'US completely devoted to Israel's security,' Biden tells Lapid

"The American public, not just my administration, is completely devoted to your security, without any if, ands or buts – without any doubts about it," the American president asserts after meeting with PM Lapid. Leaders are expected to unveil the Jerusalem Declaration on the US-Israel strategic partnership, which diplomatic officials have already dubbed "historic."

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Netanyahu is gambling with Israel's security

Roman Gofman and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo: Maayan Toaf / GPO

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has named Roman Gofman as director of the Mossad, despite Gofman having no background in intelligence or special operations. The Mossad is a profession, not a political posting. An appointment based on personal loyalty rather than professional expertise places Israel’s security at risk.

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The draft law breaks the psychological barrier

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Read the proposed legislation before forming an opinion. Before a wave of enlistment can emerge inside the ultra-Orthodox community, the barrier of alienation toward military service must first be broken. As with Moses and Theodor Herzl, before reaching the promised land, the thinking has to change. Patience.

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Netanyahu is gambling with Israel's security

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has named Roman Gofman as director of the Mossad, despite Gofman having no background in intelligence or special operations. The Mossad is a profession, not a political posting. An appointment based on personal loyalty rather than professional expertise places Israel’s security at risk.

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Read the proposed legislation before forming an opinion. Before a wave of enlistment can emerge inside the ultra-Orthodox community, the barrier of alienation toward military service must first be broken. As with Moses and Theodor Herzl, before reaching the promised land, the thinking has to change. Patience.

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"We want to know that 10 years from now... places like Jerusalem, Beit El, Hebron, Shiloh... that they'll be in good hands," Donald Trump's envoy to Israel between 2017-2021, David Friedman, told the Israel Hayom Summit. Friedman defended Trump's controversies, saying "no one has ever come close" to giving Israel the kind of support. "He joined with Israel in a 12-day war in which he put his entire presidency on the line."

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Former senator tells Israel Hayom Summit in New York the spreading of falsehoods on social media after Oct. 7 should be countered with 'brilliant' campaigns that attract young people like Mamdani did. "There was an organized effort on October 8 to provide misinformation," Clinton said. "The students didn't know history, had very little context; it was pure propaganda." She described this as a deliberate attempt to turn the events of October 7 "upside down"

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Gilad Erdan: 'I may lead Likud and run for prime minister'

At the Israel Hayom summit in New York, former ambassador Gilad Erdan revealed that the Shin Bet security agency had informed him that the terrorists carried instructions to attack paramedics and ambulances. He argued that Israel had abandoned the battlefield of public diplomacy. Asked whether he planned to return to politics, he replied that there was much to fix in Israel and that he had always felt his purpose was to serve Israeli citizens.

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