How did the hostage talks get so crazy?

As it always goes with the Palestinians, Washington took the path of least resistance and focused pressure on Israel. It’s the same in peace negotiations.
The Political Dynamics of War: A Journey through Israel

I need all Americans to understand that the IDF is not only protecting Israel but protecting our country as well because this war is a clash of civilizations: radical Islam versus western civilization.I need all Americans to understand that the IDF is not only protecting Israel but protecting our country as well because this war is a clash of civilizations: radical Islam versus western civilization.
Justice for American terror victims

Americans and their institutions can ensure that justice is served. Those who obstruct it—including those within Washington’s chambers—must be made to address their duties.
After years of neglect, Israel ‘returns to territorial-defense concept’

A new Defense Ministry pilot for the South includes fortified physical barriers and rapid-response teams.
Biden’s pro-Palestinian DNC address: “[Anti-Israel] protestors have a point”

Addressing the first night of the Democratic National Convention, US President Joe Biden acknowledged the thousands of anti-Israel protesters who demonstrated outside the convention center, saying “they have a point.”
Torn Between Two Battles: The Cohen Family’s Story of War and Illness

In October 2023, just days before Hamas attacked their community, the Cohens received devastating news: their 4-year-old daughter, Teni, was diagnosed with kidney cancer. Since then, their lives have been a careful balancing act between cancer treatments, temporary evacuations, and striving for normalcy for their other children, including a newborn.
Oct. 7 hero saved dozens at Nova festival, now rehabilitates combat soldiers

Lt. (res.) Skariszewski raced south to the rave party near Kibbutz Re’im, confronted Hamas terrorists, and guided more than 100 attendees to safety.
The art of the ‘no deal’ with Hamas

The “window of opportunity” to secure the “last chance” release of the hostages isn’t closing. Yahya Sinwar never opened it.
Sinwar using hostages to ‘drive a wedge through Israeli society’

The Hamas chief does not want to allow hostages who are alive out of his reach “since it is the one guarantee for his survival,” expert tells JNS.
Erdan blasts UN in a fiery Tisha B’av farewell: “Jerusalem will never fall again”

“But let me be clear, Jerusalem will never fall again. Jerusalem, united, Jerusalem will never fall again, no matter how many times our enemies attempt to destroy us, no matter how many times the UN slanders us and distorts reality, we will stay in our homeland and we will prevail.”