Israel briefed on US-Iran talks as Trump backs Jerusalem’s freedom of action

Netanyahu says operational freedom includes in Lebanon, as the American president vows no Tehran deal without dismantling its nuclear program and removing enriched uranium.

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A poster in Tehran depicting former Iranian supreme leaders, May 9, 2026. Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images.

( May 24, 2026 / JNS )  Israel will maintain freedom of action against all threats, including Lebanon, an Israeli political source said on Sunday with regard to an emerging memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran.

Washington is updating Jerusalem on the negotiations, and U.S. President Donald Trump spoke by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to the source. The premier in that discussion “stressed that Israel will

Lo que dejó nervioso a Netanyahu tras su reciente plática con Trump

Trump y el primer ministro israelí Benjamín Netanyahu conversaron el martes sobre un nuevo intento de alcanzar un acuerdo con Irán en una tensa llamada telefónica luego de la cual Netanyahu quedó “nervioso” tras la conversación, reportó Axios citando a funcionarios.

Catar y Pakistán redactaron un memorando de paz revisado, con la participación de otros mediadores regionales, para intentar superar las diferencias entre Estados Unidos e Irán, según las fuentes. Esto ocurre en un momento en que Trump duda entre ordenar un ataque masivo contra Irán y esperar un acuerdo.

Netanyahu se muestra muy escéptico respecto a las negociaciones y desea reanudar la guerra para debilitar aún más las capacidades militares de Irán y al régimen destruyendo su infraestructura crítica.

Trump insiste en que cree que se puede llegar a un acuerdo, pero que está dispuesto a reanudar la guerra si no se logra.

Feeding Hope Across Israel

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Netanyahu eyes Caroline Glick for New York diplomatic post - report

The New York consul-general position, which Glick was previously considered for in 2003, is one of Israel’s most sensitive diplomatic posts.

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Caroline Glick, International Affairs Advisor to the Prime Minister of Israel attends the FOZ Ambassadors Summit in Jerusalem, December 7, 2025.(photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering appointing conservative commentator and adviser Caroline Glick as Israel’s next consul general in New York, replacing Ofir Akunis, N12 reported on Tuesday evening.

Europa exige a Israel que frene los asentamientos en Judea y Samaria

Italia, Francia, Gran Bretaña y Alemania instaron este viernes a Israel a detener la expansión de sus asentamientos en Judea y Samaria, afirmando que el gobierno está “socavando la estabilidad” y las perspectivas de una solución de dos Estados.

“Exhortamos al gobierno de Israel a que ponga fin a la expansión de sus asentamientos y poderes administrativos, garantice la rendición de cuentas por la violencia de los colonos e investigue las denuncias contra las fuerzas israelíes”, declararon los países en un comunicado conjunto.

Tras señalar que la situación en Judea y Samaria se había “deteriorado significativamente” en los últimos meses, los países afirmaron que la violencia de los colonos contra los palestinos había alcanzado “niveles sin precedentes”.

"Conflicto actual en el Medio Oriente", charla en el CEU San Pablo

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Caroline Glick: The media thinks the war with Iran is over, they're very wrong!

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Periodista palestino insta al rey de Jordania a ilegalizar todas las organizaciones islámicas y palestinas en Jordania porque ponen en peligro su reino

El rey jordano Abdullah II (Fuente: Facebook)

En un artículo publicado el 14 de septiembre de 2024 en el sitio web saudí Elaph, el periodista palestino Majdi Abd Al-Wahhab pidió al rey Abdullah II de Jordania que «golpee con puño de hierro» a todas las organizaciones islámicas y palestinas que utilizan el territorio jordano para actuar contra Israel y poner así en peligro al reino de Jordania. 

Syria building US relations while serving pivotal regional role - analysis

Syria knows that working on ties with Israel will be helpful because the US is very close to Israel and focused on Israeli relations currently.

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

A SYRIAN flag is displayed outside the White House following the meeting of US President Donald Trump and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, November 10, 2025.(photo credit: REUTERS/KEVIN LAMARQUE)

Last November, when US President Donald Trump met Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in the White House, they shared a moment of laughter. Trump had provided the Syrian leader with some of his Trump-branded cologne. “It’s the best fragrance,” he said.

Trump also said some of his brand’s perfumes were for Sharaa’s wife. Trump joked about whether Sharaa had more than one wife. Trump also seemed to spray the male version of the cologne on the Syrian foreign minister.

