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Stop living in la-la land: Only the IDF can curb Israel’s enemies – opinion

Praise to America for the Jared Kushner-driven initiative to stop Hamas and Hezbollah, but make no mistake, apart from the IDF, no external good-willed individual can stop these terrorists

People gather on a crowded beach in Gaza City in July.
Defense Minister Israel Katz and other coalition lawmakers attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the re-establishment of the settlement of Sa-Nur, in the West Bank, April 19, 2026

Israel Katz and the Likud are ‘boom-boom-booming’ politics away – opinion

US President Donald Trump talks with Qatar's Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Doha, Qatar, May 15, 2025.

Former consul to LA warns about Trump's growing relationship with Qatar as US, Iran reach deal

Opposition leader Yair Lapid speaking at the Knesset, Jerusalem, January 26, 2026.

'Correct a historical injustice': Yair Lapid to table Knesset bill branding Qatar as 'enemy state'


BDS movement lambasts Qatar for allowing Israeli to compete in international sport competition

The BDS movement claimed that the sports sector in Gaza is suffering “the ugliest of infringements and massacres,” including “the targeting of Palestinian athletes”

 Palestinians call to boycott Israeli products during a protest in support of the people of Gaza, as the conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continues, in Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, October 28, 2023.

Israeli fencer Yuval Freilich wins gold medal in Qatar, home to Hamas’s leadership

Freilich, 29, won the epee title in Doha while wearing a uniform with an Israeli flag and the message “Am Israel Chai” written on his shoulder.

 Israel's Yuval Shalom Freilich salutes during his bout against Ivan Trevejo from France in the table of 64 of the men's épée event in the 2013 World Fencing Championships 2013 at Syma Hall in Budapest, 8 August 2013.

Gaza hostages' families consulted by Qatari-funded entities - report

A consultant who worked as a special assistant in former President Bill Clinton's administration had

 Gaza hostage families protest on Ayalon highway on January 18, 2024

Congressional reps, US Jews protest at Qatar's embassy to secure hostages

‘We must not the let the Qataris be the mediator. It is better for Egypt or Turkey to be the mediator than the Qataris. Hamas is Qatar,’ Arab expert tells Post.

 FAMILY MEMBERS, friends, and supporters of those taken hostage on October 7 by Hamas complete the final stage of their march from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem last weekend.

Letters to the Editor, January 17, 2024: The local leaders

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

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Israel, Hamas agree to send medications and aid to Gaza, hostages

The medications will leave Doha on Wednesday and will then be transported to Egypt.

 Hamas terroristscelebrate after handing over hostages, who were abducted by Hamas gunmen during the October 7 attack on Israel, to the International Red Cross, as part of a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel amid a temporary truce, in an unknown location in the Gaza Strip, Novemb

Are Israel and Qatar allies or enemies? - opinion

Qatar would exert a lot of influence to maintain its role in Gaza in the “day after,” yet Israel should seek to diminish this role as far as possible.

 The flags of Israel and Qatar

'Donate us some money': Eretz Nehederet takes a crack at Hamas leaders in latest skit

The Israeli satire television show strikes again in its latest skit, where they "recreated" a news broadcast, asking for donations to give to Hamas.

 Palestinian group Hamas' top leader, Ismail Haniyeh talks after meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Beirut, Lebanon June 28, 2021.

Qatar, Israel talk Gaza hostage deal in secret Europe meeting - report

A senior diplomatic source revealed that the deal is expected to include children, women, and men, including three senior IDF officers who were captured by Hamas. 

KFAR AZA residents call for the release of the hostages, outside Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv yesterday.

UN chief says he will not give up appeals for ceasefire in Gaza

Guterres was speaking at the Doha Forum conference as Washington vetoed a proposed UNSC demand for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the war.

 United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres exits the press room after speaking at the United Nations prior to a meeting about the ongoing conflict in Gaza, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, U.S., November 6, 2023