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Israeli battle tanks deploy in the village of Zawtar al-Sharqiyah (Eastern Zawtar) in southern Lebanon as pictured from the nearby village of Zawtar al-Gharbiyah (Western Zawtar) on August 2, 2026. Under a US-sponsored agreement signed in June, Lebanon's army is to disarm Hezbollah and the Israeli military is to withdraw from "pilot zones" where Lebanese forces will subsequently deploy. The deal came more than three months after Hezbollah drew Lebanon into the Middle East with rocket fire at Israel in suppo

Israel-Lebanon talks suspended amid escalation, set to resume Thursday

The Israeli delegation asked the American representatives to suspend the direct talks with Lebanon for a few hours over alleged leaks by Beirut.

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Netanyahu’s Gaza double game: Back Trump, reassure Israel’s right

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to both give the impression that Israel retains total freedom of action in Gaza while allowing the Board of Peace to move ahead with President Donald Trump’s peace plan.

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

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What to know about Lebanon-Israel 7th round of talks held in Rome

The US, Israel and Lebanon have sent expanded delegations to the talks, set to continue for three days and expected to focus on security arrangements, border issues and reconstruction.

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Lacking leverage over Trump, Israel stays quiet on US-Iran talks

US President Donald Trump (C) is welcomed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Ben Gurion International Airport on Oct. 13, 2025 in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Rina Bassist

By Rina Bassist

In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs

Analysis

How strike on Damietta port exposes Egypt's energy infrastructure risks

An Egyptian man looks at the Qatari Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) carrier "Duhail" as its passes through the Suez Canal near the Egyptian port city of Ismailia on April 1, 2008. The vessel has a capacity of 210,100 cu.m making it one of the largest LNG carriers constructed to date. AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo credit should read -/AFP via Getty Images)

Samuel Wendel

By Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

Analysis

No Iran commitment, no Trump endorsement: Netanyahu leaves US empty-handed

US President Donald Trump walks to board Marine One on the Ellipse near the White House in Washington, DC, on July 31, 2026. President Trump is traveling to Camp David in Maryland to hold a cabinet meeting and later to Bedminster, New Jersey to spend the weekend at his golf club. (Photo by Oliver Contreras / AFP via Getty Images)

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

Samuel Wendel

Senior Market Research Analyst

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

Adam Lucente

News and Business Correspondent

In New York City, reporting on regional news, militancy, climate change

Jack Dutton

Chief Business Correspondent

In Bristol, reporting on regional business, climate change, AI, tech

Ben Caspit

Israel Columnist

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

Francesco Schiavi

In Bologna, reporting on security, defense, economy, governance

Rina Bassist

Associate Editor (Israel)

In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs

Isaac Herzog, leader of Zionist Union party, attends the swearing-in ceremony of the 20th Knesset, the new Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem March 31, 2015. REUTERS/Heidi Levine/Pool - RTR4VMRF

Liberman's resignation opens door for Herzog

With a narrow coalition of 61 members, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will face constant challenges from his political partners, and may try to persuade the Zionist Camp to join his coalition at a later stage.

Israel's Foreign Minister and head of Yisrael Beitenu party Avigdor Lieberman stands on a hill overlooking the Gaza Strip, as he campaigns in the southern town of Sderot February 23, 2015. REUTERS/Amir Cohen (ISRAEL - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) - RTR4QSP0

Liberman's move could sink Bibi's coalition

Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman's announcement that he will not join the Netanyahu coalition was carefully planned, placing the prime minister between a rock and a hard place, with just two days left to form a government.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews take part in a rally supporting the United Torah Judaism party in Bnei Brak near Tel Aviv March 11, 2015. Israelis will vote in a parliamentary election on March 17, choosing among party lists of candidates to serve in the 120-seat Knesset. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (ISRAEL - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS RELIGION) - RTR4SYUI

Ultra-Orthodox celebrate Lapid's defeat

The ultra-Orthodox hope that joining the government will restore the funding stripped from the budget and annul military reforms introduced by former Finance Minister Yair Lapid.

Florida Senator Marco Rubio speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at National Harbor in Maryland February 27, 2015. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR4RFDP

Arab states worry over Senate's 'Jewish State' debate

An Iran bill amendment could create an uncomfortable precedent for Arab allies of the United States.

Senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh waves to people after attending Friday prayers at Tebah mosque in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip May 1, 2015. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa - RTX1B4H7

More divisions reported between Hamas' political, military wings

Hamas representatives have downplayed reports and said that the movement's leaders are on the same page.

Israeli security forces arrest an Israeli man from the Ethiopian community in the coastal city of Tel Aviv, on May 3, 2015, during a protest against alleged police brutality and institutionalised discrimination. The protest came three days after a stormy demonstration in Jerusalem sparked by footage showing two police officers beating an Israeli soldier of Ethiopian origin in uniform. More than 135,000 Ethiopian Jews live in Israel, having immigrated to the Jewish state in two waves in 1984 and 1991. AFP PH

'Lost generation' of Ethiopian-Israelis protest in Tel Aviv

The violent demonstrations of Ethiopian-Israelis is a signal to the leadership that the community will not take any more discrimination or abuse.

A Palestinian national flag is seen during the Olympic games qualifying match between Palestinian and Thai national soccer teams at a stadium in the West Bank town of A-Ram near Jerusalem March 9, 2011. The match is the first official international fixture to be hosted on Palestinian home soil. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK - Tags: SPORT SOCCER) - RTR2JOA8

Palestinian soccer chairman asks FIFA to suspend Israel

In an interview with Al-Monitor, Palestinian Soccer Association Chairman Jibril Rajoub accuses Israel of harassing Palestinian soccer by preventing the free movement of players and the importation of equipment.

Israel's Economy Minister Naftali Bennett, head of far-right Jewish Home party, speaks during a right-wing rally in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square March 15, 2015. Israel's centre-left opposition is poised for an upset victory in the upcoming parliamentary election, with the last opinion polls before Tuesday's vote giving it a solid lead over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's party. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (ISRAEL - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) - RTR4TGOG

Bennett to advance Judaism, not democracy, in education system

Future Education Minister Naftali Bennett is likely to advance his own ultra-Orthodox perceptions of Jewish heritage at the expense of democratic values and pluralism in Judaism.

Palestinian children walk past garbage discarded near a section of the controversial Israeli barrier, in Shuafat refugee camp in the West Bank near Jerusalem November 21, 2013. Marooned behind the wall, Israel's controversial barrier, the Shuafat refugee camp reveals the state's uneven treatment of Arab and Jewish neighbourhoods, creating a de facto partition of Jerusalem, which is the epicentre of the Middle East conflict. Picture taken November 21, 2013. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS SOCI

PA isolates West Bank camps

The PA’s crackdown on West Bank refugee camps and withholding of aid is adding to the marginalization of the youth.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) shakes hands with former U.S. president Jimmy Carter (C) and former prime minister of Norway Gro Harlem Brundtland during their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah May 2, 2015. REUTERS/Abbas Momani/Pool - RTX1B7U7

Rejectionist Israeli government becomes Palestinian asset

In face of Israel's new right-wing government, the Palestinian Authority is planning a diplomatic offensive to reconquer the interest of the international community.

Palestinians cover cartons containing vegetables before exporting them to Israel, at the Kerem Shalom crossing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip March 12, 2015. Israel imported its first fruit and vegetables from the Gaza Strip in almost eight years on Thursday, in a partial easing of an economic blockade maintained since the Islamist group Hamas seized control of the Palestinian territory. Twenty-seven tonnes of tomatoes and five tonnes of eggplants were trucked across the border under an Israeli plan t

Israel eases Gaza blockade, hopes for Hamas stability

Israel understands that Hamas is in Gaza to stay and is now searching for balance between easing the blockade for Gaza residents and limiting Hamas' military activity.

Moshe Kahlon, head of the Kulanu party, speaks during a conference in Tel Aviv March 11, 2015.Israelis will vote in a parliamentary election on March 17, choosing among party lists of candidates to serve in the 120-seat Knesset.
REUTERS/Baz Ratner (ISRAEL - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) - RTR4SZ53

Will Netanyahu stand in the way of Kahlon's reform plan?

Future Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon fears that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will block the reforms he is planning, which is why he insisted on a much-detailed coalition agreement with unprecedented responsibilities in finance, housing and banking.