The Israeli parliament has declared that all land 'from the River to the Sea' is Israel's "legal right". With its biblical references, this is not the politics of pragmatism, but of religious texts.
Despite US warnings over settler violence, some Israeli officials have empowered settlers in the West Bank, including Minister Ben Gvir, who provided them with arms.
As Egyptian-brokered cease-fire is announced between Israel and Palestinians in Gaza, just as Majalla was readying for publication, the case of Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood witnesses its residents’…
When states are attacked, authority gravitates towards institutions capable of mobilising resources, enforcing discipline, and coordinating a military response
Cairo and Tehran have been at loggerheads since 1979, but the Iranian threat has always acted as a check on Israeli ambitions. If Iran is completely defeated, Israel will reign supreme.
Even if it stays on the sidelines of the US-Iran war, the country is fragile. Unlike larger economies that can absorb shocks in global markets, it has little room to cushion the impact.