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  • U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attend a dinner in the Blue Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on July 7, 2025. (photo: Andrew Harnik, Getty Images)

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated on Monday evening in Washington, D.C., that the “partnership between Israel and the United States—the partnership between President Trump and me—produced a historic victory” over Iran.

    He and U.S. President Donald Trump spoke to the press at length before a working dinner at the White House, opening a portion of the event to the media at the last moment.

    Netanyahu likened the combined American and Israeli efforts against Tehran as setting back “the two tumors that were threatening the life of Israel: the nuclear tumor and the ballistic-missile tumor.” As for the latter, Netanyahu said Iran intended to build 20,000 to launch “on a country the size of New Jersey. No country can withstand that. So what do you do when you have two things that are going to kill you? You have to remove them.”

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    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu informed US President Donald Trump on Monday evening that he has nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize.

    "I wanted to express deep appreciation and admiration, not only of all Israelis, but of the Jewish people," Netanyahu said.

    "The president has already realized great opportunities. He forged the Abraham Accords, he's forging peace as we speak with one country and one region after the other. I want to present to you, Mr. President, a letter that I sent to the Nobel prize committee. It's nominating you for the peace prize."

  • Trump and Netanyahu during a previous White House visit.

    Sources familiar with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu trip to the US told Israel Hayom on Monday that the main topic for discussion between Netanyahu and Trump is formulating follow-up measures on the Iranian issue. While Witkoff is overseeing the negotiations and developments in Doha, Netanyahu is expected to focus instead on Iran following the joint effort to counter its nuclear program.

    It has also emerged that peace with Syria is not on the agenda for this visit or in the coming weeks.

    As for the situation in Doha, negotiations are set to resume over the three contentious issues: the withdrawal of IDF troops from the Gaza Strip, the distribution of humanitarian aid, and the mechanism for ending the war or talks aimed at ending it. Hamas has rejected the language in the Qatari proposal concerning each of these issues.

  • Secretary Rubio will also participate in the dinner. No press events have been scheduled at this time.

  • U.S. President Donald Trump walks on the south lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., on July 6, 2025. (photo: Tasos Katopodis, Getty Images)

    U.S. President Donald Trump has stated that any nation supporting BRICS policies that oppose American interests will face an extra 10% tariff.

    “Any country aligning itself with the anti-American policies of BRICS will be charged an ADDITIONAL 10% tariff. There will be no exceptions to this policy. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Monday.

    BRICS is an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa—the five original member countries of the bloc of major emerging economies. The coalition has expanded to 11 members with the addition of six new countries over the past two years: Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

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    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu departed Ben-Gurion International Airport aboard “Wing of Zion” on Sunday evening for his third in-person meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in the wake of “Operation Rising Lion” and amid talk of a possible hostages-for-ceasefire deal.

    “In my conversation with President Trump, I will first of all thank him for his very strong support for Israel. We have never had such a friend in the White House,” Netanyahu told the press just before his flight.

    “Our joint efforts have brought about a tremendous victory over our common enemy—Iran,” he said.

  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu departs from Israel for Washington, D.C. with his wife, Sara, July 6, 2025. Photo by Avi Ohayon/GPO.

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu departed Ben-Gurion International Airport aboard “Wing of Zion” on Sunday evening for his third in-person meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in the wake of “Operation Rising Lion” and amid talk of a possible hostages-for-ceasefire deal.

    “In my conversation with President Trump, I will first of all thank him for his very strong support for Israel. We have never had such a friend in the White House,” Netanyahu told the press just before his flight.

    “Our joint efforts have brought about a tremendous victory over our common enemy—Iran,” he said.

  • Dick Eastland - Fox Photo

    The camp director and co-owner of Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas, died in the catastrophic flooding as he reportedly raced to save the lives of his young campers.

    Dick Eastland, who purchased the camp in 1974, died after the wall of water crashed through the Christian summer camp, which is located along the banks of the Guadalupe River, Texas Public Radio reported. 

  • U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (left) and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 14, 2025. (photo: White House)

    Syria’s new governing authority on Friday claimed a willingness to work with the United States to reimplement the 1974 disengagement agreement with Israel, which created a U.N.-monitored buffer zone separating the two countries.

    After a phone call with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani expressed Damascus’s “aspiration to cooperate with the United States to return to the 1974 disengagement agreement.”

    Rubio released a statement saying the two men discussed “matters of shared concern, including countering terrorism, Iran, Israel-Syria relations and destroying any remnants of the Assad regime’s chemical weapons program.”

