For the first time in 11 years, since the abduction of Avera Mengistu in 2014.

Every post of a released Palestinian on here has a caption like “he’s spent 20 years torn away from his family” and then a quick Google search reveals he blew up a school bus.

I was released from Hamas captivity in January and I am a die hard fan of Maccabi Tel Aviv. I am shocked to my core with this outrageous decision to ban me, my family and my friends from attending an Aston Villa game in the UK. Football is a way of bringing people together

תודה לכם עם ישראל שהשבתם את הדר 🇮🇱

For what it’s worth, as a commander and officer it was my duty, moral obligation, and legal requirement to first question and then to not obey any illegal order I was given. The same is true for everyone who swears the oath. Hope that clears things up.

I'm sure many of you follow Arsen Ostrovsky, but you may not know that he moved back to Australia a few weeks ago with his family. He was at the Hanukkah party at Bondi Beach and was injured, apparently grazed by a bullet. Pray for him! His message: "The bastards won't win!"

Our hearts go out to our Jewish sisters and brothers in Sydney who have been attacked by vile terrorists as they went to light the first candle of Chanukah. I just spoke to David Ossip, the President of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies, who was speaking at the event as the

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Following the release of the videos of Hersh Goldberg Polin and his fellow hostages deep down in the tunnels of Gaza, lighting Hanukkah candles on disposable cups, this is what Rachel, Hersh’s mother, shared:

Unfortunately wishful thinking but would love to know the success stories - 3 ways parents can lower kids' screentime CNBC cnbc.com/2026/01/11/3-w…

this is extraordinary.

The West stepped back from the brink of suicide over Trump’s Greenland claim. But we’re not out of the woods, and many American allies brace for even worse turbulence ahead. My analysis after the firestorm in Davos. wsj.com/world/europe/t…

"The world has changed. Washington has changed. There's almost nothing normal in the United States. That's the truth". - Prime Minister Mark Carney

Legendary The Washington Post sports columnist Tom Boswell was a huge influence on me pursuing writing when I was a kid. Took the time to write to me personally. Now WaPo is shuttering its Sport Department. Dark times but, hey, we got the Melania doc.

“For Trump, the conflict is a high-risk, high-reward gambit—the ultimate deal, with the Middle East as the table. For Khamenei, whose official compound was targeted by air strikes, it is something simpler and older: a fight for survival.” My Atlantic essay theatlantic.com/international/…

In the past day, I have been receiving numerous emails and texts from Polymarket gamblers demanding that I make an incorrect (and incredibly inconsequential) change to one of my reports. It has gotten to the point that these addicts are now publishing a fabricated response that

I support Israel, but an increasing number of Americans do not. Netanyahu is a fool if he doesn’t put the smack down on these settler terrorists, not tomorrow, but TODAY.

The Mother of all TACOs.

🚨 FT scoop: Iran demands $1 per barrel of oil passing through Strait of Hormuz, wants to be paid in cryptocurrency

100% of Israelis killed by Iran in this latest round were civilians. Show me a diplomatic statement that reflects that.