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Turkish flotilla to reach Israel in 48 hours, Netanyahu to meet with defense officials

An Israeli official told the Post that Netanyahu held a preliminary security consultation on the matter on Sunday.

|ByAMICHAI STEIN
People raise V-signs and take photos from a boat decorated with Palestinian flags as another vessel displaying solidarity signs sails past near the port in Marmaris, Turkey, on May 14, 2026.
JONATHAN POLLARD, photographed this week in his Jerusalem home.

Israel’s Right needs renewal after October 7, not loyalty politics or ambiguity - opinion

Israel’s political future after October 7 may depend on rebuilding the right around national purpose instead of loyalty politics.

|BySHMUEL LEGESSE
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on the day he addresses a special session of the Conference on Disarmament at the United Nations, aside of US-Iran talks in Geneva, Switzerland, February 17, 2026

Iran negotiations will only work under sustained maximum pressure - opinion

Iran and its proxies use negotiations to delay, deceive, and advance their strategic goals under the cover of diplomacy.

|ByYARON SCHWARTZ
IDF confirms death of Hamas military chief Izz ad-Din al-Haddad, May 16, 2026.

Hamas's Gaza military chief broke his own rules, allowing IDF to find and kill him

Security officials say Izz ad-Din al-Haddad violated his own rules after months in Gaza’s tunnels, exposing patterns that helped Israeli intelligence close in.

|ByAMIR BOHBOT

Israel’s survival depends on leaders who put nation before self - opinion

History teaches that nations often fracture not because their enemies overpower them, but because their own internal divisions weaken the moral and political foundations that sustain them.

MAY 3, 2026BySHMUEL LEGESSE
Opposition Leader and Head of the Yesh Atid party Yair Lapid and former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speak during a press conference announcing a joint list named “Together” ahead of upcoming elections, to be led by Bennett, in Herzliya, central Israel, April 26, 2026.

Four more UNRWA workers took part in Oct. 7 attacks, tied to Hamas, USAID evidence finds

To date, its investigations have led to the suspension or disbarment of 21 individuals who either participated in the October 7 attacks or had affiliations with Hamas.

MAY 3, 2026ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Palestinian employees of United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) take part in a protest against job cuts by UNRWA, in Gaza City September 19, 2018.

Security cabinet to discuss renewed Gaza fighting after Hamas responds to BoP plan - report

A source familiar with the matter told KAN News that Israel is looking to see concrete steps taken toward the disarmament of Hamas and the installation of the new technocratic government.

MAY 3, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Hamas terrorists gather during a public event in Khan Younis, Gaza, on February 1, 2025.

Hamas completes Gaza voting for general political bureau head, winner to be announced - report

Hamas’s branches in the West Bank and abroad are expected to complete their voting processes and announce a winner next week, Qatari outlet Al-Alraby stated.

MAY 2, 2026ByELI LEON
(L-R:) Senior Hamas officials Khaled Mashaal and Khalil al-Hayya

Global Sumud Flotilla claim detained activist never meant to go to Gaza, was on 'observer boat'

Keshek was on “an observer boat which was never intended to go to Gaza,” the statement read, adding that he was “harshly beaten before being removed and isolated from the rest of the participants.”

MAY 2, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Saif Abu Keshek, a leading member of the PCPA, a front for the Hamas terrorist organization, according to the Foreign Ministry.

Sinking the ‘condom flotilla’: How Israel took control of the Global Sumud Flotilla narrative

Israeli officials conducted a combined operation to neutralize both the Global Sumud Flotilla itself and its explosive potential in the international narrative.

MAY 2, 2026ByANNA BARSKY
Vessels of the Global Sumud Flotilla, which was intercepted on international waters by the Israeli Navy, sail off the city of Ierapetra, on the island of Crete, Greece, May 1, 2026.

Can Bennett become Israel’s Peter Magyar in the fight for democracy? - opinion

Can Naftali Bennett break Netanyahu’s bloc and lead Israel, or is the hope of a Magyar-style political reset in Israel still an illusion?

MAY 1, 2026ByDAN PERRY
Naftali Bennett speaks during a conference at the Reichman University in Herzliya, on January 22, 2026.

BoP denies rumors of Kiryat Gat base closure, says it will establish 'transitional Gaza gov't'

The US military-run center's closing would mark the latest blow to US President Donald Trump's Gaza plan, already undermined by Hamas's refusal to disarm.

MAY 1, 2026ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN, REUTERS
US Army personnel, IDF personnel and others international officials monitor screens displaying maps and imagery of the Gaza Strip during a media tour inside the Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC) on November 20, 2025 in Kiryat Gat, Israel.

Israeli Air Force says it dropped 135,000 bombs in recent wars, warns of Syrian military rebuild

The Israel Air Force dropped 135,000 bombs in recent years of conflict, including 23,860 requested directly by ground forces for immediate support in Gaza and Lebanon.

MAY 1, 2026ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Illustrative Israeli F16s.

Drop the cynicism: Bennett, Lapid's merger represents Israel's search for unity - opinion

The Bennett–Lapid alliance highlights Israel’s fixation on politics over policy, and the need for a reset.

MAY 1, 2026ByYAAKOV KATZ
Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett have formed a party Together. What this merger represents – regardless of the intent – is something Israeli politics has been missing for far too long – the possibility of unity, the writer notes.