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Hamas defies Trump—will the West finally take action?

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“Our Middle East” offers a rare insider’s view of the region’s shifting politics, power plays and partnerships. Hosted by Dan Diker, president of the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, and Khaled Abu Toameh, veteran Arab-Israeli journalist, senior fellow at the JCFA and at the Gatestone Institute, the show brings together two voices with unmatched access and experience. From Jerusalem to Amman, and Gaza to Riyadh, Diker and Abu Toameh go beyond the headlines to explain what’s really driving events in Israel and the wider Middle East—from diplomacy and security to media narratives and regional reform.

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This week, Dan Diker and Khaled Abu Toameh argue that the UN-driven, internationally managed “Trump 20-point plan” is constraining Israel while Hamas exploits the ceasefire to rearm, regroup and entrench control in Gaza.

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Dan Diker is president of the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs and the longtime director of its Counter-Political Warfare Project.
Khaled Abu Toameh is an award winning Arab and Palestinian Affairs journalist formerly with The Jerusalem Post. He is Senior Distinguished Fellow at the Gatestone Institute and a Fellow of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.
Israel Airports Authority confirmed that the planes were empty and no injuries were reported.

The victims suffered light blast wounds and were listed in good condition at Beilinson Hospital.
The IDF said that the the Al-Amana Fuel Company sites generate millions of dollars a year for the Iranian-backed terror group.
A U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission fact sheet says that the two countries are working to “undermine the U.S.-led global order.”
“Opining on world affairs is not the job of a teachers’ union,” said Mika Hackner, director of research at the North American Values Institute.

“We’re launching a campaign to show the difference in the attitude towards Israel and towards Iran,” Daniel Meron, the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, told JNS.