Israel’s chief of staff revealing his political preferences

The decision by IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi to promote Brig. Gen. Ofer Winter reflects his future political aspirations.

Israel

Can Israel’s religious right rid itself of racists?

United Right head Rafi Peretz tries wriggling himself out of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s grasp and undoing the merger established before the April elections with the far-right Jewish Power Party.

Israel

Will Liberman crown Israel’s next prime minister?

Going by the latest poll results, Yisrael Beitenu head Avigdor Liberman will be the deciding factor in the Sept. 17 elections and will determine the identity of Israel’s next leader.

Israel

Settlement agreement ends Egypt's long-simmering gas dispute with Israel

Egypt and Israel reached a settlement deal ending a long-standing dispute over Egypt’s decision to cancel gas exports to Israel.

Egypt

Mossad chief exposes vision of peace, calls to act

The recent statement by Mossad chief Yossi Cohen, warning of missed opportunities for peace, indicates his belief that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must act now and reach out to the Palestinians.

Palestine

Libya has outsized importance for Turkey's Mediterranean plans

Turkey's hostility to Libyan forces led by Khalifa Hifter is part of an ongoing strategic power struggle in the region.

United Arab Emirates

Why Lebanon is against Kushner's deal of the century

Lebanon supports the two-state solution for Palestinians and rejects the Trump administration's economic deal of the century.

Palestine

Ethiopian-Israelis continue mass protests against police brutality

For many in the Israel-Ethiopian community, the killing of Solomon Tekah by an off-duty police officer was the product of pervasive racism among Israel's security forces and the country needs the kind of wake-up call only massive civil disobedience can send.

Israel

East Jerusalem neighborhood bucks Israeli restrictions with mass funeral

A small East Jerusalem neighborhood defied Israeli-imposed conditions and held a mass send off for one of their neighbors killed by Israeli police while protesting the demolition of homes and their replacement with a park.

Palestine

US envoy to Israel demolishes American Bahrain conference achievements

The participation of American Ambassador David Friedman in the tunnel-opening ceremony in Jerusalem undermines all his country's efforts at the Bahrain economic workshop.

Palestine

Can Peretz breathe new life into the Labor Party?

Amir Peretz’s victory in the Labor Party primary is a vote for someone who has promised to revive the party and a defeat for Ehud Barak, who had other plans for it.

Israel

Israel’s Liberman takes on radicalization of religious Zionism

Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Liberman may have exaggerated in railing against the country’s religious pre-military academies, but he's correct about the radicalization of the religious Zionist stream.

Israel