The Israelis being returned by Hamas were criminally kidnapped. Getting them back isn't a fair 'deal'; it's extortion, says a ...

Readers celebrate a ceasefire in Gaza but lament the devastation and the likelihood of future conflict. Regarding the Jan. 16 ...

President Joe Biden, facing serious questions about advanced age, prioritized America over self-interest, passing the torch to extremely well-prepared ...

President Donald Trump has invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to meet with him at the White House on Feb. 4 ...

Reigniting violence | Hamas in charge | Trump’s naivete. Mercury News reader letters to the editor for Jan. 29, 2025.

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to visit White House on Feb. 4, amid ongoing ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas.

The Israeli prime minister's visit will be the first by a foreign leader during President Donald Trump’s second term.

Diplomats at the United Nations Security Council said planned restrictions on the agency, UNRWA, would imperil Palestinians.

At a remembrance event in Los Angeles marking the anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, invasion of Israel and massacre of 1,200 innocents, Israeli parent Eitan Gonen made a heart-wrenching plea: “I ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says President Donald Trump has invited him to visit the White House on February 4, which would make him the first foreign leader to visit Washington in Trump ...

From Ivan Berkowitz, Honorary Fellow, Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge, UK, New York, NY, US ...