The election of a new pope presents an opportunity to revise the Vatican's stance toward Israel and its military actions against its enemies. There are encouraging signs of a potential shift. Let’s hope we won’t be disappointed.

Trump says Edan Alexander any others who have been released from Hamas captivity owe their freedom mostly to the administration, but "Israel deserves a lot of credit."

"After the ban on kosher slaughter, the harassment of mohels constitutes a clear warning sign to the Jews of Belgium," the head of the European Jewish Association, Rabbi Menachem Margolin, said.