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A new poll about the Israel-Hamas war found a 29 percentage point divide between older and younger Americans on support for Israel. Recent polling for the Napolitan News Service of 1,000 registered voters comes as President Donald Trump hopes to end that war in the Middle East. Trump last month hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued an ultimatum to Hamas on Tuesday: Release the remaining hostages who are alive by noon Saturday or the ceasefire agreement will end.  “If Hamas does not return our hostages by Saturday noon, the ceasefire will end, and the [Israel Defense Forces] will resume intense fighting until the final defeat…

The relationship between Israel and the U.S. is not one of charity, according to national security expert Victoria Coates.  Over the years, the “material assistance” the U.S. has provided Israel has shifted from largely being economic to “become security assistance,” Coates, vice president of the Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy at The Heritage…

After 16 months in captivity, Israeli American hostage Keith Siegel is slated to be released Saturday.   Siegel is 65 and from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, but moved to Israel decades ago. On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas took Siegel and his wife Aviva Siegel from their home in Kibbutz Kfar Aza and drove them in their own vehicle…

Only hours after a possible ceasefire deal was announced between Israel and Hamas, Khalil al Hayya, chairman of the terrorist organization, declared victory, contending that the mass murder of Israeli civilians on Oct. 7, 2023, would “forever be a source of pride for our people.” Speaking from the safety of Qatar, Hayya didn’t express a…

With President Donald Trump’s inauguration less than a week away, Hamas has agreed to a deal that includes a ceasefire and the release of the hostages being held in Gaza.  “Soon, the hostages will be returned home to their families,” President Joe Biden said during a press conference Wednesday afternoon before going on to explain the known…

Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement for a ceasefire and hostage release deal.   The Israeli Cabinet still needs to formally ratify the agreement, and multiple details still need to be resolved, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office.   President-elect Donald Trump responded to the news Wednesday afternoon, calling the ceasefire agreement…

With just two weeks until President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, Hamas claims to have approved a list of 34 hostages to be exchanged in a possible ceasefire deal with Israel, Reuters reports. One of the hostages on the list is 19-year-old Liri Albag. Hamas released a propaganda video Saturday of Albag, one of the youngest hostages remaining in captivity…

Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar, the man who drove a car into New Year’s Eve revelers on Bourbon Street after praising the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, had been a member of a Houston mosque where an imam claimed that Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler massacred Jews because they controlled the economy. Jabbar’s terrorist attack…

How did violent anti-Israel, pro-Hamas rioters get away with destroying government property, burning American flags and an effigy of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and raising a Palestinian flag in place of Old Glory on July 24? Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Ariz., asked that at the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing, “Desecrating Old Glory:…

DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he agreed to a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah on Wednesday. Israel and Hezbollah have been locked in conflict since October 2023, and hostilities between the two have only risen in recent months. Netanyahu announced on Wednesday he would press his security cabinet to agree to…

Israel and Lebanon’s militant group—and Iranian terror proxy—Hezbollah seem set to reach a temporary ceasefire deal, despite increased conflict over the weekend. The Israeli cabinet will meet Tuesday to discuss the prospect of a 60-day truce. The Israel Defense Forces reported that on Sunday, Hezbollah launched 250 rockets across the border from Lebanon into Israel,…

DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The United Kingdom signaled on Monday that it would arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he paid a visit to the country. The International Criminal Court issued a warrant for Netanyahu’s arrest on Thursday, arguing that he had violated international law and committed humanitarian crimes in his oversight of Israel’s ongoing war against…

President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he is nominating former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee as ambassador to Israel.  Huckabee, who was in the field of Republican primary candidates who each lost to Trump in 2016, is a supporter of Israel, currently at war with the Hamas terrorist group based in the Gaza Strip adjacent the…

Without permission, two Microsoft employees held a vigil for “victims of the Palestinian genocide” at the company’s headquarters in Washington state last Thursday. Later that same day, both of the event’s organizers were fired. “Due to privacy and confidentiality considerations, we cannot provide specific details,” Microsoft shared in a statement the following day. It did clarify that…

The Pentagon is looking into the leak of intelligence information related to an upcoming Israeli attack on Iran. It was America’s responsibility to keep the information safe, officials say.  The leak likely has “deeply” damaged U.S.-Israeli relations during the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, says Victoria Coates, Heritage Foundation vice president in charge of the Institute for…

DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Leaked U.S. intelligence documents allegedly outline how Israel plans to strike Iran soon, according to multiple reports. Israel is expected to retaliate against Iran after the terrorism-supporting nation launched nearly 200 ballistic missiles into Israeli territory on Oct. 1. Most of those missiles were intercepted. The timing and nature of Israel’s plan to retaliate…

The Israel Defense Forces have killed the Hamas leader responsible for the Oct. 7 attack on Israel that left 1,200 dead and instigated the Israel-Hamas war, according to reports on Thursday. "The master murderer, Yahya Sinwar, who is responsible for the massacre and atrocities of Oct. 7, was killed today by IDF soldiers," Israeli Foreign…

DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—U.S. service members arrived in Israel on Monday amid the country’s chaotic multifront war with various actors in the region, and more troops will arrive soon, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. The Pentagon previously announced on Sunday that the troops would be deployed to the Middle East along with a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense…

DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The Biden-Harris administration is warning Israel that if it does not improve the humanitarian conditions in Gaza, it will risk losing military aid, according to multiple reports. The Palestinians in Gaza have been caught in the crossfire in the war between Israel and Hamas, the latter of which invaded Israel on Oct. 7 and…