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Jared Kushner held an hourslong meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel one day after speaking with Hamas representatives, in an effort to restart a stalled Gaza agreement. Israel agreed to form working groups on the Board of Peace's demilitarization plan, and sources said the two sides discussed a U.S. general overseeing the process. No breakthrough was announced.

Members of Congress condemned an ad run by Rep. Randy Fine's primary opponent that they described as antisemitic. Fine, who is Jewish, called the spot disqualifying. The opponent defended the ad.

Lebanese authorities say Israeli strikes on several towns in the south killed eleven people, the deadliest day there in months. Israel described the targets as Hezbollah infrastructure rebuilt in violation of the ceasefire.

A Florida venue owned by a Jewish family canceled a Rashida Tlaib event, citing increased security concerns, forcing organizers to relocate. Both sides framed the cancellation as evidence of how raw the politics of Israel have become inside the Democratic coalition.

The pro-Israel lobby is spending heavily in the final Democratic primaries of the cycle, and its involvement has become the argument itself in several races. Candidates are being asked to declare whether they would take the money.

Rashida Tlaib is backing primary challengers to two Jewish House Democrats in Florida, drawing accusations that the targeting is not coincidental. Her office says the races are about policy on Gaza and health care. The episode deepens an intraparty split heading into the midterms.

Palestinian students and employees filed a complaint accusing Columbia University of discriminatory discipline and surveillance since the campus protests. The university says it applies its rules uniformly. Federal civil rights investigators are already examining the school from the opposite direction.

Families in a West Bank village say settlers have surrounded their homes, cutting off access to fields and roads for weeks. Residents describe nightly harassment and say the army has not intervened. Settler violence in the territory has reached its highest recorded levels.

Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, rejected a Wall Street Journal report describing a rise in attacks on Christians there, saying he has lived and worshiped in the country since 1973 without difficulty.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly rejected the Trump-backed 15-point framework for Gaza, saying Israel will not begin any withdrawal until Hamas surrenders all of its weaponry. The plan had been the administration's most detailed attempt yet to pair disarmament with a phased Israeli pullback, and its rejection leaves the White House without an obvious path forward.

Streamer Hasan Piker told Rolling Stone his comments about Hamas were intentionally provocative but defended the rhetoric as a way to force audiences to think. Abdul El-Sayed, whose campaign has been tied to Piker by Republicans, shrugged off the streamer's separate remarks about 9/11.

Sen. Chris Murphy said Israel is not aligned with American national security objectives, pointing to its conduct in Gaza and its posture during the war with Iran. Murphy said he still wants a strong U.S.-Israel relationship but argued the current arrangement is not serving American interests.

A cafe run by Jews for Jesus has become the flashpoint in a dispute over Sabbath observance, drawing objections from neighbors and from Jewish organizations that reject the group’s premise entirely. The argument is old; the venue — a coffee shop — is new, and it has made the theology unusually public.

The Israeli military resumed its airstrike campaign against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon even as Israeli and Lebanese negotiators met in Rome for a second straight day. The split screen has become the defining feature of this round of talks.

Antisemitic incidents in the United Kingdom rose 21 percent in the first half of 2026, the second-highest six-month total a watchdog group has ever recorded. Monitors link the spike to the Iran war and a string of terror attacks in London.

An IDF dog wearing a body camera entered a tunnel in southern Gaza and turned up dozens of rockets and other munitions. Paratroopers had stumbled on the tunnel while clearing the area above it.

Families in Gaza gathered for a mass funeral for 112 Palestinians killed in an Israeli strike in 2023 whose remains were only recently identified and released for burial. The ceremony underscored how much of the war's toll is still being accounted for years later, with recovery teams continuing to work through rubble and morgues holding unidentified remains.

The account of God's dealings with his people is one unexpected turn after another, and Deborah's leadership is among the sharpest examples. The piece reads her story as a case study in authority that nobody in the room saw coming.

Ireland's decision to distance itself from Israeli aviation technology has run into an uncomfortable problem: the systems in question are embedded in aircraft and defense supply chains the country itself relies on. Critics argue the boycott is a symbolic gesture with real costs to Irish aerospace employment and procurement, while supporters frame it as a necessary moral stance on Gaza.

Singer Boy George said he is standing behind a pro-Israel song despite a split with his record label and an exit from a West End production. He described faith as the anchor guiding him through the fallout. The dispute is the latest instance of Israel-related commentary reshaping careers in entertainment.

Israeli officials said they have unresolved concerns about the terms of a Hamas disarmament agreement even as the military continued strikes in Gaza. Mediators have pressed both sides to complete the framework. The dispute centers on verification and the timeline for handing over weapons.

Israeli MLS striker Dor Turgeman scored after alleged "Death to Israel" chants were directed at him during a match in Montreal. The club said it is reviewing the reports with league officials. Turgeman said he chose to respond on the field.

Children of Israeli soldiers killed in service traveled to the United States on a trip organized to give them respite and community. Participants described meeting others who understood their loss without explanation. Organizers say the program has grown sharply since the war began.

Jewish leaders in Denver say Melat Kiros's primary upset and her sharp anti-Israel rhetoric have coincided with a rise in antisemitic incidents. Her campaign rejects the connection.

Former Rep. Andy Levin lost his 2022 primary to Haley Stevens with heavy AIPAC spending against him. Four years on, with Stevens in a bruising Senate primary, he argues the group's money no longer buys what it used to.

Settler violence against Palestinians is rising across the West Bank as settlements and outposts expand. One settler told the BBC on the record that the attacks are justified as revenge — a rationale rarely stated so plainly to a foreign broadcaster.

Democratic socialists are on the ballot in high-profile Michigan and Wisconsin races, forcing mainstream Democrats into a position on Israel and Gaza they have spent two years avoiding. There is no answer that satisfies both halves of the coalition.

Hamas confirmed it has reached a disarmament agreement with the Board of Peace, the first time the group has ever agreed to give up its weapons — though senior official Bassem Naim conditioned it on Israel upholding the Gaza truce. If it holds, it removes the single largest obstacle to the Trump-backed peace initiative, and the president is already calling it historic.

Benjamin Netanyahu arrives in Washington for a high-stakes meeting with President Trump and to attend the late Sen. Lindsey Graham's funeral. Speaking aboard Air Force One beforehand, Trump brushed aside the prime minister's objections to selling F-35s to Turkey: 'Nobody tells me what we should be selling.'

Israeli leaders denounced a UNESCO decision adding Sebastia in Samaria to both the World Heritage List and the List of World Heritage in Danger as a Palestinian site. Officials said the U.N. body ignored the ancient Jewish presence at the location and accused it of trying to erase Jewish history.

A newly released investigation alleges Hamas spent years quietly building a terror network across Europe — stockpiling weapons, scouting targets and filming a martyrdom-style video — while planning a massacre meant to mirror the October 7 attack on Israel. The findings have not yet been independently corroborated by other outlets.