It's 10 p.m. on Sunday, May 11th here in New York City, it's 5 a.m. on Monday, May 12th in Israel,

as Israelis get ready to begin a new day.

A lot is happening and it's happening fast.

So instead of taping today, Sunday and releasing Monday morning as we usually do,

we will be taping the Davayel and Amit Segel on Monday morning and releasing the episode later in the day.

In the meantime, in case you haven't caught up yet,

here's a quick update on the events that took place this weekend. Following direct talks with the U.S. administration, Hamas announced that tomorrow Monday, it will release the Israeli-American

hostage, Idan Alexander, unconditionally, as a show of goodwill to U.S. President Donald Trump.

In this statement, Hamas said it is prepared to enter intensified negotiations with the U.S.

aimed at reaching a hostage deal that ends the war, enabling Gaza to be administered by an

independent professional authority. A source close to the Israeli government has said

the release of Alexander is a result of military pressure, increased military pressure by the IDF.

Tomorrow, Monday, President Trump will embark on what was intended to be the first trip of his

second administration. Now it's the second trip because of the

trip to Rome for the Pope's funeral, but this trip will be a tour of the Middle East, leading to a

summit with leaders of Gulf states, which is anticipated to result in large-scale investments in the

U.S. economy and trade and tech deals. This comes, of course, during Israel's planning to intensify

the war in Gaza and against the backdrop of negotiations with Iran on its nuclear program.

Israel will not be playing a role in this summit, and it has been reported that during the summit,

Trump will be meeting with leaders from elsewhere in the Middle East, to include from Lebanon

and Syria and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

In recent weeks, there have been reports that the relationship between Trump and Netanyahu

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