Israel

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?

Whoever forms the next government, Benjamin Netanyahu's tenure and effect have been such that, on the key issues, there will be little to no diversion from his policy path

There is already speculation that there could be renewed military action against Iran involving Israel and the US once next week's midterm elections are out of the way

Early results suggest the ballot box may prolong the political stalemate rather than end it; the implications of this struggle reach far beyond Israel's borders

With a complex election setup and the deep polarisation that has plagued Israel in recent years, expect prolonged political deadlock

Al Majalla examines this changed landscape—from Israel's domestic political scene to its external ambitions, where it occupies large swathes of new territory in the West Bank, Lebanon and Syria

Its current gratuitously destructive approach will neither eliminate Hezbollah militarily nor empower Lebanese leaders politically to pursue cooperation and peace

From southern Lebanon to the Golan Heights and the West Bank, military invasions and occupation are creating new realities on the ground and pushing Israel’s lines of control beyond their previous…

Now an old man, the Syrian soldier who caught Mossad's man in Damascus in 1965 speaks exclusively to Al Majalla about the famous counter-intelligence operation