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  November 6 09:54 a.m.: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulates Trump on victory, "Dear Donald and Melania Trump, Congratulations on history's greatest comeback! Your historic return to the White House offers a new beginning for America and a powerful recommitment to the great alliance between Israel and America." 08:25 a.m.: Fox News and Reuters call presidential race […]

LEBANON: Hezbollah's secretary general says not expecting cease-fire deal with Israel, war will be won on 'the battlefield' ■ IRAN: Tehran says it is ready for confrontation with Israel as Trump claims victory ■ GAZA: Hamas senior official: Trump's victory 'puts him to the test' concerning Gaza war ■ HOSTAGE DEAL: Blinken says Hamas refused to release limited number of hostages to secure a cease-fire

Republicans gained control of the US Senate late Tuesday, according to PBS News, successfully flipping Democratic-held seats and defending crucial GOP incumbents to secure their first majority in four years. The decisive victory emerged from Nebraska, where GOP Sen Deb Fischer fended off a challenge from independent newcomer Dan Osborn. The win followed earlier Republican […]

The IDF has expelled residents from the northern quarter of Gaza and is preparing to keep hold of the area. This raises concerns that, contrary to his declarations, Netanyahu plans to realize the resettlement vision of his extreme-right partners – even at the cost of the hostages' lives

Harvard spokesman Jason Newton said antisemitism has no place on campus and that the school has taken steps to support its Jewish community.

Most of the Arab world is united in its denunciation of American policy in the Middle East. The prevailing feeling is that irrespective of who wins the election, support for Israel will remain unchanged

U.S. historian Robert Kagan was one of the first on the right to see Trump as an existential threat. Last week, he quit the Washington Post when Jeff Bezos decided against endorsing a candidate. 'I think Bezos wanted to wait until he was confident that Trump looked like a winner,' he says

Unlike Iran, Netanyahu decided not to wait to drop his bomb until after the U.S. election, and Israel's future could be determined on the streets of Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Caesarea in the coming weeks

Boaz Zalmanowitz, whose father Aryeh died after 40 days in captivity at the age of 86, says that released hostages who encountered Aryeh told him that he kept his sense of humor and offered them words of encouragement, despite the impossible conditions and his deteriorating medical condition

The true scale of the damage the prime minister has wrought by firing Gallant will not be measured by the size of protests. Netanyahu lost the trust of half the people, who won't entrust their children to a leader who acts like an unchecked autocrat

Atop Tel Shimron, archaeologists reveal enigmatic monumental 'white' structure from Canaanite era and its storage for used religious artifacts, and animal bones

Most Berkeley students say they favor Kamala Harris for her California roots and stance on reproductive rights, but one voter promises 'there are many more people than you'd believe here in Berkeley who are voting Republican'

Thirteen months after deadly attack by Hamas, which saw that Israel was in an unprecedented position of internal weakness because of the government's attempted regime coup, Netanyahu is once again posing a direct threat to democracy – and firing Gallant will not be his final move

  Preliminary exit polls from the 2024 presidential election reveal widespread economic dissatisfaction and deep concerns about American democracy, according to ABC News data released on election night. The state of democracy emerged as voters' top concern among five key issues tested, with 35% ranking it as their primary consideration. Economic matters followed closely at […]