Israel

• Trump Needs to Rein in Netanyahu - President Trump should press Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to ease military pressure on Gaza, Lebanon and Syria for the sake of his own policy.
• Hezbollah Is Down, but Not Out, as Lebanon Faces Pressure to Disarm It - The Lebanese militant group has resisted calls to lay down all its arms, risking a return to war with Israel.
• Rubio hits 2 more International Criminal Court judges with sanctions over Israel prosecutions - President Donald Trump's administration has imposed sanctions on two more International Criminal Court judges over their role in investigating Israeli officials for possible war crimes during Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza. Secretary o
• Israel's Netanyahu lashes out while world shows shock and sympathy over Australia shooting - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lashed out at Australia’s leader on Sunday while nations expressed shock and sympathy over a mass shooting at a Jewish holiday event, saying he had warned Prime Minister Anthony Albanese that “your
• Israeli military raids in Syria raise tensions as they carve out a buffer zone - Qassim Hamadeh woke to the sounds of gunfire and explosions in his village of Beit Jin in southwestern Syria last month. The five were among 13 villagers killed that day by Israeli forces. Israeli troops had raided the village — not for t
• The Bondi Beach Shooting Is What ‘Globalize the Intifada’ Looks Like - When a slogan’s real meaning comes true.
• Israel Says It Killed Senior Hamas Commander, Despite Cease-Fire - Hamas said the attack on Saturday was a breach of the truce. The militant group did not comment on Israel’s claim to have killed one of its members.
• Can Trump’s Grand Plans for Gaza Get Off the Drawing Board? - The next steps for the president’s 20-point Gaza peace plan have been mired in uncertainty and a lack of detail, but that may be set to change. Here’s what to know.
• New footage shows six Israeli hostages celebrating Jewish holiday, months before they were killed - New footage of six Israeli hostages shows them celebrating the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah while being held captive in a tunnel in Gaza, several months before they were killed. Israel said all six were killed last August by Hamas, shortly b
• Winter storm rips through Gaza, exposing failure to deliver enough aid to territory - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Rains drenched Gaza’s tent camps and dropping temperatures chilled Palestinians huddling inside them Thursday as winter storm Byron descended on the war-battered territory, showing how two months of a ceasef