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مزال المعلم

In Tel Aviv, reporting on politics

Large billboards bearing the flags of the US and Israel with a message in support of US presidential candidate Donald Trump, hang against buildings in Tel Aviv on October 30, 2024. An opinion poll conducted in September by Mitvim, the Israel Institute for Regional Foreign Policies, said 68 percent of Israelis see Trump as the candidate who will best serve Israel's interests. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

ما وراء القدس.. ما وراء احتضان إسرائيل لدونالد ترامب؟

Mazal Mualem

In Tel Aviv, reporting on politics

Pictures of slain al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh hang on the facade of the building housing the television station's office in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, after Israel issued a 45-day closure order on September 22, 2024. Al Jazeera reported on September 22 that Israeli troops had raided its Ramallah bureau and informed journalists for the Doha-based network in the occupied West Bank to shutter operations. (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP) (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

بعد إغلاق مكتب الجزيرة.. ما هو المستقبل لحرية الصحافة في إسرائيل؟

Mazal Mualem

In Tel Aviv, reporting on politics

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a traditional government group photo shoot at the president's house, Jerusalem, December 29, 2022.

Analysis

"الناجي الأبدي": أوضحت أرقام استطلاعات الرأي المرتفعة لنتنياهو في إسرائيل

Mazal Mualem

In Tel Aviv, reporting on politics

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 24: Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu leaves 10, Downing Street after meeting Britain's Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, on March 24, 2023 in London, England. Benjamin Netanyahu visits London against a backdrop of unrest at home. Protest are being held weekly across Israel against legislation neing pushed through the Knesset by his government to restain the judiciary. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Analysis

لا يمكن استبعاده: نتنياهو وحلفاؤه يحققون نتائج كبيرة في الانتخابات البلدية الإسرائيلية

Mazal Mualem

In Tel Aviv, reporting on politics

Israeli right wing activists block the exit of Ashdod port to stop trucks they claim are carrying humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip, in the coastal city of Ashdod, on February 1, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by Oren ZIV / AFP) (Photo by OREN ZIV/AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

اليمين المتطرف الإسرائيلي يدعو إلى عودة المستوطنين إلى غزة

Mazal Mualem

In Tel Aviv, reporting on politics

المستوطنون الإسرائليون وأمنهم الوهمي

Mazal Mualem

In Tel Aviv, reporting on politics

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech in his Jerusalem office December 28, 2016. REUTERS/Baz Ratner TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTX2WRPD

هل ترامب هو فعلاً "الرئيس الحلم" بالنسبة إلى نتنياهو؟

Mazal Mualem

In Tel Aviv, reporting on politics

Ayelet Shaked, Israel's new Justice Minister of the far-right Jewish Home party, speaks during a ceremony at the Justice Ministry in Jerusalem May 17, 2015. Shaked said on Sunday she would seek a new balance that would rein in the powers of the Supreme Court over parliament and the government, a policy critics fear would restrict judicial oversight. REUTERS/Gali Tibbon/Pool - RTX1DBE4

هل تزيد ديموقراطية إسرائيل إن زادت يهوديتها؟

Mazal Mualem

In Tel Aviv, reporting on politics

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men walk behind Israeli soldiers at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City February 22, 2012. The Israeli Defence Force (IDF) has always been a 'Jewish' army. Its rations are kosher, its chaplains are rabbis, and it operates - with the exception of wartime - around the festival calendar. It has never drafted soldiers from Israel's 20-percent Arab minority. But its Jewish identity has always been more cultural than religious. IDF personnel data suggests

سلسلة فضائح تهزّ الصهيونية الإسرائيلية المتشددة

Mazal Mualem

In Tel Aviv, reporting on politics

Ultra-Orthodox Jews take part in a protest against the operation of an Intel plant on the Jewish Sabbath in Jerusalem November 14, 2009. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (JERUSALEM BUSINESS CONFLICT RELIGION) - RTXQPS3

خطّة إسرائيل لمنع عمالقة التّكنولوجيا من الهرب

Mazal Mualem

In Tel Aviv, reporting on politics

Windows of the terminal at Brussels national airport are seen broken during a ceremony following bomb attacks in Brussels metro and Belgium's National airport of Zaventem, Belgium, March 23, 2016. REUTERS/Frederic Sierakowski/Pool - RTSBXL3

استغلال السّياسيّين الإسرائيليّين لهجمات بروكسل

Mazal Mualem

In Tel Aviv, reporting on politics

Bibi's Casino: the initiative and the spin

Mazal Mualem

In Tel Aviv, reporting on politics