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Blinken denies telling Qatari emir to delay efforts for rapid Israel-Hamas hostage deal

Blinken called a conversation between him and Qatari Emir al-Thani a "complete fiction" after Haaretz claimed that he told the emir to wait to make a deal between Israel and Hamas.

 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken addresses the press in Jordan's southern city of Aqaba on December 14, 2024.
Then-US president Joe Biden speaks with UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the G20 summit in New Delhi, India, September 9, 2023; illustrative.

Officials in Biden admin. 'unaware' of UAE's October 7 warning to Netanyahu, sources tell 'Post'

 U.S. special envoy Amos Hochstein speaks to the media after meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, in Beirut, Lebanon November 19, 2024.

Former Biden adviser Hochstein rejects Lapid's claim Israel blocked a US-Saudi nuclear agreement

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a security assessment at the Kirya in Tel Aviv with Defense Minister Israel Katz and IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir on April 3, 2026.

Biden warned Trump that Israel 'won't miss chance' to escalate Gaza war to Iran strikes - report


Grapevine January 22, 2025: Coming up Trumps

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 MIKE HUCKABEE, current US ambassador to Israel nominee, attends a ceremony marking the construction of a housing complex in Efrat in 2018.

Trump's first decisions already shaping America's Middle East doctrine - analysis

The overall picture emerging from Trump’s first day and his overall doctrine is that he wants to reverse what he sees are mistakes from the last four years.

 Steve Wiltkof (left), Donald Trump (center), and Mike Huckabee (right), the incoming US administrations Middle East team (illustrative).

Nearly 60% of voters credit Trump for hostage deal in Gaza war, poll shows

The Harvard-Harris poll also concluded that support for Israel was much higher than support for Hamas, with 79% of voters supporting the Jewish state.

US President Donald Trump signs the third executive order during the inaugural parade inside Capital One Arena on the inauguration day of his second presidential term, in Washington, US January 20, 2025.

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala describes harrowing detention in Iran's Evin prison

'Their game is to give you hope and then use your hope to break you,' Sala said, adding, 'I am not going back to Iran, at least as long as there is the Islamic Republic.'

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani (R) and released journalist Cecelia Sala (L) embrace upon her return, January 8, 2025.

Trump announces sweeping first-day executive orders and record declassifications

Classified documents regarding the assassinations of JFK, RFK, and MLK are to be released. Trump added that "other topics of great interest" will have classified records declassified.

 U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a rally the day before he is scheduled to be inaugurated for a second term, in Washington, U.S., January 19, 2025.

What will be impact of Hamas, Hezbollah ceasefires on one another? - analysis

The most likely impact of the two ceasefires is for all parties to avoid returning to war. The risk of one blown ceasefire leading to another will weigh heavily on their minds.

Hamas terrorists parade as they prepare to hand over hostages kidnapped during the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas, to the Red Cross as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Gaza City, January 19, 2025.

Biden-Harris administration really tested US-Israel alliance during their tenure - opinion

At home, the Biden administration’s policies have coincided with a surge in antisemitism across the United States. In 2023, the Anti-Defamation League recorded over 3,900 antisemitic incidents.

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden, flanked by Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, speaks about the deal between Israel and Hamas, at the White House on January 15, 2025.

Biden team resolves its final Title VI antisemitism and anti-Arab cases

Federal discrimination cases resolved at major schools as Biden’s term winds down.

 Aerial photo of the University of Washington in Seattle.

Details around hostage release, Palestinian prisoner exchange will be ironed out, WH official says

The US, Egypt and Qatar will be "intensively engaged" on the implementation of the deal, according to a White House official. 

 Demonstrators call for the return of the Gaza hostages in a hostage deal, December 14, 2024.

Until hostages are free 'there is nothing,' Aunt of released hostage Abigail Mor Edan tells Post

"Even when they're on the list, until you actually see that person free, there is nothing," Naftali said.

 US president Joe Biden released four-year-old hostage Abigail Idan. April 25, 2024.