Huckabee: No Palestinian state likely ‘in our lifetime’

Asked if an independent Palestinian state is the goal of the Trump administration, Huckabee responded: “I don’t think so.”

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U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee holds a press conference at the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem, May 9, 2025. Credit: Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90.

( Jun. 11, 2025 / JNS )  A Palestinian state in Judea and Samaria probably won’t happen “in our lifetime” and is no longer Washington’s goal, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said on Tuesday.

“Unless there are some significant things that happen that change the culture, there’s no room for it,” Huckabee told Bloomberg, adding that a culture shift is unlikely to take place “in our lifetime.”

Rubio imposes sanctions on UN's Albanese over 'political, economic warfare' against Israel, US

"A clear message. Time for the UN to pay attention!" Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar wrote in response.

UN Special Rapporteur for the Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese gives a press conference at the UN City in Copenhagen, Denmark February 5, 2025.(photo credit: Ritzau Scanpix/Ida Marie Odgaard via REUTERS)

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is imposing sanctions on Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, over her efforts to have the International Criminal Court take action against US and Israeli officials, companies, and executives.

“Albanese’s campaign of political and economic warfare against the United States and Israel will no longer be tolerated,” Rubio said Wednesday in a post on X/Twitter.

Palestinians HATE this: New archaeological excavations prove that Israel belongs to the Jews!

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Descubrimientos arqueológicos en Megido respaldan relato bíblico sobre la muerte del rey Josías

Tel Megido, que significa el Tell del Gobernador, es una antigua ciudad cuyos restos forman un tell (montículo arqueológico), situada en el norte de Israel. Algunos cristianos creen que Armagedón será el escenario de la batalla final entre Jesucristo y los reyes de la Tierra que luchan contra Israel, como se describe en el Apocalipsis. Foto: Immanuel Giel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Megido es un Tell (montículo) de Israel, situado cerca del kibutz de Megido a 80 km al norte de Jerusalén y 31 km al sudeste de la ciudad de Haifa, en el extremo occidental del valle de Jezreel.

En 2005, las ruinas de Megido fueron consideradas Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la Unesco, y en sus inmediaciones se entablaron tres célebres batallas, una durante el siglo XV a. C., de las más antiguas documentada, y otras dos, en los años 609 a. C. y 1918.

Oldest dam uncovered in Jerusalem dated to biblical kings

The newly uncovered structure suggests comprehensive urban planning for managing Jerusalem’s water supply as early as the late ninth century BCE and serves as clear evidence of the city’s power and sophistication.

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A 2,800-year-old dam wall discovered in Jerusalem’s City of David. Credit: Emil Aladjem, Israel Antiquities Authority.

( Aug. 27, 2025 / JNS )  The largest dam in ancient Israel, uncovered just outside the walled Old City of Jerusalem, has been dated back to the time of the biblical kings, some 2,800 years ago, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced on Monday.

The monumental dam, which runs about 12 meters high, more than 8 meters wide and 21 meters long, was excavated over the last two years in the history-rich ancient City of David.

CNN: Israel y EE. UU. planean otra ronda de ataques contra Irán

Israel mantiene una estrecha coordinación con Estados Unidos ante la creciente tensión en el Estrecho de Ormuz, que amenaza la estabilidad del alto al fuego con Irán.

Una fuente israelí confirmó este martes a CNN que Israel y Estados Unidos se están preparando ante la posibilidad de nuevos ataques contra Irán.

Según la fuente, la coordinación incluye preparativos para ataques selectivos contra la infraestructura energética de Irán y la eliminación de altos cargos. La mayoría de los planes ya estaban listos antes del cese al fuego alcanzado a principios de abril.

“El objetivo es una breve campaña que presione a Irán para que ceda en las negociaciones”, agregó el funcionario israelí.

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Noa Tishby en CNN con Dana Bash | 12 de mayo de 2026

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Erdoğan initiated a Sunni-Muslim security pact between Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Egypt

It essentially creates a Sunni-Muslim accord with a combined population of 500 million.

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

( May 11, 2026 / JNS )  The targeting of the Arab Gulf states by the Islamic Republic of Iran, including Saudi Arabia, as part of Iran’s response to the immense firepower unleashed against them by the combined forces of the United States and Israel, has driven Saudi Arabia to seek new alliances.

