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Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Pres. Donald Trump at the White House, Sept. 29, 2025. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)
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At White House Trump, Netanyahu unveil peace plan

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a plan to end the war in Gaza, with a 72-hour deadline, which begins when Israel accepts the agreement, for Hamas to return the hostages whom it holds in Gaza.

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The wake-up call
Columns

The wake-up call

The aftermath of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel was a wake-up call for a lot of Jewish liberals.

Jonathan Tobin
The needed US message to the Palestinians
Columns

The needed US message to the Palestinians

After a week of terror attacks that took the lives of 11 people, Israelis are wondering whether they are on the brink of a third intifada.

Jonathan Tobin
Deutch abandons ship
Columns

Deutch abandons ship

The future of the Democratic Party was captured in two incidents last week. One was the announcement by Rep. Ted Deutch (D-Fla.), the man who had stood up for Israel and against anti-Semitism, that he was leaving the US Congress to head the American Jewish Committee.

Jonathan Tobin
Amnesty International: great Jewish unifier
Columns

Amnesty International: great Jewish unifier

Say this for Amnesty International, its outrageous report alleging that Israel is an “apartheid state” has brought nearly all of the Jewish world together to condemn the organization.

Jonathan Tobin
The unlearned lessons of Jan. 6, 2021
Columns

The unlearned lessons of Jan. 6, 2021

A year ago last week, Americans were appalled by the sight of a violent mob storming Capitol Hill on the day that the Electoral College votes from the 2020 election were counted.

Jonathan Tobin
Call out CAIR
Columns

Call out CAIR

Perhaps some people were shocked when a leader of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) recently engaged in an epic rant against Jews, their synagogues and their organizations.

Jonathan Tobin
Iran: a test of Biden’s strategic vision
Columns

Iran: a test of Biden’s strategic vision

For Biden administration officials, their inability to achieve their top foreign-policy priority, influencing Iran, is both frustrating and puzzling.

Jonathan Tobin
The Times’ anti-Israel bias matters
Columns

The Times’ anti-Israel bias matters

It’s not true that biased reporting about the Middle East has no impact on Israel. In the last week, a New York Times feature about a road trip taken by two of its staff through the small country generated a surge of interest on Twitter from Israelis.

Jonathan Tobin
Israel must resist China
Columns

Israel must resist China

Any time Israel has reason to doubt the reliability of America’s friendship, some in the Jewish state start thinking about the need to re-evaluate its attitude toward the world. That …

Jonathan Tobin
Ben & Jerry’s is a proxy war
Columns

Ben & Jerry’s is a proxy war

It’s the kind of a controversy that leaves a lot of Israelis cold. Citizens of the Jewish state may not have been pleased about the news that the Ben & …

Jonathan Tobin
It’s a lot more serious than party politics
Columns

It’s a lot more serious than party politics

Like so much of what happens in the Knesset, the aftermath of a recent vote on a law that would prevent a possible flood of Palestinian immigrants into Israel was …

Jonathan Tobin