In a huge display of support for the Jewish and Israeli community, former President Donald Trump is once again set to headline the Israeli-American Council's (IAC) National Summit next week in Washington, D.C., as a featured speaker. The IAC confirmed Trump's participation on Friday morning, setting the stage for what is anticipated to be the largest pro-Israel gathering in the United States, drawing nearly 4,000 attendees, including students, thought leaders, and policymakers.

13 September 2024

Read more: Trump to Headline IAC Summit Honoring October 7 Heroes and Victims

Benny Gantz, the National Unity Party leader and former member of Israel's war cabinet, has issued a stark warning that Israel must immediately refocus its military efforts toward Hezbollah and the volatile Lebanese border. Speaking at the Middle East America Dialogue (MEAD) summit in Washington, DC, Gantz emphasized that the threat from the Iran-backed terror group has reached a critical point, with the potential for a devastating war looming if Israel does not promptly secure a hostage-ceasefire deal with Hamas in Gaza.

09 September 2024

Read more: Gantz Urges Immediate Action Against Hezbollah, Warns of Imminent War

Israel's Teachers Union, representatives from the Finance Ministry, and Education Minister Yoav Kisch (Likud) met Tuesday morning in a last-ditch effort to resolve their differences and allow the new school year to begin smoothly. However, despite the urgency of the situation, the negotiations ended in a deadlock, with no agreements reached, prolonging the strike that has already paralyzed the nation’s high schools since Sunday.  High School teachers have been going on strike at the start of the school year for several years as the teachers union, which wielded significant power in Israel's early decades, has struggled to navigate a civic system moving towards an open-market structure while the heavily bureaucratic agencies have lagged behind the changes.

03 September 2024

Read more: Israeli High School Strike Continues as Union Talks Break Down Again

In a bombshell testimony before the civilian commission investigating the catastrophic events of October 7, Opposition Leader Yair Lapid did not hold back in his criticism of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Lapid, who served as Israel’s prime minister prior to Netanyahu's return to power and has been a staunch critic of Netanyahu, revealed that he had received direct warnings of a potential Hamas attack more than a month before the massacre. He claimed that Netanyahu and his government were well aware of these threats but chose to gamble with Israel’s security.

29 August 2024

Read more: Lapid Claims Netanyahu Ignored Warnings About Hamas' October 7 Plans

In a statement that has sent shockwaves through the nation's diverse and opinionated religious communities, Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has boldly called for the construction of a synagogue on the Temple Mount, Judaism's holiest site. This provocative declaration has reignited the already smoldering tensions surrounding one of the world's most contested religious sites, where the ancient Jewish Temples once stood and where the Islamic Dome of the Rock and the Al Aqsa Mosque now dominate the skyline.

26 August 2024

Read more: Sovereign: Ben Gvir Wants The Israeli Flag To Fly Over The Temple Mount