  • US President Donald Trump seen over an image of protests demanding a hostage deal (illustrative). (photos: Canva, Noamgalai, Shuttershock; Yonatan Sindel, Flash90)

    US President Donald Trump said on Friday it was good that Hamas said it had responded in "a positive spirit" to a US-brokered Gaza ceasefire proposal.

    He told reporters aboard Air Force One there could be a deal on a Gaza ceasefire by next week but that he had not been briefed on the current state of negotiations.

    Trump said on Friday that Iran had not agreed to inspections of its nuclear program or to give up enriching uranium.

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    President Donald Trump signs the sweeping Republican-crafted domestic policy package that he and the GOP call the "One Big Beautiful Bill," into law on Friday at the White House.

    The massive tax cuts and spending bill passed the House and Senate this week by razor-thin margins along near party lines. 

    But the political battle over the bill is far from over, as it moves from Capitol Hill to the campaign trail.

  • US House Speaker Mike Johnson, Republican of Louisiana, shakes hands with Republican Representative of Minnesota Tom Emmer, House Majority Whip, before signing the "Big Beautiful Bill Act" after the House passed the legislation at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on July 3, 2025. in Washington, DC, on July 3, 2025. (photo: Jemal Countess, AFP)

    The U.S. House of Representatives passed the “Big Beautiful Bill” budget on Thursday in a party-line vote.

    U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that the bill would “set the stage for the coming golden age” under U.S. President Donald Trump.

    “President Trump has delivered on his promises to Main Street while strengthening critical programs, national security and America’s manufacturing sector,” Bessent stated. “The One, Big, Beautiful Bill will unleash the full potential of the U.S. economy.”

  • The new Defense Minister of Saudi Arabia, Khalid bin Salman, swears in after the change in the cabinet with the Royal Decree of Saudi Arabia in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on September 27, 2022. (photo: Royal Court of Saudi Arabia / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

    Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman secretly met with President Donald Trump and other key officials in the White House on Thursday to discuss de-escalation efforts with Iran, multiple sources confirmed with Fox News.

    According to sources, the talks included discussions about de-escalation with Iran and getting to the negotiating table. The talks were also reportedly about ending the war in Gaza and negotiating the release of the remaining hostages – whether dead or alive – and about working toward peace in the Middle East. Although the talks were not exclusively about the possibility of normalization with Israel, sources said the conversation dealt with steps that needed to occur to get there.

    The Saudis are in the process of finalizing a defense and trade deal with the U.S., and the message shared between the two allies, sources added, is that they see eye-to-eye on all issues.

  • Demonstrators protest for the release of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip, outside Hakirya Base in Tel Aviv, July 2, 2025. (photo: Erik Marmor, Flash90)

    Hamas is expected to respond to the 60-day ceasefire within the coming hours, sources told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday evening, noting that there is increased optimism that the response will be positive.

    The proposal, presented by Qatar and based on the Witkoff framework, calls for the release of 10 living hostages and 18 bodies during a 60-day ceasefire. During that period, the sides are expected to hold talks aimed at ending the war. 

    On Thursday, senior Hamas officials met in Turkey to discuss the recently proposed framework.

  • Ukrainian service members of the 25th Sicheslav Airborne Brigade fire a BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launch system towards Russian troops near the frontline town of Pokrovsk, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine April 19, 2025. (photo: Anatolii Stepanov, Reuters)

    North Korea will send up to 30,000 additional soldiers to the frontlines in the Ukraine-Russia War, according to a CNN report on Wednesday.

    These troops may arrive in Russia in stages by November, “to strengthen the Russian contingent, including during large-scale offensive operations,” a Ukrainian intelligence document seen by CNN stated.

    Additionally, satellite imagery obtained by CNN indicated signs of Russia’s preparations. Ships previously used for North Korean deployments were seen in Russian ports, and flight patterns of cargo planes revealed that routes bringing soldiers to Russia were active.

  • Pentagon Spokesperson Sean Parnell addresses the media in the Pentagon, March 17, 2025. (photo: Alex Wong, Getty Images)

    The Pentagon said on Wednesday that US strikes had degraded Iran's nuclear program by up to two years after destroying the three targeted sites.

    Sean Parnell, a Pentagon spokesman, offered the estimate at a briefing to reporters, adding that the official estimate was "probably closer to two years."

    "We have degraded their program by one to two years, at least intel assessments inside the Department (of Defense) assess that," Parnell told a news briefing.

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    Following Israel’s green light for the Qatari hostage deal proposal, which is essentially the Witkoff framework with some modifications, officials in Israel, the US, and the mediating countries are now awaiting Hamas’s response.

    "For the first time, there is real optimism that Hamas will say ‘yes,’" two sources familiar with the talks told The Jerusalem Post. An Israeli official also confirmed that there is a growing belief that this time, Hamas may accept the deal. "Qatar is applying immense pressure on the group," the sources added.

