Former top adviser says White House was frustrated by Israeli leader’s refusal to compromise with Hamas and end the Gaza war.
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“After years on many fronts, in one night on the southern front, the sky fell. All systems collapsed. The Shin Bet failed to provide early warning.”
“A safe and stable Israel is vital, not only for the Middle East, but for the entire world,” said Hungarian Minister of State for Security Policy Péter Sztáray.
Never before has a dispute between two of Israel’s most powerful men escalated so dramatically.
“Our polling data, now and in the past, has consistently illustrated how the U.S.-Israel relationship is ingrained in the fabric of Americans.”
“Throughout human history, revolutionaries have targeted the young and impressionable,” notes political commentator Bethany Mandel.
The trip follows President Ilham Aliyev’s talks with Erdoğan and Syria’s new ruler, Ahmad al-Sharaa.
On Yom HaShoah, the country unites in a powerful moment of silence and in ceremonies such as “Lechol Ish Yesh Shem” (לכל איש יש שם, “Every Person Has a Name”) to remember the Jews murdered in the Holocaust.
Gad Fartouk, 93, prays for 59 hostages in Gaza before lighting a torch at Israel’s Holocaust memorial ceremony marking 80 years since Nazi defeat.
