Author: MIKE BREST Washington Examiner
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Netanyahu trial to resume Sunday following pause in Iran war
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s long-running corruption trial will resume on Sunday, now that the state of emergency order was lifted following the implementation of the two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran. “With the lifting of the state of emergency and the return of the judicial system to work, hearings will resume as…
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What Israel’s defense industry learned from its multifront war
The Israeli military is on the verge of completing two straight years of operations across multiple fronts, the longest continuous conflict the country has ever endured. Israeli forces were not prepared for the conflict. Rather, they were caught off guard on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas’s attack forever changed the course of the country. In…
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The case for Trump winning a Nobel Peace Prize
President Donald Trump has said he deserves a Nobel Peace Prize, which eluded him during his first administration, but he’ll find out on Friday if he finally got selected for the prestigious award. Trump would be only the fifth U.S. president to win a Nobel Peace Prize, following in the footsteps of former Presidents Barack…
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Hamas demands release of high-profile Palestinian prisoners and body of Sinwar as negotiators meet in Cairo
Hamas has demanded the release of a prominent figure serving multiple life sentences in an Israeli jail as senior world leaders are headed to Cairo, Egypt, to try to bridge the remaining gaps between Hamas and Israel. Both Israeli and Hamas leaders expressed an openness to President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan, which he unveiled…
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Hamas demands release of high-profile Palestinian prisoners and body of Sinwar as negotiators meet in Cairo
Hamas has demanded the release of a prominent figure serving multiple life sentences in an Israeli jail as senior world leaders are headed to Cairo, Egypt, to try to bridge the remaining gaps between Hamas and Israel. Both Israeli and Hamas leaders expressed an openness to President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan, which he unveiled…
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Hamas demands release of high-profile Palestinian prisoners and body of Sinwar as negotiators meet in Cairo
Hamas has demanded the release of a prominent figure serving multiple life sentences in an Israeli jail as senior world leaders are headed to Cairo, Egypt, to try to bridge the remaining gaps between Hamas and Israel. Both Israeli and Hamas leaders expressed an openness to President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan, which he unveiled…
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Hostage families and survivors optimistic about Gaza ceasefire proposal on two-year anniversary of Oct. 7
Many family members of the Israeli hostages still held in Gaza and a handful of those who have been released expressed optimism at the current push for a ceasefire agreement on Tuesday, the second anniversary of Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack. The Hostage Families Forum hosted an event at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.,…
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Oct. 7 anniversary: Israel battles optics, isolation, and mounting death toll as world pushes Trump deal
When Hamas launched the largest terrorist attack in Israel‘s history two years ago, killing 1,200 people, the world was collectively stunned and outraged. Israel had significant leeway to respond as leaders saw fit after being attacked. Fast forward two years, and Israel has exhausted much of the Western world’s support. In the two years since…
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Venezuela warns of possible ‘false flag’ attack on US Embassy in Caracas
Venezuela warned the U.S. government that the American Embassy in Caracas could be targeted in a “false-flag” operation, National Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez said on Sunday. Rodríguez said the United States and an unspecified European embassy had been warned in three separate channels that “extremist sectors of the local Venezuelan right” are looking to plant…
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Oct. 7 two years on: Israelis still struggle with trauma from day etched in infamy
Two years ago, on the morning of Oct. 7, 2023, the Brodutch family was among countless Israeli families who were awoken by the sirens that signal a present threat. Avicahi Brodutch, the family patriarch, ushered his wife and children into their safe room as he went to the armory. He, like many others, tried to…