"It is striking that Israel was not mentioned in the president's inauguration speech," a senior Hamas official told Newsweek.

President-elect Donald Trump said mass deportations will begin “very quickly” after taking office, one of a number of plans he discussed in a phone interview with NBC News on Saturday.

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President Trump's first term and campaign promises may hint at his plans for America's relationships with Ukraine, Russia, China, Mexico and the Middle East.

After fifteen months of conflict between Israel and Hamas, a cease-fire agreement has been reached. The deal is set to take effect on Jan. 19, just one day before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.

President-elect Donald Trump's incoming national security adviser, Mike Waltz, said on Sunday that if Hamas reneges on the Gaza ceasefire-for-hostages deal, the United States will support Israel "in doing what it has to do.

President-elect Donald Trump praised the new Israel-Hamas cease-fire and hostage exchange deal that his special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff pushed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to

The Israeli prime minister has to navigate complicated domestic politics with his aim of destroying Hamas and the need to keep the US on side.

Meanwhile on the ground in Gaza the ceasefire, which came into effect on January 19th, is holding. The first hostages have been released as have 90 Palestinian prisoners. Aid has begun to flow in. The idf has begun to dismantle some of its bases. Displaced Gazans are returning to the rubble of their homes.

The official response to the fires seemed awkward, but we did what we could for one another, even as our neighbors said, “The home I loved is never coming back.”

I am excited to see a leader who is a real friend of Israel stand by his words,’ one American expat in Israel said at an inauguration celebration.