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.

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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

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.

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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.

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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

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Comment: Trump comes to town

US President Donald Trump touches down in Israel on Monday, and nobody knows what’s going to happen.

MAY 21, 2017ByDAVID BRINN
WHAT DEAL will President Donald Trump try to push when he gets to Israel later this month?

Will Trump visit Bethlehem's Church of Nativity?

Lebanese news outlet says the US president nixed a planned prayer session because of the presence of an exhibit expressing solidarity with Palestinian prisoners.

MAY 21, 2017ByJPOST.COM STAFF
The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem

Yad Vashem to present President Trump with unique personal artifact

A relative of the memento's owner will be in attendance at Donald Trump's visit to Israel's Holocaust memorial, Yad Vashem.

MAY 21, 2017ByTAMARA ZIEVE
Ester and Margot Goldstein

Trump in Saudi Arabia: Where the US president feels right at home

When Trump first thought about running for president in the 1990s, this is probably what he imagined it would be like: Tours, waving, power.

MAY 20, 2017BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (R) presents US President Donald Trump with the Collar of Abdulaziz Al Saud Medal at the Royal Court in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Is Jared Kushner a person of interest in the Trump-Russia investigation?

The reports come at the same time as Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump join US President Donald Trump on his presidential visit to the Middle East.

MAY 20, 2017ByJPOST.COM STAFF
White House Senior Advisor Jared Kushner and former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn.

A TRUMP card badly played

MAY 20, 2017ByJAN VAN MIL
The Jerusalem Post

How Trump can win over Israelis

Perhaps he won’t move the US Embassy, but there is one thing he could do to heal his impression on Israelis.

MAY 20, 2017ByGIL HOFFMAN
Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu meet at the Trump tower

Watch: Ivanka Trump's baby takes his first steps

What a little mensch!

MAY 20, 2017ByARIANE MANDELL
Ivanka Trump helping her son Theodore take his first steps.

Israel pulls out all the stops for Trump visit

Israelis are rolling out the red carpet, literally.

MAY 19, 2017ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump board Air Force One for his first international trip as president, including stops in Saudi Arabia, Israel, the Vatican, Brussels and at the G7 summit in Sicily, from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US May 19, 2017.

Rabbi reportedly lets Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner fly with president on Shabbat

Ivanka Trump, along with her husband Jared Kushner, is joining her father US President Donald Trump on his trip to Israel.

MAY 19, 2017ByJTA
Ivanka Trump and husband Jared Kushner arrive at inauguration ceremonies swearing in Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States.