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Rubio joins hostage families, survivors to commemorate Oct. 7 anniversary in Washington

Multiple White House officials joined the Hostages and Missing Families Forum in the sukkah to advocate for the release of all 48 remaining hostages.

Former hostages and hostage families gather at the Sukkah of Hope in Washington DC to commemorate the two-year anniversary of Hamas's October 7 massacre
Families of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, build a sukkah outside the PM's residence in Jerusalem, with photographs of the hostages, on October 05, 2025.

Former hostages and families to unite in Washington under 'Sukkah of Hope'

Jerusalem Post Washington Conference

Building tomorrow, today: Jerusalem Post Washington Conference heads to Capitol Hill

US President Donald Trump welcomes Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House in Washington, US, September 25, 2025.

Erdogan says reached understanding with Trump on ceasefire, peace in Gaza


Netanyahu, Trump to discuss Iran's missile, nuclear programs after AP analysis shows reconstruction

Netanyahu and Trump set to discuss Iran’s missile and nuclear program after satellite images reveal reconstruction at key missile sites. Both leaders vow to act against Iran’s nuclear ambitions.

 L to R: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump against backdrop of Iranian flag (illustration).

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)

Israel failed to decide how to end the war, so Washington gets to step in - opinion

The government cannot define the endgame, and the people cannot imagine closure without the hostages. That is why the world steps in; frustrated by the vacuum, it wants to define Israel’s future. 

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump meets with French President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on September 23, 2025.

No. 24: Norman Brownstein, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Josh Gottheimer: Lobbying for Israel in DC

Norman Brownstein, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and Josh Gottheimer all provide extensive pro-Israel voices on Capitol Hill.

(L-R): Josh Gottheimer, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Norman Brownstein

Symbolism and stakes in Sderot: Marking the Abraham Accords, a mile from Gaza - opinion

The venue sent a clear message: reconciliation must be forged where violence is most prevalent and where the cost of failure is most evident.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump, Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif Al Zayani, and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed wave, after an Abraham Accords signing ceremony at the White House in 2020.

Israel must act now to restore bipartisan support, because we cannot rely solely on Trump - opinion

Although polls show a steady decline in support for Israel among Democrats and Republicans alike, including evangelicals, this shows that presidential support alone is insufficient.

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress in March. ‘Trump is with us’ is important, but it is not enough, says the writer.

Manhunt underway for sniper who killed conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah

Police said that investigators were seeking clues at "multiple active crime scenes," pinpointed on the basis of where Kirk was shot and "locations where the suspect and the victim traveled."

Beau Mason, Head of the Utah Department of Public Safety speaks next to Utah Governor Spencer Cox and Jeffrey Long, Utah Valley University Police Department Chief during a press conference after U.S. right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, was fatally shot at Utah Valley University, September 10, 2025.

'Hitler of our time': Protesters yell at Trump during night out in DC with Rubio, Hegseth

Trump, along with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Vice President JD Vance, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, was eating out to show that Washington has become a safe city.

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press as he arrives at the White House in Washington, DC, US, July 13, 2025.

Forty-five Israeli embassies targeted since October 7 - senior Middle Eastern security source

A Middle Eastern intelligence source said that “the last time we saw anything like this was in 1982,” after Israel's invasion of Lebanon.

 Firefighters work at the scene of a fire at the Adass Israel Synagogue in Ripponlea, Melbourne, Australia, December 6, 2024.

MEAD summit opens in Washington amid Doha fallout and sensitive hostage talks

The MEAD summit opened in Washington with delegates from 15 nations, including Israel and Arab states, holding closed-door talks amid Doha strikes and hostage deal efforts.

Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the MEAD summit on September 9, 2024.

Suspect in killing of Israeli embassy staffers in Washington pleads not guilty

Elias Rodriguez, 31, of Chicago, is facing nine federal charges including murder of a foreign official and perpetrating a hate crime resulting in death.

 ELIAS RODRIGUEZ appears, as depicted in a sketch, last Thursday at a US District Court, where he was charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the shooting near the Capital Jewish Museum. He reportedly told police: ‘I did it for Palestine; I did it for Gaza.’