IDAN KWELLER

Idan Kweller is the diplomatic correspondent for the Hebrew news site, Walla.


US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff talks to hostage family members on August 2, 2025.

Witkoff, negotiators en route to Cairo as Hamas sends delegation for Gaza deal talks - report

Bishara Bahbah in a January 2024 interview/

Palestinian mediator: Trump's Gaza deal marks end of war, could release hostages

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump over a background of Hamas members.

Trump's Gaza ultimatum: 'Three to four days' to accept peace plan


The landmines in Trump’s plan: How the deal could collapse - analysis

The Trump agreement includes dozens of steps, but faces major obstacles: disputes over prisoner and hostage releases, international oversight, the future of Hamas, and Gaza’s fate.

U.S. President Donald Trump meets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington, DC, US, September 29, 2025.

What do Israel and Hamas gain from Trump’s plan? - explainer

For Israel, the price would be releasing hundreds of security prisoners, relinquishing direct control in Gaza and depending on an international mechanism.

US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a joint press conference in the State Dining Room at the White House, in Washington, DC, US, September 29, 2025

Trump-Netanyahu meeting: US ramping up pressure for end of war, Israel eyes West Bank annexation

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump will meet on Monday, but the two have very different topics in mind.

 US President Donald Trump and Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu walk together during Netanyahu's visit to Washington, February 5, 2025

IDF soldiers confirm speakers placed within Gaza strip, depite PMO announcement

Reservists and hostage families condemn Netanyahu's UN speech plan, calling the mission life-threatening and criticizing its real objective.

IDF speakers loaded onto trucks to broadcast PM Benjamin Netanyahu's UNGA speech in the Gaza Strip, September 26, 2025.

Netanyahu to use visual props at UN General Assembly to refocus world on October 7

Prime Minister Netanyahu plans to use visual aids in his UN speech to refocus attention on the October 7 massacre, amid rising tensions with Trump and growing Palestinian state recognition.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen with hostage posters (illustrative)

Palestinian delegation pushing coordinated walkout from Netanyahu’s UN speech - exclusive

Palestinians plan a walkout during Netanyahu's UN speech to protest Israel's actions.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Bernie Sanders claims Israel is committing genocide in Gaza

Sanders, who is Jewish and had previously refrained from saying that Israel was committing a genocide against the Palestinians, called the Gaza War "a genocide".

 US SENATOR Bernie Sanders speaks at a May Day rally in Philadelphia earlier this month. In a Senate committee meeting, Sanders said: ‘We can agree that antisemitism is unacceptable in all forms, but some of us happen to believe that the response of the Netanyahu government to the Hamas attack is al

Sa'ar: No decision made on applying West Bank sovereignty, dialogue with US underway

West Bank sovereignty will be raised as part of possible response measures to continued attempts to promote a Palestinian state, Sa'ar said.

 Newly appointed Israeli minister of Foreign Affairs Gideon Saar attends a replacing ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem on November 10, 2024.

UN Security Council to meet to discuss Israel's strike on Qatar

"Israel will not shy away and will continue to act decisively against the terrorist leaders wherever they are hiding, until the hostages are returned and security is restored to our citizens."

Members of the United Nations Security Council meet on the day of a vote on a Gaza resolution that demands an immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan. March 25, 2024

Druze teens bring their story from Majdal Shams to Budapest through soccer

About 30 Druze teens from Majdal Shams, survivors of a Hezbollah rocket attack, will train and share their story in Hungary.

The scene at the soccer field where a rocket crashed in Majdal Shams, July 27, 2024.