The former army chief is standing against Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel's election in October and is currently polling higher than the prime minister. What Eisenkot has been through may help him
A new axis dividing Khan Younis into eastern and western sections follows others splitting Khan Younis from Rafah, and north Gaza from central Gaza. The strategy is simple: divide and conquer.
Nadav Weiman, executive director of Breaking the Silence, shares a poignant account of his military service in the Israeli army and the profound transformation that followed
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.
It is early morning in the Negev desert, a battalion of soldiers crawls across the desert sand with assault rifles cocked. It’s a routine military exercise, but these are no ordinary combatants -…
Gadi Eisenkot, who may form a government, hails from a Moroccan-Jewish family. Israel's 15 prime ministers have all had European or Russian heritage. Is it time for a change?
The former IRGC general was recently appointed as secretary of the Supreme National Security Council. For the US, the danger is mistaking his prominence for a willingness to deliver concessions
From machines that develop human emotions to societies governed by artificial intelligence, Arab novelists explore the promises and perils of a radically transformed future