Trump says Israel losing US congress support, Abbas: 'Israel wants to destroy all of Palestine '
Netanyahu thanks Trump, Rubio for denying visas to PA officials • Court cancels hearing on A-G’s firing • Belgium to recognize Palestine at UN General Assembly, says foreign minister
IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, August 28, 2025.(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
Belgium to recognize a Palestinian state at UN General Assembly
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'Israel wants to destroy all of Palestine, ' Abbas tells Arab media
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told Al-Arabiya and Al-Hadath that "Netanyahu does not want a fully-fledged Palestinian state."
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Beirut, Lebanon, May 22, 2025. (photo credit: REUTERS/MOHAMED AZAKIR)Go to the full article > >
Netanyahu thanks Trump, Rubio for denying visas to PA officials
Trump: Israel is losing the war of public relations, congressional support shrinking
"Israel was the strongest lobby I’ve ever seen. They had total control over Congress, and now they don’t," Trump told the Daily Caller in an interview.
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFFUS President Donald Trump waves while boarding Air Force One, as he departs for Alaska to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, US, August 15, 2025(photo credit: REUTERS/KEVIN LAMARQUE)Go to the full article > >
NGO: Israel's 11,000 Palestinian security prisoners breaks record
Administrative detention numbers have surged in Israel, now three times higher than during the Second Intifada, reports HaMoked.
ByYONAH JEREMY BOB A Palestinian prisoner waits to be released from Ketziot prison, southern Israel, October 1, 2007(photo credit: RONEN ZVULUN/REUTERS)Go to the full article > >
High Court nixes Wednesday hearing on government's firing of A-G, upholds freeze on dismissal
Panel urges lawmakers to cancel decision, return to traditional model set by Shamgar Commission.
BySARAH BEN-NUN Attorney-General Gali Baharav Miara attends the swearing-in ceremony of Justice Isaac Amit as president of the Supreme Court, at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem in February 2025.(photo credit: FLASH90)Go to the full article > >
Israel’s challenge with the Global Samud flotilla heading to Gaza - analysis
So far, the weather has been Israel's ally, preventing 20 vessels from departing Spain to join other ships that activists want to use to get to Gaza.
BySETH J. FRANTZMANBoats of a humanitarian flotilla with aid and pro-Palestinian activists, including climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, which was heading to Gaza and has returned to Barcelona due to stormy weather, according to the organisers, are docked, in Barcelona, Spain September 1, 2025.(photo credit: REUTERS/Bruna Casas)Go to the full article > >
Authorities thwart attempted terror attack in Jerusalem
A Palestinian was arrested in Jerusalem after attempting to carry out a terrorist attack, including a soldier kidnapping.
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF An illustrative image of a person holding up handcuffed wrists as police car lights flash behind them.(photo credit: SHUTTERSTOCK)Go to the full article > >Israel at War: What you need to know
Hamas launched a massive attack on October 7, with thousands of terrorists infiltrating from the Gaza border and taking some 240 hostages into Gaza.
Over 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were murdered, including over 350 at the Supernova music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across the Gaza border communities.
48 hostages remain in Gaza, while 49 hostages in total have been killed in captivity.
The IDF launched large-scale attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities on June 13, 2025.
Israel struck key nuclear sites and killed senior Iranian military and IRGC officials.
28 Israelis killed, over 1,300 wounded, including several IDF soldiers, in Iranian attacks.
