Jews living in Iraq, some 125,000 would be airlifted
Continue Reading »Wednesday, 5 March 2025 | For the last year and a half, it has been a self-fulfilling prophecy. Those who have claimed that Hamas couldn’t be defeated were right—but only because the rules of engagement of the war that the terrorists launched on October 7, 2023, were set up to ensure that it survived. Those
Continue Reading »Wednesday, 5 March 2025 | The United States on Wednesday rejected the Arab plan for the rehabilitation of the Gaza Strip, with an official saying it does not align with the current situation in the enclave. “The current proposal does not address the reality that Gaza is currently uninhabitable, and residents cannot humanely live in
Continue Reading »Wednesday, 5 March 2025 | In the early days of the war that erupted in October 2023, Hadar Raphael, 34, from Ramat Gan, was called up for reserve duty under an emergency mobilization order. His wife, Shir Noy Feiner, 34, was left at home with their two children — Sol, 5, and Ofek, then just
Continue Reading »Wednesday, 5 March 2025 | A group of conservative American evangelical leaders visiting Jerusalem on Tuesday voiced support for Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria—the biblical heartland of the Jewish people—in addition to the end of Hamas rule and presence in the Gaza Strip. The remarks come as US President Donald Trump is expected to
Continue Reading »Tuesday, 4 March 2025 | After Hamas rejected Israel’s demand to extend the first phase of the hostage deal while negotiating the second phase in parallel, a new proposal has emerged: the “two major phases” plan put forward by US envoy Steve Witkoff. The proposal calls for a 50-day extension of the temporary ceasefire, allowing
Continue Reading »Tuesday, 4 March 2025 | Egypt is presenting its own plan for rebuilding and governing Gaza to an Arab League summit in Cairo today. The plan is Egypt’s counter to US President Donald Trump’s proposal for Gaza, which the president released last month and would see the US take control of the enclave and relocate
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