    In a Truth Social post published Wednesday morning, former President Donald Trump warned Hamas, saying: "I hope, for the sake of the Middle East, that Hamas takes the deal—because if not, things will only get worse for them, not better."

  • Hamas suggested Wednesday it was open to a ceasefire agreement with Israel but stopped short of accepting an American-backed proposal announced by US President Donald Trump hours earlier, insisting on its longstanding position that any deal bring an end [permanently] to the war in Gaza.

  • Russian President Vladimir Putin had a "substantial" phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron on the Iran-Israel conflict and Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Tuesday, the first such exchange between the two leaders since September 2022.

    In Paris, Macron's office said the call lasted two hours and that the French leader had called for a ceasefire in Ukraine and the start of negotiations on ending the conflict.

  • The White House said on Tuesday that President Trump had paused the delivery of some air defense interceptors and precision-guided bombs and missiles to Ukraine, citing Pentagon concerns that the U.S. weapons stocks were dwindling too low.

  • President Trump prays at the Western Wall in 2017. (photo: White House)

    US President Donald Trump claimed that "Israel has agreed to the necessary conditions to finalize the 60 Day CEASEFIRE, during which time we will work with all parties to end the War," in a post on Truth Social on Tuesday night.

    In the post, Trump confirmed that his "Representatives had a long and productive meeting with the Israelis today on Gaza."

    "The Qataris and Egyptians, who have worked very hard to help bring Peace, will deliver this final proposal," he added.

    "I hope, for the good of the Middle East, that Hamas takes this Deal, because it will not get better — IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE," he continued.

  • This photo released by the official Syrian news agency SANA, shows United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, right, welcoming Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (photo: SANA via AP)

    Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa met with senior Israeli security officials in the United Arab Emirates in April to lay the groundwork for the current talks over peace and normalization, a Syrian source with knowledge of the matter told i24NEWS.

    The April 13 meeting in Abu Dhabi was attended by senior officials from the Israeli Mossad, the National Security Council, and IDF intelligence, through the mediation of the Emiratis.

    This meeting established a new phase in relations between Israel and Syria and opened the door to further direct contacts between Jerusalem and Damascus.

  • Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi attends a meeting with Russia's President at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on June 23, 2025. (photo: Sergei Karpukhin, AFP)

    Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said it will take time and assurances from the US before Tehran is ready to re-engage in talks on its nuclear program, and insisted that Iran will soon be ready to start enriching uranium again and “make up for lost time.”

    “I don’t think negotiations will restart as quickly as that,” Araghchi on Monday told CBS News, though he added that diplomacy was not off the table.

    “In order for us to decide to reengage, we will have to first ensure that America will not revert back to targeting us in a military attack during the negotiations,” Araghchi added. “And I think with all these considerations, we still need more time.”

  • US President Donald Trump said he will discuss the situations in Gaza and Iran when he meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday.

  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump shake hands following a meeting in the White House, in Washington, April 7, 2025. (photo: Kevin Mohatt, Reuters)

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit Washington next Monday, and Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer will arrive in Washington on Monday, a source told The Jerusalem Post.

    The cabinet held a discussion and will wait to hear about Dermer's meetings in Washington before considering additional significant steps in Gaza.

    On Sunday, US President Donald Trump called for a deal to be made in Gaza and to "get the hostages back!!!" in a post to Truth Social.

  • U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio holds an engagement with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) in Antalya, Turkey, May 15, 2025. (photo: Freddie Everett, U.S. State Department)

    U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Monday removing longstanding sanctions on the Syrian government while maintaining sanctions on the regime of deposed Syrian President Bashar Assad and other destabilizing actors.

    The executive order ends the national emergency that the U.S. government declared in 2004 under Executive Order 13338 and revokes the five orders that constitute the basis of that program, according to a senior Trump administration official, who spoke to reporters on background.

    The executive order also directs “certain actions with respect to waivers of applicable statutory-based sanctions, export controls and other restrictions,” the official said.

  • US President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation accompanied by senior US officials, June 21, 2025, following US strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities. (photo: Carlos Barria, Reuters)

    US President Donald Trump said on Monday he was not speaking to Iran and was not offering the country "anything," and he reiterated his assertion that the United States had "totally OBLITERATED" Tehran's nuclear facilities.

    Former president Barack Obama "paid [Iran] $Billions under the stupid “road to a Nuclear Weapon JCPOA (which would now be expired!)" Trump's Truth Social post continued.

    Trump on Friday dismissed media reports that said his administration had discussed possibly helping Iran access as much as $30 billion to build a civilian-energy-producing nuclear program.

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