The President of Venezuela in rare praise for the IDF rescue team:

I would like to inform you that yesterday we received a very professional and skilled group from Israel, which arrived following a connection established through the Jewish community in Venezuela. I would like to thank Rabbi Cohen for all the coordination that enabled us to establish contact with the Government of Israel and to bring here, at this moment, a team of experts that has begun implementing the protocol for initiating the infrastructure rehabilitation process and assessing the state of the infrastructure.

And most importantly, this is a team of specialists capable of determining whether there are living people in a certain location, or whether there are casualties who need to be recovered, even before any other infrastructure rehabilitation process can begin.

I thank them for that. They have already held meetings with authorities in Venezuela. >

Israel slams Turkish FM for inciting “genocide”

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said he was “sickened” after hearing his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan, tell CNN Türk that Israel has become “a burden humanity can no longer bear.”

Wrote Sa’ar:

“Dehumanizing the Jewish people as an ‘unbearable burden’ is the classic, horrific language of history’s worst eliminationist regimes.

“The civilized world and Turkey’s NATO allies must unequivocally condemn this explicit call for the erasure of Israel.”

In the interview, Fidan stated: “Israel is not only a problem for Turkey; it has become a problem for the entire world.”

Frustration is mounting in Israel as US President Donald Trump continues to paint the regime of Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as a reliable ally, even as that regime grows increasingly hostile toward the Jewish state.

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Iranian Commander-in-Chief Amir Hatami vows the Islamic Republic will avenge Israel's slaying of former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

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May our prayers be answered 🇮🇱🙏

Trump Expected to Visit Erdoğan and Announce F-35 Deal

President Trump is expected to travel to Turkey next week and may announce a major defense deal with President Erdoğan, hinting at a "big bag of gifts" that could include F-35 fighter jets.

Speaking Saturday to Axios, President Trump stated that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “knows who the boss is,” referring to himself, while adding that Bibi has asked him for a meeting at the White House, which could take place as soon as after next week’s NATO Summit.

The Knesset is illuminated in the colors of the United States in honor of its 250th Independence Day.

🇮🇱 Spokesperson of the Israeli Army:
Yesterday (Friday), forces from the "Duvdevan" unit, in coordination with the Shin Bet (Israeli Security Agency), arrested eight individuals in the area of the village of Muqamas. These individuals are suspected of tracking and planning an attack on Israeli citizens who had entered the village yesterday.
The detainees have been handed over to security forces.

🇮🇱🪖 The video you are watching was taken during yesterday's operation using cameras attached to the bodies of soldiers.

🇺🇸 Trump:
"It's incomprehensible to me how a Jewish person can vote for the Democratic Party.
I have been the best president in the history of Israel, and they themselves acknowledge this."

🇺🇸 Trump:
"We destroyed Iran's radars. They didn't have any radars anymore, and they still don't.
Just a few nights ago, we destroyed it again. They had installed a new, good radar, everything was ready, but we destroyed it too."

Destruction of terrorist buildings in southern Lebanon by the Israeli army.

Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel:

Today, the United States celebrates 250 years of independence, 250 years of freedom, and 250 years of defending freedom.

On behalf of the people of Israel, I wish you all a happy and joyous Independence Day.

Perhaps we live on different continents, but there is a strong bond between us. Because we share a common destiny. We know that freedom is never cheap. It must be constantly paid for. It must be constantly defended.

America has been the greatest force for freedom in the modern world. Israel is proud to stand with all of you. Because our alliance is not only based on shared interests, but also on shared values.

Today, these values are under attack. The tyrants and despots we face are shouting "Death to America" and "Death to Israel." They think freedom is weak. They think democracies are weak. They are wrong about our two democracies.

Because when America and Israel stand together, freedom becomes stronger. We defend freedom together.