Israel won’t launch Iran strike unless US negotiations fail — Axios

The Jerusalem Post reports: “Israel assured the White House it won’t launch an attack against Iran’s nuclear facilities unless US President Donald Trump signals that negotiations with Iran have failed, two Israeli officials told Axios on […]

Iran orders thousands of tons of ballistic missile ingredients from China — WSJ

The Jerusalem Post reports: “Iran has ordered thousands of tons of ballistic missile ingredients from China as part of an effort to rebuild its military capabilities while navigating ongoing nuclear talks with the United States, […]

Defense Minister: ‘There will be no quiet in Beirut without security for Israel’

Israel National News reports: “Defense Minister Israel Katz responded on Friday to Lebanese President Joseph Aoun’s condemnation of Israeli airstrikes on Hezbollah targets in Beirut’s Dahiya neighborhood, asserting that peace in Beirut is contingent upon […]

CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH

• Canadian Minister Calls for Removal of ‘Savior’ from Core Christian Beliefs

THE RELIGION OF PEACE?

• “Islamonazis”? No, the Nazis were Islam lite
• Iran executed at least 975 people in 2024 in ‘horrifying escalation,’ rights groups say
• Taliban continues corporal punishment, flogging 20 Afghans over alleged adultery
• Jihadists Behead 70 Christians in DR Congo Church
• Syrian Refugee Suspected in ‘Allahu Akbar’ Mass Stabbing in Austria that left Five Injured and 14-Year-Old Dead
• Car drives into crowd in Munich, at least 20 wounded
• Swedish police describe ‘inferno’ at scene of mass shooting

THE END OF HAMAS?

• U.N. Condemns Gruesome Palestinian Child Coffin Parade Handing over Dead Hostages
• Netanyahu pledges Hamas ‘pay full price’ for failing to return Shiri Bibas
• Hamas official: 6 hostages could be freed this week, depending on ‘price Israel pays’
• Hamas’s ‘kinocide’: A new crime against humanity revealed
• Rubio: Hamas ‘must be eradicated’
• US: Hamas ‘going to face total annihilation’
• Netanyahu at officers’ graduation: ‘We will defeat the monster, Hamas will not rule Gaza’
• Netanyahu’s ultimatum to Hamas: IDF will return to fighting
• Israel Katz warns Hamas: If we restart Gaza war, it will be different
• US approves sale of $7.4 bn in bombs, missiles to Israel

NEWS FROM ISRAEL

• Top Iranian general warns Tehran will strike Israel again at ‘appropriate time’
• Houthi leader threatens Israel: ‘We’ll return to attacks’
• Hezbollah chief says Lebanon must ensure Israeli withdrawal
• Israel Ganz: ‘The Palestinian vision is over, Israel must apply sovereignty’
• Netanyahu says Israel won’t allow Syrian forces ‘south of Damascus’

NEWS FROM IRAN

• Khamenei congratulates Islamic Jihad for ‘victory in Gaza’
• Iran unveils new ballistic missile with range of 1,700 kilometers

CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH

• Atheist Writer Asserts That True Christianity Is the Key to Saving America
• Study: Nearly 400 Million Christians Persecuted Globally, Islamism and Communism Main Drivers
• Breitbart Exclusive – Persecution Expert: Christians in Aleppo Could Face ‘Beginning of the End’ Under Jihadi Rule
• Christian in Sudan Loses Wife, Home for Converting

SUFFER THE CHILDREN

• Two-Year-Old Child Among Dead in Mass Stabbing at German Park, ‘Afghan’ Knifeman Arrested
• Shock in Guatemala: Cult leaders order mothers to starve children

NEVER AGAIN?

• Auschwitz survivors and world leaders mark 80 years since Nazi death camp’s liberation
• Most people believe a genocide of Jews could happen today, multi-country survey finds
• Hundreds chant for ‘intifada’ at New Year’s Day protest in NYC’s Times Square
• Mass. man arrested for incitement to shoot synagogue worshippers, threats to rape Jewish women
• ‘Israel must go’: Israeli attacked in Berlin over Israeli-Palestinian peace pin – report
• Syria’s new curriculum: Jews are ‘damned and have gone astray’

A PALESTINIAN STATE?

• Gaza Strip is part of the ‘State of Palestine,’ PA’s top envoy tells UN Security Council
• Abbas asks Trump for assistance in establishing a Palestinian state