“Our hope is not lost yet. It is two thousand years old” In an emotional moment at the crematorium in Auschwitz, Israel’s national anthem, Hatikva, was sung by Holocaust survivors, former hostages, family members of hostages, October 7 victims and bereaved families. Am Yisrael

“..The Libyan government in Tripoli disputed that it had reached a deportation deal with the Trump administration, saying “parallel authorities” acted without authorization…” Reported by ⁦Jared Malsin⁩ for ⁦The Wall Street Journal⁩ wsj.com/politics/polic…

“We have an opportunity to push the Russians, the Iranians and the Chinese out of the country forever alongside an enduring defeat of ISIS,” Bass said after a four-hour meeting with Sharaa at the presidential palace in Damascus…” By ⁦Jared Malsin⁩ wsj.com/world/middle-e…

Our story with ⁦Sudarsan Raghavan⁩ for ⁦The Wall Street Journal⁩ on PKK statement today: ..Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan welcomed the announcement, saying that the government would “follow closely the practical steps to be taken,”.. wsj.com/world/middle-e…

Follow the developments in Israel-Iran conflict live at ⁦The Wall Street Journal⁩ wsj.com/livecoverage/i…

“..As anxiety grew in the Middle East and Washington, Trump was enjoying the performance of his favorite musical at the Kennedy Center, joined by Graham and other supporters…” wsj.com/world/middle-e…

A must read report by ⁦Sune Engel Rasmussen⁩ : “..If Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s goal “actually is to eradicate the part of the nuclear program that can be weaponized, and to topple the regime, that will require a lot more...” wsj.com/world/middle-e…

“.. Israel’s spy agency Mossad was conducting operations inside Iran, including hunting for leadership targets in Tehran, a person familiar with the operations said Friday…” Don’t miss this great report by Andrew Dowell and Dov Lieber wsj.com/world/middle-e…

“..I think he can go to the traditional Reaganites and say, ‘Peace through strength, we’re not letting evil regimes build nuclear weapons,’ ” he said, “But he can also go to the MAGA folks and say, ‘No Americans were killed, we didn’t do this,..” wsj.com/politics/natio…

“An analysis of the images by the Institute for Science and International Security,… said the excavator was likely preparing a staging area to send cameras or personnel down the holes made by American bombs to inspect the damage done” By ⁦⁦Jared Malsin wsj.com/world/middle-e…

Our investigation into the mass killings in the Assad regime's Saydnaya prison in Syria, which included interviews with 21 former prisoners, is out: wsj.com/world/middle-e…

“.. “You’ll never see the sun again,” an intelligence officer told him before he was shoved in the back of a truck. On an April morning in 2019, he and around 40 other prisoners were driven up a mountain to Saydnaya…” A masterpiece by ⁦Jared Malsin⁩ wsj.com/world/middle-e…

How much damage can Trump inflict on the Russian oil trade — and could it compel Putin to end the war in Ukraine? Out deep dive with Thomas Grove wsj.com/world/russia/t…

“International food-security experts said a famine has taken hold around Gaza City, the first-ever such determination in the Middle East and one that puts more pressure on Israel as it prepares to expand the war amid a dire humanitarian situation…” wsj.com/world/middle-e…