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Donald Trump spoke to the media on Sunday and conveyed confidence that a resolution involving a Gaza ceasefire and a hostage release agreement could be within reach soon.“We are holding talks regarding Gaza, and I am hopeful that we will sort it out in the coming week,” he said.
That same day, Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu responded to accusations surrounding the ongoing negotiations over hostages still being held in Gaza. Facing criticism from various media outlets, Netanyahu pushed back strongly against the narrative that Israel is refusing to accept an agreement, stating, “They always echo Hamas propaganda, but they are always wrong. We accepted the deal, the Witkoff deal, and then the version proposed by the mediators. We accepted it, Hamas rejected it.”

Ehud Olmert has condemned Israel’s proposed initiative to relocate Palestinians within Gaza into what officials have referred to as a “humanitarian city,” asserting that the project mirrors the characteristics of a concentration camp.
“It is a concentration camp. I am sorry,” Olmert stated during an interview with the British newspaper The Guardian, as he addressed the controversial plan introduced by Defense Minister Yisroel Katz last week.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams unleashed criticism on Sunday against Andrew Cuomo’s decision to run for mayor as an independent, warning that the move is “wasting time and dividing voters” while inadvertently helping socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani.
Speaking at the Bolivian Day Parade in Queens, Adams, who himself is running as an independent, blasted Cuomo’s refusal to bow out, framing it as a self-serving distraction. He pointed out that Mamdani already defeated Cuomo in the Democratic primary, a race Adams had skipped by running outside the party system.
“I didn’t lose in the primary,” Adams emphasized, referencing Mamdani’s unexpected victory over Cuomo last month.

Forget sunny Florida. A bold new digital billboard launching Monday in the heart of Times Square is telling New Yorkers to pack their bags and head for Ohio — to escape socialist mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani, the NY Post reports.
The high-profile ad is being funded by “Vivek Super PAC — Victors, not Victims,” a political action committee backing Vivek Ramaswamy’s Republican bid for governor in Ohio.
With a $50,000 media buy in one of the world’s busiest intersections, the ad aims to draw a sharp contrast between Ramaswamy, 39, and Mamdani, 33 — two Indian-American politicians on opposite ends of the ideological spectrum, both of whom have gained rapid prominence in their respective political parties.

Democrat socialist Senator Bernie Sanders has launched a scathing attack on AIPAC, urging members of his party to sever all ties with the influential pro-Israel lobbying group.
“No Democrat should accept money from AIPAC,” Sanders declared in a post on X/Twitter.
He further asserted, “Given the illegal and immoral war being waged against the Palestinian people by Netanyahu, NO Democrat should accept money from AIPAC — an organization that also helped deliver the presidency to Donald Trump.”

Channel 12 is reporting that Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu has given his word to Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich that Israel will resume military operations in Gaza once the proposed 60-day truce with Hamas concludes. The temporary ceasefire is currently being negotiated in Doha.
“After the pause, we will transfer the population in the Strip southward and impose a siege [on northern Gaza],” Netanyahu reportedly said to Smotrich, who has been pressing for explicit commitments that the campaign against Hamas will restart immediately after the ceasefire ends.

As political tensions intensify over the delayed legislation on the draft law, reports emerged Sunday evening that Shas party leader Aryeh Deri has informed his inner circle that the party is preparing to leave the coalition “within a few days.”
According to a report on Kan 11, Deri conveyed to senior Shas officials that the party intends to exit the government alongside United Torah Judaism and attempt to pass the draft legislation from the opposition. Deri emphasized that, at least in the initial stage, the parties will not push for the dissolution of the Knesset.