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Tune into today's top stories: IDF invades Gaza City, Protesters disrupt JPost conference

The Jerusalem Post's must-listen news roundup with Shifra Jacobs - the top stories, clear and concise.

Smoke rises from the evacuated Al-Ghefari tower, as it collapses after it was hit by Israeli air strikes, in Gaza City, September 15, 2025.
US Ambassador Mike Huckabee speaks at The Jerusalem Post at the Diplomatic Conference held at the Friends of Zion Museum media center in Jerusalem, September 16, 2025.

Huckabee hints: US would respect Israeli sovereignty move in West Bank

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 79th United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters in New York, US, September 26, 2024

Recognizing a Palestinian state: The consequences of doing it before peace - opinion

Charlie Kirk holds an Israeli flag outside the Cave of the Patriarchs in the West Bank

Samaria Regional Council to create official Charlie Kirk commemoration


Israelis oppose West Bank annexation, prioritize ties with Arab countries, survey reveals

The poll indicates that most Israelis are worried that unilateral annexation or an extended military campaign in Gaza could harm regional alliances and weaken Israel’s international standing.

 Anti-judicial reform protest at Kaplan street in Tel Aviv, July 29, 2023.

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.

The Middle East's 'week of chaos' may have lasting regional ramifications - analysis

So many important events happened in the past week over the past week that it is not clear how it will be remembered, but there may be several regional trends which are reshaped by the events.

Blasts heard in Doha, Qatar, September 9, 2025.

Voices from the Arab press: Trump, Israel, and Gaza

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

US President Donald Trump speaks with the media on the day of the signing of an executive order to rename the Department of Defense the "Department of War", in the Oval Office, at the White House in Washington, DC, US, September 5, 2025.

Over 20 Palestinian terror suspects arrested in Israeli crackdown following Jerusalem bus attack

The terrorists responsible for killing six Israelis in a Jerusalem shooting attack on Monday came from the two villages searched.

Israeli security forces at the scene near the city of Tulkarm in the West Bank, September 11, 2025.

Israel at War day 707: What's going on in Gaza, Yemen?

US CENTCOM head, US Amb. to Syria meet Syrian president in Damascus • Hostage families meet Rubio • Two wounded in Jerusalem stabbing attack • Security cabinet discusses Gaza war

Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, addresses delegates at the United Nations General Assembly before a vote on the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution, at U.N. headquarters in New York City, US, September 12, 2025.

PM Netanyahu signs West Bank settlement expansion plan, rules out Palestinian state

"There will never be a Palestinian state. This place is ours," Netanyahu said during a visit to the Maale Adumim settlement in the West Bank, where thousands of new housing units would be added.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, along with other senior officals, sign a controverisal E1 "Roof Agreement" expansion plan in Maaleh Adumim.

Netherlands plans to ban imports from West Bank settlements, Dutch FM says

The Netherlands is a leading global buyer of Israeli goods, but Van Weel did not say what volume of goods is currently imported from Jewish settlements.

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich interacts with a man, on the day of a press conference regarding settlements expansion for the long-frozen E1 settlement, that would split east Jerusalem from the West Bank, near the Israeli settlement of Ma'aleh Adumim, August 14, 2025.

IDF soldiers wounded in IED explosion at West Bank crossing near Tulkarm

Following the incident, the IDF has decided to place Tulkarm under lockdown.

Israeli soldiers raid Nur Shams Palestinian refugee camp near Tulkarm, in the West Bank, May 7, 2025.

Hamas misleads Gaza residents about safe zones, Israel says

The IDF said it would “increase the pace of strikes” in Gaza City, aiming to “target Hamas’ terror infrastructure, disrupt its operational readiness," among other goals.

Israeli flares light the skies above Gaza City on Sept. 10, 2025.

Netanyahu rules out Palestinian state, Israel uncertain of success of strike on Hamas leaders

Israel offers Syria channel to send aid to Gaza in closed-door meetings • Syrian authorities reportedly arrest Hezbollah cell • Hamas to return to negotiating table

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, along with other senior officals, sign a controverisal E1 "Roof Agreement" expansion plan in Maaleh Adumim.