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.

DECEMBER 26, 2025|ByJERUSALEM POST PODCASTS

Visitors at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv. October 12, 2025.

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

Everything we know about the release of the Gaza hostages and US President Donald Trump's visit. Times may be updated as the day progresses.

OCTOBER 13, 2025|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

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'

"This is going to be a very special time... Everybody's cheering at one time. That's never happened before... It's an honor to be involved," Trump said ahead of his flight to Israel.

OCTOBER 12, 2025|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

Trump: 'The war in Gaza is over' • Hamas threatens Gazan to not post hostage transfer information • Hospitals prepare for hostage arrival • New dialogue for new peace agreements, says Barnea

OCTOBER 12, 2025|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israel works to legalize West Bank outposts before Trump arrival

Trump is expected to ask Netanyahu to curb settlement activity...

MAY 22, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF

BETWEEN BILLS to annex illegal outposts and overlooking the rulings of the Supreme Court, the government has sought unilateral solutions to a complex conflict

Will Trump enter religious tug-of-war in trip to Holy Sepulchre?

The US president has to navigate a religious minefield in his visit of the holy site.

MAY 22, 2017BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

Christian worshippers in Israel surround the Edicule as they take part in a Sunday Easter mass procession in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City

Analysis: Why a Netanyahu-Trump photo-op at the Western Wall matters

Trump’s trip comes as the issue of Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem in general and the Old City specifically has been hotly contested by the international community.

MAY 22, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF

Fireworks over Jerusalem's Old City May 21, 2017

Comment: Say ‘yes’ to deal

A successful Trump visit should deal with the larger picture.

MAY 22, 2017BySALLAI MERIDOR

Netanyahu ahead of Trump visit: Israel didn’t occupy Jerusalem, we liberated it

In Saudi Arabia, Trump spoke with Saudi King Salman about the peace process.

MAY 22, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF

Trump to take helicopter from Ben-Gurion to Jerusalem’s First Station

Streets in capital to be temporarily closed until visit concludes • Light rail service slightly altered.

MAY 21, 2017ByDANIEL K. EISENBUD

Trump in Jerusalem

Jerusalem, the capital of the Jewish state, is united as it has never been before in human history. This fact is obvious to anyone with the integrity to acknowledge it.

MAY 21, 2017ByJPOST EDITORIAL

President Donald Trump addresses the graduating class of the US Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut.

Jerusalem welcomes Trump

In President Trump’s worldview, Israel is attacked because it is a Jewish state, and America was and continues to be attacked because it is a Christian nation.

MAY 21, 2017ByMIKE EVANS