Feature 50,000 Israeli expats fly home to vote in potential boon to Netanyahu rivals Israel prohibits voting from abroad with limited exceptions, and Israelis who spoke to Al-Monitor said they are especially motivated to fly home this year. By Adam Lucente In New York City, reporting on regional news, militancy, climate change
Analysis How Israel opposition infighting is boosting Netanyahu days before election Discord within the opposition, including its reluctance to name a single candidate for prime minister ahead of the Oct. 27 election, is working in Netanyahu’s favor. By Mazal Mualem In Tel Aviv, reporting on politics
In first, Israel’s Netanyahu says he held call with Syria’s Ahmed al-Sharaa It is the first publicly disclosed contact between the leaders of Israel and Syria, which lack formal relations and have fought several wars. Sharaa’s government began US-mediated talks with Israel in 2025. Syria
Sisi says Egypt has no ‘territorial ambitions’ after Israel’s Smotrich threatens Sinai The Egyptian president’s remarks follow a warning from Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich that Israel would seize the Sinai Peninsula if Egypt attacks. Egypt
Exclusive Rights, faith groups urge Congress to block $2.8B bomb sale to Israel By Elizabeth Hagedorn In Washington, DC, reporting on diplomacy, regional politics, human rights
US return to UNESCO leaves Israel in awkward spot After member states of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization agreed to take the United States back into the agency's fold, Israel is finding itself on its own. Israel
UNESCO votes in favor of readmitting US, Israel still out Convening for an extraordinary session, the members of UNESCO voted by a large majority for the United States to rejoin the organization. Israel
Former US envoy to Israel Dan Shapiro named Abraham Accords adviser Shapiro's appointment to the newly created position comes as the Biden administration seeks to boost Israel's ties in the Arab world, particularly with Saudi Arabia. Israel
Blinken: US warned Israel that West Bank tensions could undermine Saudi normalization Secretary of State Antony Blinken said it would be tough, if not impossible, to deepen and expand the Abraham Accords if the violence continues in the West Bank. Israel
European Parliament committee calls to prosecute Israel for war crimes The Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament hopes to get the plenum to approve a resolution encouraging the International Court to charge Israel with war crimes. Israel
Syria, Palestine, Yemen biggest violators of child soldier recruits: UN The report coincides with renewed Russian airstrikes in Syria’s last rebel stronghold of Idlib in the northwest. Syria
UNESCO chief says door open for Israel to come back The United States is in the process of rejoining UNESCO after leaving it six years ago, while Israel currently has no intention to once again follow suit. Israel
Analysis US delivers 'tough talk' to Israeli officials over West Bank escalation The Israeli government has been warned that the Biden administration won’t stand idly by while settlers attack West Bank Palestinians. By Ben Caspit In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense
Israel's Herzog calls Abbas, condemns settler violence against Palestinians Speaking on the phone with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli President Isaac Herzog slammed the violent rampage of settlers in recent days in several Palestinian villages. Israel
US 'deeply troubled' by Israeli settlement plan The reported plan for thousands of new settlement units comes amid an uptick in Palestinian-Israeli violence in the West Bank. Israel
Israel approves expansion of Eli settlement in West Bank despite US warnings Plans for the construction of over 5,000 housing units in settlements across the West Bank are moving forward. Israel