Riyadh’s poor experience with the Biden administration had convinced the kingdom of the need to diversify its alliances and depend less on the United States. Its worries have increased in light of Israel’s stunning performances against Hezbollah, Hamas, Houthis and Iran, resulting in their seeking to build a regional balance of power. Saudi Arabia began by fostering an alliance with Pakistan, which commenced in September, with the signing of the Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement (SMDA).

Bennett will overtake Netanyahu if Eisenkot joins merger, poll shows

According to the poll, Likud, led by Netanyahu, would receive 26 seats, while Bennett’s Together Party, which has merged with Lapid, would win 25.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former prime minister Naftali Bennett. (Illustrative)(photo credit: Canva, FLASH90, MARC ISRAEL SELLEM, REUTERS/AMIR COHEN/FILE PHOTO)

As Israel faces political turbulence and continued security uncertainty over the confrontation with Iran, a KAN 11 poll published Tuesday night found that a united Naftali Bennett-Yair Lapid political framework is the only party currently positioned to challenge Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud.

According to the poll, Likud, led by Netanyahu, would receive 26 seats, while Bennett’s Together Party, which has merged with Lapid, would win 25. Just behind them is the figure Bennett and Lapid had strongly sought to bring into their ranks: former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot.

Jordanian textbooks ‘justify 7 October massacre and promote antisemitism’

IMPACT-se finds ‘worsening extremism’ in curriculum despite claims of moderation.

By Annabel Sinclair

A new report has found Jordan’s official school textbooks justify the Hamas massacre of 7 October, promote antisemitic tropes and glorify violent jihad, despite government claims of promoting religious tolerance.

The review by IMPACT-se examined nearly 300 textbooks used in Jordanian schools during the 2023-25 academic years. It found that a Grade 10 Civic Education textbook described the 7 October attacks as a response to Israeli “colonies”, referring to civilian communities within Israel, and failed to mention the mass killing and kidnapping of civilians.

Twelver Shi’a Islam, the Mahdi, and the Iranian regime’s existential war against Israel – Why Iran seeks to destroy the Jewish nation

A man gestures in front of a poster at the anniversary ceremony of Iran's Islamic revolution at the Khomeini shrine in the Behesht Zahra cemetery, south of Tehran, January 31, 2009. (Photo: REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN)

The Islamic Republic of Iran is a Shi’a Muslim government. While it is not the only Shi’a Muslim majority country, it is the only one with a Shi’a theocratic government based on the Islamic Revolutionary philosophy of its founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

It is also a government that has attempted to spread its political and religious ideology outward – to other Shi’a regions, to Sunni Muslim nations, and to the rest of the world as a means of ensuring the survival of its Islamic revolutionary philosophy.

¿Por qué la Solución de DOS ESTADOS es tan Difícil de Lograr? - Irving Gatell

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‘Adiós Spain: Zionists Out!’: How anti-Israel sentiment crept into everyday life in Spain

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Fragmentos de misiles de Irán impactan cerca de la Knéset, la oficina de Netanyahu y el Monte del Templo en Jerusalén

Fragmentos de misiles interceptados de un ataque de Irán impactaron este lunes en varias zonas de Jerusalén, incluyendo las inmediaciones de la Oficina del Primer Ministro, a solo unos metros de distancia.

También se registraron impactos en la plaza del Monte del Templo, el complejo de la Iglesia del Santo Sepulcro y el Barrio Judío. También se observaron impactos cerca del Knéset, en la Ciudad Vieja y en Jerusalén Este.

Trump lanza ultimátum a Irán: Firmen el acuerdo o atacaremos

El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump lanzó este miércoles un ultimátum a Irán en torno a las negociaciones entre ambos países respecto al Estrecho de Ormuz.

En una publicación en Truth Social, Trump escribió: “Suponiendo que Irán acepte lo acordado, lo cual es, quizás, una suposición arriesgada, la ya legendaria Operación Furia Épica llegará a su fin, y el bloqueo, altamente efectivo, permitirá que el Estrecho de Ormuz quede abierto para todos, incluido Irán“.

“Si no aceptan, comenzarán los bombardeos, y lamentablemente, a un nivel e intensidad mucho mayores que antes”.

El ultimátum de Trump se produce tras un informe de Axios que indica que Estados Unidos e Irán están cerca de alcanzar un acuerdo para poner fin a la guerra.