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


Settler leaders to greet Trump at airport, say settlements don't block peace

Settler leaders have an important message that they want to convey to US President Donald Trump when he lands in Israel next week.

WHAT DEAL will President Donald Trump try to push when he gets to Israel later this month?

Trump comes to Israel, accompanied by chaos

From the US embassy to the Western Wall to Masada, US President Donald Trump's trip to Israel is definitely not going according to plan.

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

Major Jerusalem traffic disruptions expected during Trump visit

Police operations during the Trump visit focus on the Jerusalem area and Ben-Gurion Airport.

Dizengoff St. traffic

Activists prepare to take on Trump

Protesters are preparing for US President Donald Trump's visit to Israel.

Protest in Tel Aviv against US travel ban on Jan. 29, 2017

Embassy decision coming 'after Trump visit,' US official says

Will Trump keep his campaign promise to move the US embassy to Jerusalem?

President Donald Trump (R) greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a joint news conference at the White House.

US source: Trump will ask Netanyahu to curb West Bank settlement activity

President "has not abandoned the two-state solution," senior White House official says​; Western Wall visit without Israeli officials.​

WHAT DEAL will President Donald Trump try to push when he gets to Israel later this month?

If Trump leaked Israel secrets, why doesn’t Israel seem to care?

When media rely on anonymous sources with unclear or exaggerated access, we are left with more questions than answers.

US President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House

Analysis: Six reasons Trump’s trip appears jinxed

The former president campaigned here in 2008 but didn’t return for another five years, even though Obama visited Israel’s neighbor Egypt in 2009.

Abbas, Trump, Netanyahu