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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L), Defence Minister Yoav Gallant (C) and Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz hold a press conference in the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv on October 28, 2023. Abir SULTAN / AFP

Israel's war cabinet gets tough on Netanyahu

Gallant finally addresses a long-evident truth: Netanyahu is the main obstacle to Israel's victory against Hamas. Meanwhile, Gantz gives him a deadline to state his 'day after' plan for Gaza.

Michael Horowitz 20 May 2024
Rob Carter

Benjamin Netanyahu: A champion of or detriment to Israel's security?

Netanyahu's uncompromising approach to tackling both Iran and Hamas militants in Gaza hasn't won him many friends on the world stage. Meanwhile, Israelis at home blame him for 7 October.

Con Coughlin 12 May 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a press conference after a mini-war cabinet meeting on October 28, 2023. Reuters

Why an Israel-Iran war is a lifeline for Netanyahu

An isolated leader who faced widespread criticism a week ago now has the backing of the West and has deflected global attention from Gaza

Mairav Zonszein 16 April 2024
US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield votes abstain during a vote on a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza during a United Nations Security Council meeting on 25 March, 2024. AFP

Why the US abstention in Gaza ceasefire vote matters

While critics say the move was only for optics and doesn't signal a shift in US support for Israel, it is yet another sign of its increasing global isolation

Con Coughlin 01 April 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands at an overview of the Israeli settlement of Har Homa (background) on February 20, 2020. AFP

Netanyahu centres reelection bid on burying two-state solution

As his popularity plummets, Netanyahu wants to portray himself as the only figure who can fend off growing US pressure to return to peace track.

Michael Horowitz 25 January 2024
As the scale of Israel’s destruction of Gaza deepens, action in Iran and Lebanon increases the risk of the conflict widening at the behest of a desperate Netanyahu. Sebastien Thibault

Is Netanyahu trying to expand the Gaza war to prolong his rule?

As the scale of Israel's destruction of Gaza deepens, action in Iran and Lebanon increases the risk of the conflict widening at the behest of a desperate Netanyahu

Omer Onhon 07 January 2024
A nation with religious foundations is fighting to save secular democratic norms. Its polarised politics are now deterring people from military service. Al Majalla explains. Majalla/Agencies

October war anniversary renews debate in Israel over army protests

A nation with religious foundations is fighting to save secular democratic norms. Its polarised politics are now deterring people from military service. Al Majalla explains.

Majed Kayali 01 October 2023
At its core, Netanyahuism is the aspiration to exercise complete control over what Netanyahu refers to as "the land of Israel" and prevent any establishment of a Palestinian state. Sebastien Thibault

Israel’s ‘Netanyahuism’ runs deeper than judicial reform

At its core, Netanyahuism is the aspiration to exercise complete control over what Netanyahu refers to as "the land of Israel" and prevent any establishment of a Palestinian state

Asaad Ghanem 24 June 2023
Protesters with placards of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu with Hebrew slogan 'We will not forget, we will not forgive' during a march against government's justice system reform plans in Tel Aviv, Israel, 25 March 2023. EPA

Are Israeli protests really about democracy?

Netanyahu's attempt to curb Supreme Court powers and the ensuing backlash by Israelis is a microcosm of the larger picture of Israel's inherent contradictions

Majed Kayali 15 April 2023

Third Time Unlucky: Hung Parliament Persists in Israel

On March 2, 2020 Israel held its third election in almost 12 months, as a political deadlock that prevented both Netanyahu’s Likud Party and Benny Gantz’s Blue and White Alliance from forming a…

Ali El Shamy 06 March 2020
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Back to Qandil: PKK fighters finally leaving Syria

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More than 40 years after PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan began building networks of trained operatives in Syria's north-east to infiltrate Türkiye, they have been sent packing

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Bigger than Maduro: Trump’s real designs on Latin America

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The benefits and flaws of child social media bans

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Whether to legislate against Under-16s accessing a big part of contemporary society is a complex question involving law, technology, privacy, rights, and the nature of a child's development

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