The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office responded to questions surrounding the delay in the start of the Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony, attributing it to a temporary hold placed on the Prime Minister’s convoy due to a security issue.
“The Prime Minister’s motorcade was delayed this evening for a short time before arriving at the Holocaust Memorial Day opening ceremony due to a demand by security officials, due to a concern that an unidentified drone was in the area. When the concern was ruled out, the motorcade continued on its way,” the Prime Minister’s Office stated.

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Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas delivered an address on Wednesday as he convened the 32nd session of the Palestinian Central Council in Ramallah.
During his remarks, Abbas laid out his strategy for what he described as the “day after” the war in Gaza. Central to his proposal was the reestablishment of the Palestinian Authority’s administrative control over the Gaza Strip, replacing Hamas as the ruling entity.

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At the official ceremony launching Holocaust Remembrance Day, Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu made a firm commitment that Israel would not cease its battle against Hamas until the group is entirely eliminated.
“We will destroy the Hamas monsters who perpetrated the cruelest massacre since the Holocaust. There will not be an Islamic califate, not in the south, not in the north, and not in Judea and Samaria,” Netanyahu declared during his address.
He emphasized that military operations against Hamas would press on relentlessly. “The military pressure on Hamas will continue. We will bring back all the hostages. We will defeat Hamas and deny Iran nuclear weapons.”

Jake Sullivan didn’t mince words when speaking about President Trump’s leadership in the early days of his second term, branding it an “unadulterated disaster” during a recent interview.
Speaking on the “MeidasTouch” podcast, Sullivan—who was a top official in the Biden administration—criticized Trump’s approach to global leadership. “And it’s not just about the policy. It’s that President Trump and his team have gone at the core American advantages in the world and systematically tried to dismantle them,” he said.

Security spending at many U.S. Jewish schools has surged dramatically in the wake of Hamas’s October 2023 attack on Israel, according to a new study by the Orthodox Union’s Teach Coalition. The study, based on data from 63 member schools across Florida, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, found that average school security spending rose 84% from the 2022–2023 school year to the current one. Schools now spend an average of $339,297, up from $184,228. Per-student costs also jumped from $445 to $807. In New York, security expenditures nearly doubled, with the average school spending $569,789—a 99% increase—and per-pupil spending climbing 102%. Security guards accounted for 69% of security budgets, followed by building upgrades and new equipment like radios and cameras.