Trump visits Israel

2025 recap: A year of triumph, resilience, and shifting tides

From Trump’s shocking return to Israel’s political reckoning, 2025 was a year of surprises. This end of year recap episode of The Deep Dive shows just how much we have endured.

The Deep Dive: 2025 recap
Visitors at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv. October 12, 2025.

Live from Gaza, Hostages Square: All you need to know on this historic day

US President Donald Trump speaks to the media before boarding Air Force One, as he departs for Israel, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., October 12, 2025.

Trump departs to Israel for speech at Knesset: 'The war in Gaza is over'

Visitors at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv. The hostages are expected to be released from Hamas captivity tomorrow morning, on October 12, 2025.

Release of hostages to begin at 8 a.m., says Hamas, Herzog awards Trump medal of honor


Official says Palestinian terrorist glorification going out of style under Trump

That comment came after a reportedly super-charged meeting between Trump and Abbas in which the US president, according to a Channel 2 report, shouted at Abbas that he was duping him.

Stone-throwing Palestinians clash with Israeli police in Sur Baher, a village in the suburbs of east Jerusalem

What’s next after the Trump Middle East trip?

Anyone who demands Israel accept an imposed peace plan must recognize the fragility of the Jordanian and Egyptian governments.

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump boards a plane to head home after a speech in Sicily

Think About It: That was the visit that was

Trump made several statements that made our prime minister very happy.

US President Donald Trump, first lady Melania, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara in Jerusalem May 22, 2017

‘Arab states see Trump presidency as chance for Israeli-Palestinian peace’

The conference began on Friday, shortly after Trump’s visit to Israel, and MK Hilik Bar said representatives of Muslim countries were eager to speak to him about it.

Deputy Speaker of the Knesset MK Hilik Bar at a conference in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

From people of the book to people of the selfie

While official Israel is more than adept at staging circumstance, pomp is not on the local menu.

MK Oren Hazan (Likud) snaps a selfie with visiting President Donald Trump upon his arrival in Israel, May 22, 2017

On hope, love, faith and redlines

How Trump and Netanyahu can transform peace diplomacy

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump at Ben Gurion International Airport

Editor's Notes: A pre-storm bear hug

The general assessment in Jerusalem is that this is just the beginning.

US President Donald Trump, first lady Melania, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara in Jerusalem May 22, 2017

Column One: Netanyahu’s challenge with Trump

Trump doesn’t want to repeat the mistakes of his predecessors.

US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Israel Museum

As I See It: Trump reframes the Middle East war zone

Trump has stamped his authority abroad.

U.S. President Donald Trump looks towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu while delivering an address at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem May 23, 2017.

My Word: Pragmatism and the presidential messenger

As Trump was whisked away to cause similar traffic havoc in Rome’s streets for his visit with the pope, Jerusalemites breathed a sigh of relief.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump at Ben Gurion International Airport