Dani Miran opens up about the ordeal, and the heartbreaking conversations with his granddaughter (“She asked the girls in her kindergarten to go with her to Gaza to get her father”).

The Trump plan could turn into nothing more than a hostage-release deal if full U.S. backing is not ensured for enforcing the disarmament of the Strip.

This is the plan, the only plan, and there is reason for optimism, insisted the visiting US Secretary of State.

Those suspected of disloyalty are denied food, water and sunlight.

For years, governments have been providing hundreds of millions of dollars annually to help an industry that has grown cozy with terrorist regimes.

Hamas simply cannot admit the truth that it has lost the war against Israel.

Israel vetoed the inclusion of Turkish soldiers, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates declined to participate.

“We are surrounded by enemies. If we give in now, we’ll be in the same situation in 20 or 30 years.”

The choice of which countries form the backbone of the force may determine whether the ISF becomes a viable mechanism for postwar stabilization, or another diplomatic experiment doomed by conflicting agendas.