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The Democratic Socialists of America — the organization backing New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani — denounced the “conditional” cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas and called for continued resistance against the Jewish state in a statement released Monday. The DSA declaration titled “Until Palestinian Liberation” came days after Israel and Hamas agreed to halt fighting and begin exchanging hostages and prisoners under a US- and Arab-brokered deal. The far-left group said the truce “will not end Israel’s assault on the Palestinian people or the theft and occupation of Palestinian lands,” describing it as a “conditional cease-fire” that “does...

In a landmark diplomatic achievement, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and President Donald Trump jointly signed a peace agreement to end the war in Gaza during the opening day of the Sharm El-Sheikh Peace Summit. The high-stakes gathering, co-chaired by President El-Sisi and President Trump, brought together more than twenty global leaders with the shared goal of halting hostilities and launching a new chapter of peace in the Middle East. Speaking at the summit, President Trump praised President El-Sisi as “a great leader,” commending his pivotal role in de-escalating the conflict in Gaza. “President El-Sisi is a great leader and I...

Candace Owens doesn’t agree with Trump getting a Nobel Peace Prize because the people of Gaza are in danger. She said : "And Trump wants a Nobel Peace Prize, by the way. For the planned ethnic cleansing so that they could profit on land and turn it into a beach town. So let me say this. This is our never again, okay? This is a Holocaust. A Holocaust just happened. A real Holocaust just happened. We will never forget this. You need to tell your children what happened in Gaza. You can tell them exactly who did it, exactly whose...

Israel's edition of "Dancing with the Stars" had a duo channeling President Trump and Melania Trump—and they totally nailed it. Absolute must-see! 💃🏻🕺🇺🇸 MUST WATCH! Israel's 🇮🇱 "Dancing with the Stars" featured one of the pairs dressed as President Trump and Melania Trump, and they absolutely killed it.

As I write this, the people of Israel, Gaza, and the world hope that the Gaza war is finally coming to an end. Will there be more delays? Probably. Has Hamas been removed? Over time, will Hamas be reborn or will a Hamas-like entity rise to take its place? The heart of terror is hatred, and this war has not snuffed that out. Still, the present peace deal appears to be an enormous achievement for President Trump and his administration. It has been praised from such divergent points of view as former Secretaries of State Hillary Clinton and Condoleezza Rice....

Reports and video have emerged of a massive explosion in Cairo, Egypt ahead of President Trump’s Peace Summit. Israel Hayom: A powerful explosion rocked the Egyptian capital, Cairo, on Monday, shattering windows kilometers away from the site. The blast occurred at a military base in the northern part of the city, close to several government institutions. The explosion took place as regional and world leaders were gathering in Sharm el-Sheikh, in southern Sinai, for a peace summit on the future of the Gaza Strip. A huge cloud of smoke was seen rising over Cairo, the largest city in the Middle...

The historic agreement between Hamas and Israel, brokered by President Donald Trump, has unified Americans to the point that even Democrats are breaking down in tears praising the Peace President. As The Gateway Pundit’s Jim Hoft reported, Trump delivered remarks to The Knesset in Jerusalem, Israel, this morning while most Americans were still asleep. Trump traveled to Israel after he helped broker a historic peace agreement between Hamas and Israel. Also on Monday, Hamas terrorists released 13 Israeli hostages back to Israel after two years of captivity. Trump told the members of the Knesset, “Today the skies are calm, the...

Antony Blinken, Joe Biden’s former Secretary of State, tried to claim that the Biden administration deserved credit for the Israel-Hamas peace agreement, arguing that Donald Trump’s success wouldn’t have been possible without the groundwork that Biden’s team supposedly laid. That’s pure fantasy. Hamas surrendered because Trump backed it into a corner with decisive pressure, not because Biden’s diplomats pulled off some behind-the-scenes miracle.Hamas surrendered its last living hostages, giving up the only leverage it had left in this mess they started two years ago. This wasn't some breakthrough negotiation. It was a complete capitulation, and Hamas knew it was their...

Hamas tells Red Cross that release of hostages will begin at 8:00 a.m. (10pm Pacific/ 1am Eastern). The report also mentioned that a technical meeting was held last night between Hamas and the Red Cross team to arrange the handover. Herzog to give Trump presidential medal of honor, highest Israeli civilian award US President Donald Trump will receive Israel’s highest civilian honor from President Isaac Herzog for his role in brokering the Gaza ceasefire and securing the release of hostages.

