Benjamin 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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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