Trump visits Israel

2025 recap: A year of triumph, resilience, and shifting tides

From Trump’s shocking return to Israel’s political reckoning, 2025 was a year of surprises. This end of year recap episode of The Deep Dive shows just how much we have endured.

The Deep Dive: 2025 recap
Visitors at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv. October 12, 2025.

Live from Gaza, Hostages Square: All you need to know on this historic day

US President Donald Trump speaks to the media before boarding Air Force One, as he departs for Israel, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., October 12, 2025.

Trump departs to Israel for speech at Knesset: 'The war in Gaza is over'

Visitors at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv. The hostages are expected to be released from Hamas captivity tomorrow morning, on October 12, 2025.

Release of hostages to begin at 8 a.m., says Hamas, Herzog awards Trump medal of honor


Bennett calls on Trump to ‘make history, recognize Jerusalem’

Earlier Monday, when the cabinet received Trump at Ben-Gurion Airport, Bennett asked Trump face-to-face to be the first president to recognize Jerusalem, and Trump responded, “there’s an idea.”

Bayit Yehudi leader Naftali Bennett

Analysis: $380b. Saudi shopping list remakes Mideast balance of power

So what can the Saudis buy with all this money?

IMAGES of US President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud are projected Saturday on the front of the Ritz-Carlton, where Trump was staying in Riyadh

Will Trump speak of two-states in Bethlehem?

The topic has yet to be broached.

US President Donald Trump speaks during a welcome ceremony upon his arrival at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv on May 22, 2017, as part of his first trip overseas

White House uses ‘Jerusalem, Israel’ in live feed of Trump visit

It was a notable departure from previous administrations.

Israeli and US flags flutter atop the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, in preparation for US President Donald Trump’s arrival

Senator Schumer calls on Trump to press Abbas on incitement

Will Trump take Abbas to task?

Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) speaks after a vote on legislation for funding the Department of Homeland Security on Capitol Hill in Washington

Our World: Iconoclast in the Promised Land

It was because of his foreign policy iconoclasm that Israelis were, by and large, euphoric when Trump was finally inaugurated in January.

Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu at the King David Hotel, May 22 2017..

IN PICTURES: Trump's historic Israel visit

Take a look at some of the iconic images emerging of the US president in the Jewish state.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, (L) greet US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump at Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport, May 22, 2017

Trump, Israel and the importance of symbols

Israel needs a full bodied hug to feel secure. It is also important for Israel that its enemies see that embrace.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) listens as U.S. President Donald Trump (L) speaks during a welcoming ceremony upon his arrival at Ben Gurion International Airport in Lod near Tel Aviv, Israel May 22, 2017

From one American to another: Tell it like it is, Mr. President

As someone who grew up saying the Pledge of Allegiance every morning, I feel like I can speak to you as one American to another.

Donald Trump is sworn in as the 45th president of the United States of America.

What did Trump's Western Wall note say?

We asked, and you answered. Here's how JPost readers weighed in on what could have been written on Donald Trump's Western Wall note.

US President Donald Trump places a note in the stones of the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City May 22, 2017.