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President Donald Trump host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a dinner in the Blue Room of the White House on July 7, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

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Netanyahu nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize as pair talks ceasefire

The nomination letter was presented to Trump as the president met with Netanyahu to discuss the leader’s self-proclaimed victory in Iran and a potential ceasefire in Gaza.

El Al Israel Airlines (Credit: Courtesy)

TravelEl Al announces expanded flights into four American markets

By Mike Wagenheim

The site of the Nova music festival in southern Israel, where 364 people were slaughtered on Oct. 7, 2023, by Hamas and Palestinian terrorists who infiltrated the border with the Gaza Strip, Sept. 24, 2024. (Photo by Israel Hadari/Flash90 via JNS)

July 9, 2025, 10:40 am

Hamas sexual violence on Oct. 7 was ‘widespread and systematic’

The Dinah Project is the most comprehensive report on sexual crimes committed by Hamas terrorists with first-hand accounts of the horrors.

By JNS Staff

July 9, 2025, 10:19 am

El Al announces expanded flights into four American markets

The Israeli national airline said the increased service is in response to demand from “the business sector, Jewish and Israeli communities.”

By Mike Wagenheim

July 8, 2025, 4:45 pm

Netanyahu nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize as pair talks ceasefire

The nomination letter was presented to Trump as the president met with Netanyahu to discuss the leader’s self-proclaimed victory in Iran and a potential ceasefire in Gaza.

By Grace Gilson

Netanyahu to DCPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, depart from Israel for Washington, D.C., July 6, 2025. (Photo by Avi Ohayon/GPO)

July 7, 2025, 10:23 am

Netanyahu lands in DC for meeting with Trump at White House

The United States is pressuring Qatar to "deliver the goods" regarding efforts to reach a ceasefire in Gaza.

By Amelie Botbol, JNS Staff and Ariel Kahana

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the press before boarding his flight to Washington DC, at Ben Gurion International Airport, July 6, 2025. (Lazar Berman/ The Times of Israel)

July 7, 2025, 10:15 am

Netanyahu said to receive report on medical conditions of all living hostages

With 10 of 20 living captives set to go free under potential deal, TV report provides excerpts from medical files shown to PM

By ToI Staff

Police officers are seen collecting evidence at an East Melbourne, Australia, synagogue that was the scene of an arson attack, July 4, 2025. (Alex Zucco/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

July 7, 2025, 9:55 am

Melbourne protesters chant ‘Death to the IDF’ days after attacks on synagogue, Israeli restaurant

The chant also featured in the storming of the restaurant Miznon on Friday night.

By Philissa Cramer

Ofer Kalderon reunites with his children Rotem, Gaya, Erez and Sahar on Feb. 1, 2025. Erez and Sahar, who were also abducted on Oct. 7, 2023, were released in November 2023. (Photo by Maayan Toaf/GPO)

July 6, 2025, 9:25 am

Former hostage Ofer Kalderon recounts ghastly captivity

In his first interview since his release, the former Nir Oz resident talks about being separated from his children and his meeting with Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza.

By JNS Staff

Rabbi Dovid Gutnick speaks to the media next to the burnt front entrance of the East Melbourne Synagogue in Melbourne on July 6, 2025. (Photo by William West/AFP via Getty Images via JNS)

July 6, 2025, 9:12 am

Man charged over synagogue arson in Melbourne

Netanyahu urged Australia to act, vowing Israel’s support for the Jewish community against hate crimes.

By JNS

Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell speaks during a press conference at the Pentagon on March 17, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images via JNS)

July 3, 2025, 10:56 am

Pentagon: US strikes set back Iran’s nuclear program by 1–2 years

The June 21–22 operation targeted key Iranian nuclear sites at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan.

By Joshua Marks

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a model of Air Force One between them, during a meeting at White House, April 7, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

July 1, 2025, 10:25 am

Netanyahu set to visit White House next week

Netanyahu also appeared to prioritize the release of the remaining 50 Israeli hostages in Gaza following the ceasefire with Iran.

By Grace Gilson

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir (right) and IAF chief Maj. Gen. Tomer Bar are seen at the IAF’s underground command center, June 15, 2025. (Photo courtesy of Israel Defense Forces)

June 30, 2025, 10:29 am

Israel was facing destruction at the hands of Iran. This is how close it came, and how it saved itself

Iran was a decision and a few weeks away from nuclear weapons. But unlike Gaza 2023, Israel had been watching

By David Horovitz

U.S. President Donald Trump, accompanied by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on April 7, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

June 26, 2025, 2:31 pm

Trump comes to Netanyahu’s defense amid corruption trial

“With all due respect to Trump, he should not interfere in a legal process in an independent country,” said Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid.

By Grace Gilson

Israeli army tanks and military vehicles move in the areas near the border line of the Gaza Strip on June 23, 2025 in Israel. (Tsafrir Abayov/Anadolu via Getty Images)

June 25, 2025, 9:00 am

7 Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza

The seven men killed were all combat soldiers between 19 and 21.

By Philissa Cramer

Israeli students take shelter inside a public bomb shelter during a ballistic missile barrage launched by Iran toward Israel at the Rupin Academic Centre, north of Tel Aviv, on June 17, 2025. (Gili Yaari/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

June 24, 2025, 3:06 pm

Israel lifts restrictions on public gatherings as ceasefire with Iran holds

The Ben Gurion and Haifa airports will return to full operations.

By Grace Gilson

An IAF pilot heads to her F-16 jet ahead of strikes on Iran in picture released June 24, 2025 (Israel Defense Forces)

June 24, 2025, 2:42 pm

In foul-mouthed tirade, Trump savages Israel for striking Iran, says it violated ceasefire

US president fumes that Jerusalem shouldn’t have ‘unloaded’ on Tehran after truce announcement or responded to missile attacks; says Iran and Israel ‘don’t know what the f*ck they’re doing’

By Lazar Berman