Muntaser Abbasi was fired uploading quotes from the Quran to his WhatsApp status - which the judge ruled 'can only be understood as expressing sympathy for terrorism'

Hamas sources: As condition for deal, need guarantees Israel won't continue fighting in coming months ■ Gaza sea pier for aid deliveries to be ready in a week, Blinken says ■ Top UN court rejects request for Germany to halt military aid to Israel ■ Columbia University will expel student anti-Israel protesters occupying main campus building

Opponents of the Israeli government, at home and abroad, are wedded to the contention that Netanyahu is the root cause of everything that's wrong, from undermining democracy to October 7 and Gaza, and removing him would be a panacea to Israel's woes. That claim, ironically, gives him too much credit

The proposal details that 33 hostages would be released in the first phase of a deal in exchange for a full IDF retreat from most of Gaza and the release of Palestinian prisoners. A plan to rebuild Gaza would be implemented in the final phase

Even if International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan hasn't yet issued the warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu and other senior Israelis, the impact can already be seen in Gaza and at the hostage negotiations

Pro-Palestinian protests at U.S. universities are neither Nazi rallies nor Jew-friendly utopias, as partisans declare. But for the American right, they're a perfect foil for a campaign of moral panic which doesn't safeguard Jewish students but does win points from the base – and distracts from the real crisis in Gaza

The airline, which cancelled its flights to Israel until May 2 due to security concerns after Israeli and Iranian attacks, has been extended by one week in order to complete a safety assessment