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HANNAH SARISOHN

Hannah Sarisohn is The Jerusalem Post's US-based correspondent. Based in New York, she spent five years working for CNN.
US-Präsident Donald Trump im Weißen Haus in Washington, USA, 5. Februar 2025.

Trump „entsetzt“ über Rückgabe der Bibas-Kinder, sagt Sicherheitsberater Mike Waltz

Waltz sagte, die Übergabe der Leichen der Bibas-Kinder ohne ihre Mutter Shiri zeige, aus was für verachtenswerten Menschen die Hamas bestehe und warum sie Gaza niemals regieren dürften.

APRIL 11, 2025
STEVE WITKOFF delivers an address at the presidential inaugural parade in Washington on January 20. He deserves congratulations from all of us in Israel on successfully completing a hostage-ceasefire deal before starting his role as Middle East envoy for US President Donald Trump, says the writer.

Witkoff may travel to Middle East on Sunday if resumed ceasefire talks 'go positively'

Witkoff acknowledged that, at this point, he is unsure how the negotiations will achieve the Israeli and US redline of Hamas having no role in Gaza's governing structure.

FEBRUARY 26, 2025
Yael Alexander, mother of hostage Edan Alexander, at the address to the press at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv.

Edan Alexander's mom says Trump understands how to get hostage deal done

The Alexander family has resisted calling the part of the deal that would bring Edan, part of the Golani Brigade’s 51st Battalion, home along with other captive soldiers as 'phase two.'

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Lapid's post-war plan leaves Egypt in charge of Gaza for 15 years

'Gaza will be rehabilitated, and conditions for self-governance will be created,' Lapid said.

FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Yair Lapid addressing the Foundation for Defense of Democracies conference in Washington, February 25, 2025.

Israel mourns Bibas family, Oded Lifshitz at UN

"As we stand here today, a hole has been torn in the heart of the Jewish people, a wound that will never heal, a hole that will never be forgotten," said Danny Danon.

FEBRUARY 24, 2025
CANDLES ARE lit in memory of Oded Lifshitz, Shiri Bibas, and her children, Ariel and Kfir, in Kiryat Gat, this past Saturday night. Shiva is not only an acknowledgment of loss; it is also a structured path back to life, says the writer.

Trump 'horrified' by return of Bibas children, Security Advisor Mike Waltz says

Waltz said that Hamas's return of the Bibas children's bodies, without their mother Shiri, shows what despicable people Hamas are and why they can never be allowed to run Gaza.

FEBRUARY 21, 2025
US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, US. February 5, 2025.

Trump's security advisor touts hostage release, plan for 'hellhole' Gaza

National Security Advisor Mike Waltz highlights hostage returns, tells press briefing former approach led to 'better deals for perpetrators'

FEBRUARY 20, 2025
US REP. Mike Waltz speaks at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, in July. He has been appointed by president-elect Donald Trump as national security advisor, and has vowed ‘a strong response’ to the ICC’s arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant, the writer notes.

'We got to finish the process,' Vance says of hostage release at CPAC

President Trump "loves" the hostage families and has not forgotten their loved ones, Vice President JD Vance said at CPAC in Maryland.

FEBRUARY 20, 2025
US Vice President JD Vance addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, US, February 20, 2025

Edan Alexander’s family: ‘No communication from Netanyahu’s office’

Hostage Edan Alexander’s family urges action as they await proof of life.

FEBRUARY 19, 2025
EDAN ALEXANDER, a bright 19-year-old from New Jersey, was taken hostage while serving in the IDF.

Majority of Democrats urge Trump to retract claims to 'own' Gaza

The US cannot promote forced displacement as a solution to the Israel-Hamas war, the Democrats continued. 

FEBRUARY 13, 2025
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump speaks as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on in the Oval Office of the White House on Tuesday. There is a method to Trump’s seeming madness, the writer maintains.

Hostage families praise Trump on Capitol Hill, call to free remaining captives

"Among them, six Americans. Six Americans that need to come home," father of deceased American hostage Omer Neutra said. "All the hostages need to come home." 

FEBRUARY 12, 2025
Ilana Gritzewsky, Moshe Lavi, Daniel Lifshitz, Gal Dalal and Ilay David attend a House Foreign Affairs Committee roundtable discussion with family members of hostages held in Gaza, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 12, 2025.

Hostage families, former hostage to participate in Wednesday roundtable on Capitol Hill 

Wednesday's roundtable marks the Neutra's first since learning the fate of their son. 

FEBRUARY 11, 2025
The U.S. Capitol, pictured during afternoon hours ahead of U.S. President Joe Biden's State of The Union Address on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 7, 2024.

Trump Admin's Gaza playbook rolling out as predicted - analysis

Trump doubles down on his Gaza ‘real estate’ vision while Rubio challenges regional leaders to step up with their own solutions.

FEBRUARY 10, 2025
A billboard bearing a portrait of US President Donald Trump with a slogan, displayed by the Coalition for Regional Security group on the facade of a hotel building in Tel Aviv, on February 5, 2025.