Watch the emotional moments Israeli hostages reunite with families Emotional scenes show the final Israeli hostages freed from Gaza reuniting with their families after more than two years in Hamas captivity. Guy Gilboa Dalal, Yosef Chaim Ohana, Eitan Abraham Mor, and Matan Angrest are among the 20 Israelis released Monday as part of a historic cease-fire deal brokered by President Trump

US President Donald Trump says the Gaza ceasefire “was the most challenging breakthrough, maybe ever.” He says that people are dancing in the streets around the world. “This long and difficult war has ended,” he says. He says that the entire region “has endorsed the plan that Gaza has been demilitarized, Hamas will be disarmed, and Israel’s security will no longer be threatened in any way, shape or form.” Israel has “won all that it can by force of arms,” he says. “You’ve won.”

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President Donald Trump on Monday hailed a "new beginning" for the Middle East ahead of his address to the Israeli parliament, as Hamas released all 20 living Israeli hostages from captivity in Gaza. Trump arrived in Israel Monday morning to coincide with the exchange of hostages and Palestinian prisoners between Israel and Hamas. "This is my great honor — a great and beautiful day. A new beginning," Trump wrote in a guest book. The 20 living Israeli hostages were released Monday as part of an agreement intended to end the conflict that began with the Oct. 7, 2023, attack by...

US president meets with Netanyahu in Knesset; will give speech soon * All 20 hostages said to have been on their feet at handovers * First seven freed reunite with families * Trump's plane overflies Hostages Square…

WASHINGTON — Former National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan somewhat begrudgingly credited President Trump for successfully brokering a peace agreement between Israel and Hamas that had been elusive to former President Joe Biden. Sullivan contended that “time and circumstance” enabled Trump to get it done and claimed that the basic framework was similar to the concept that the prior administration had in mind to end the Israel-Hamas war. “It’s only now, after all that time, that we have gotten to a deal,” Sullivan told CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday when pressed on why Biden wasn’t able to get the deal...

When I wrote on Saturday that the foreign policy establishment is in utter shambles, I'm not sure I expected them to respond with such utter shamelessness. Yet, here we are, with former Secretary of State Antony Blinken giving Joseph Robinette Biden credit for the recently negotiated Gaza peace deal. No, I'm not kidding, and that's not even the worst of it. As RedState reported, the deal will see the release of the remaining hostages, with Israel not having to vacate Gaza. Instead, they'll pull back to a predetermined line inside the territory, forming a buffer zone to ensure the disarmament...

The Washington Post revealed on Saturday that, despite fierce public condemnation of Israel by Arab governments during the Gaza war, several of those same countries secretly maintained close military and intelligence cooperation with Jerusalem. According to leaked U.S. documents obtained by the newspaper and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), at least six Arab states — Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Qatar — took part in a classified regional defense framework known as the “Regional Security Construct.” Kuwait and Oman were listed as potential future partners.The mechanism, established under the coordination of U.S. Central...

Hundreds of thousands of Israelis poured into Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square on Saturday night in what everyone present was hoping would be the final vigil on behalf of the hostages taken to Gaza two years ago. Some of the stars of the rally were three American Jews — Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump — who played a role in pushing negotiations between Israel and Hamas over the finish line. Witkoff was visibly emotional. “I dreamed of this night. It’s been a long journey. This is the most powerful sight,” Trump’s Middle East envoy told the crowd. “All of...

(Screenshot from funeral of Hamas leader in Qatar, attended by Emir of Qatar.)What do you get if you back an Islamic terrorist group that launches a regional war?If you’re Qatar, you get Article V protection, normally allotted only to NATO allies, that declares the United States has to respond to any attack on the Islamic terror state which harbored the mastermind of 9/11.On top of that Qatar, a tiny slave state with a small military, gets to sign a high-profile agreement to have its pilots trained on a US Air Force base right here.Turkey, fresh off putting its Al Qaeda...

I am amazed by how many Christians seem unsure of where they should stand on the topic of Israel. Others openly oppose it altogether. And yet, the God we serve—the God of Israel—is using the Jewish State to try to get the attention of the world. That is what we read in Ezekiel 36:19-24, when God speaks about the Jewish people living in disobedience: “So I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed throughout the countries; I judged them according to their ways and their deeds. When they came to the nations, wherever they went, they profaned My...