A pro-Palestinian protester at a May Day parade, in Berlin, on May 1, 2025. ODD ANDERSEN/AFP During the campaign for the German legislative elections, the Christian Democratic candidate for chancellor, Friedrich Merz, made unequivocal statements. …
If anything can be sudden after 584 days, the release by Hamas on Monday of the last living Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander was indeed an unexpected and wonderful surprise. It was also a reflection of President Donald Trump’s declared “America …
BERLIN, Germany — President Isaac Herzog on Monday became the first foreign leader to be hosted by new German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, just six days after he took the helm of Germany’s government, with Berlin and Jerusalem marking 60 years of strong …
These days, we seem to be going through a stormy period in which the immediate future remains unclear. What Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to be holding in store for us is a return to a new round of intensive warfare in the Gaza Strip, the main …
Israel asked the International Criminal Court last week to withdraw arrest warrants that it issued for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister Yoav Gallant, as the ICC reviews Israeli challenges to its jurisdiction over the Gaza …
Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff didn’t mince his words. In a meeting late on Sunday with former hostages and relatives of those still held in Gaza, he told them Israel is drawing out a war the US wants to end, local media reported. On the eve of …
A new archaeological dig at the ancient site of Sebastia in the West Bank was inaugurated on Monday in the presence of several government officials. Sebastia – known in Hebrew by its biblical name, “Shomron” – is thought to have been the capital of the …
As India and Pakistan, two nuclear rivals, agreed on a US-brokered ceasefire after going to nearly a full-fledged war in the build-up of tensions that spiked after an attack in Indian-occupied Kashmir on April 22, an outlier emerged during the crisis that …
In a previous article, I began alphabetically cataloging the many reasons Israel brings a smile to my face. Today, I continue with the letter “I,” beginning not with international access, as mentioned in my previous article, but with something more …
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