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Former hostages decry return to war as Netanyahu says further talks will happen only ‘under fire’

“The military pressure endangers the hostages while an agreement brings them home,” said Yarden Bibas.

Freed Israeli hostages Aviva Siegel, Keith Siegel, Yarden Bibas, Yair Horn, Yocheved Lifshitz and Sasha Trufanov hold a protest calling for the end of the war and the release of the remaining Israeli hostages held captive in Gaza in Tel Aviv's Hostages Square, March 18, 2025. (Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP via Getty Images)
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Before Nita Lowey died, Trump’s DOGE eviscerated the $250M Middle East peace fund named for her
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Gal Gadot unveils star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, becoming first Israeli actor honored there
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ADL confirms that CEO Jonathan Greenblatt backed out of Israeli antisemitism conference
ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt speaks onstage at ADL's Never Is Now conference on March 3, 2025 in New York City. (Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)
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Taboonia, a new Israeli Druze restaurant in NYC, is run by a Nova music festival survivor

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Smoke rises during Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on October 31, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
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