Israel’s national security and its national decency are closely linked: When Israel is strong socially and spiritually it earns the respect of friends and successfully deters its foes.

Iran does not detail the names it relayed, but Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says he hopes to hear "good news" soon about the release of Iranian scientist Masoud Soleimani. Iran holds several American nationals and does not detail whom it would consider freeing.

The plan is still in the discussion phase and has not yet been presented to President Donald Trump, says Defense Secretary Mark Esper. White House official says GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham raised the issue of keeping US forces in eastern Syria to protect the oil fields and that Trump supported the idea.

Jewish civil rights group says at least a dozen white supremacists have been arrested on allegations of plotting, threatening or carrying out anti-Semitic attacks in the US since the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre in 2018.

The US presidential hopeful says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing for West Bank annexation, which she says is inconsistent with the two-state solution. "It is the official policy of the United States of America to support a two-state solution, and if Israel is moving in the opposite direction, then everything is on the table," she says in interview with The Hill.