‘We must insist that Hamas lay down all arms,’ Israeli Minister Orit Strook tells JNS; IDF chief orders troop reinforcements after deadly terror attack; Netanyahu’s high-stakes holiday visit to Mar-a-Lago;Italy’s Hamas enablers and the war on truth

 

The Daily Syndicate   Sunday, December 28, 2025

Netanyahu heads to US for Trump meeting   The Israeli prime minister is scheduled to sit down with the American president at Mar-a-Lago on Monday.   JNS Staff             From the jerusalem bureau chief     Alex Traiman   Netanyahu’s high-stakes holiday visit to Mar-a-Lago   The Israeli prime minister's meeting with the U.S. president will determine the next phases of war and peace.       IDF chief orders troop reinforcements after deadly terror attack   The IDF chief instructed forces to complete the sealing of the terrorist’s residence and to move forward with finalizing the procedures required for its demolition.   JNS Staff       ‘We must insist that Hamas lay down all arms,’ Israeli Minister Orit Strook tells JNS   We are seeing an effort to sideline the Trump plan’s central objective, the demilitarization of the Gaza Strip, says the settlements minister.   Amelie Botbol       Israeli envoy stands firm on Somaliland recognition   Jerusalem will act to “strengthen cooperation with partners who contribute to regional stability,” Danny Danon says ahead of Security Council session.   Joshua Marks           feature           Israeli elections 2026: Meet the parliament—MK Naor Shiri   Protecting children from social media, Israel’s high cost of living and strengthening the periphery rank high on the Yesh Atid lawmaker’s agenda.   Amelie Botbol             opinion & analysis                 featured columnist     Fiamma Nirenstein   Italy’s Hamas enablers and the war on truth   Following the arrest of nine members of a Hamas cell, Rome confronts the cost of tolerating their ideological warfare and antisemitic falsehoods.       Joel Margolis The Israeli emigration myth         Shabbos Kestenbaum Harvard must learn from Northwestern               Analysis     Lt. Col. (res.) Maurice Hirsch   How the ICC invented a nonexistent state to persecute Israel   The Security Council, which controls the procedure through which states are recognized, clearly acknowledged that no “State of Palestine” exists.           latest news         Lev Tahor leader indicted for human trafficking in Mexico   JNS Staff       IDF video rebuts Hamas Oct. 7 claims   JNS Staff       Hamas manual reveals strategy to mask Jew-hatred in global PR   Shachar Kleiman       IDF troops complete three-month rotation in Syria   JNS Staff       Protesters ‘demand intifada’ at Toronto mall   JNS Staff       Iranian hackers claim breach of Netanyahu chief of staff’s phone   Roi Bet Levi       Likud denies Feldstein served as Netanyahu spokesman   Canaan Lidor               The wire - press releases         Ignacy Chiger’s ‘Beneath the Lightless Sky’ offers Holocaust testimony from underground Lvov         Herzog praises Jewish teachers as heroes

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