Haaretz Analysis

Amid a Surge in Homicides Since the Start of the Year, Police Commissioner Danny Levy Made an Unusual Statement This Week, Claiming That Various Factors Are Hampering the Force's Ability to Tackle Violence in Arab Society. His Assertions, However, Are at Odds With the Facts

Israel Can't Live by Shekels Alone. A Dethroned Dollar Threatens the Global Economic Order That Has Been the Key to Israeli Prosperity

The Washington Meeting Left Much to Be Desired After Trump Said 'Nothing Definitive' Had Been Reached. But While Netanyahu and the President Don't Share a Vision for an Iran Deal, They Have a Common Interest in Their Own Political Survival

Trump Has Already Flexed His Muscles to the Point of Bursting. Aircraft Carriers Can't Come Home Empty-handed. And Netanyahu Is Threatening That Even Without America, Israel Will Go to War on Its Own. So What Should Trump Demand From Israel in Return?

Khamenei's Newly-appointed Advisers Appear to Back a U.S. Deal. While a Nuclear Agreement Might Bear a High Ideological and Strategic Price, Regime Survival, Backed by Ballistic Missiles and Regional Proxies, May Prove a Worthy Compromise

For Trump, Netanyahu and Their Loyal Plutocrats, Dismantling the Media Is a Shared Effort to Seed Fear and Enforce Self-censorship Among Journalists

Israel Is Destroying the Palestinian Economy and Striving to Expel Whole Communities, as It Aims to Offload Civil Society Organizations That Bolster the Occupied People's Resilience

With Talks Looming in Oman, Washington Signals It Prefers a Narrow Nuclear Deal Over Confrontation or Regime Change. Iran Exploits the Gaps, Israel Fears Weak Enforcement, and Crushed Protests Leave Trump Risking a Pact That May Stabilize Tehran While Alienating Allies

The Knesset's Anniversary Turns Into a Celebration for the Wrecker of Israel's Democracy As the Prime Minister Nears the End of His Criminal Testimony, He's Likely to Intensify His Campaign Against the Attorney General Likud Tries to Taint Naftali Bennett With Yair Golan

Despite Significant Gaps in Preconditions Ahead of Friday's Talks, Iran Has Agreed to Negotiate With the U.S., Understanding That if Tehran Wants Sanctions Lifted, It Will Have to Discuss the Broader Issues of Its Nuclear Program, Ballistic Missiles and Regional Proxies

The New General Staff Order Is Problematic - Especially When It Comes to Female and Secular Soldiers - but It Does Highlight the Military's Desire to Solve the Manpower Shortage. Given the Coalition's Efforts to Legalize ultra-Orthodox Draft Evasion, It Is Highly Doubtful Whether It Will Back the Military

Gal Hirsch's Appointment as Hostage Coordinator Was Meant to Shield Netanyahu From Criticism and Suggest to Hostage Families That Their Loved Ones' Fate Depended on Their Compliance. The Families Are Justified in Demanding His Resignation

The Dispute Over the Number of Fatalities May Be Approaching an End, but the Debate on Their Identities Is Still Expected to Trudge On. The Israeli Public Must Ask Itself What This Belated Recognition Indicates About the Army and the Government's Credibility Regarding Israel's Conduct in Gaza

Many of the Kingdom's Most Daring Projects Are Being Delayed and Downsized. Money and Megalomania Alone Don't Make for Economic Development

Now That the Hostages and the Fallen Have Been Returned, Following an Unprecedented Effort, Netanyahu Must Now Grapple With the Fine Print of the Cease-fire Deal: From Hamas' Remaining Grip on Gaza to the Blatant Involvement of Qatar and Turkey. It Is All Coming to a Head Much Sooner Than He Anticipated

The Findings of the Investigative Committee Into the Submarines Affair Point to a Governing Style Marked by Secrecy and Eroded Oversight, Raising Parallels With Israel's Unexamined Failures Leading Up to Hamas' October 7 Attack

One Goal of Trump's Board of Peace Is to Make the Lives of Palestinians in Gaza, Who Are Suffering From the Ravages of Winter, Including Freezing Temperatures, Fierce Winds and Flooding in Around Their Tents, More Tolerable as Quickly as Possible

As Trump Divides the World to Those With Him and Those Against Him, It Is Enough to Look at His Disagreements With European Countries to Get the Impression That Gaza and Palestine Are Marginal Issues for the U.S. President, and That Israel's Influence Is Limited

Although France Has Announced It Will Not Join, Britain and Germany Have Made Do With Vague Statements for Now. The Issue Is Expected to Be Discussed at the World Economic Forum in Davos Which Opened on Monday - and the Signing Ceremony for the Peace Council Treaty Is Scheduled to Take Place at the Conference on Thursday

If Neither Hamas nor Netanyahu Want the Gaza Cease-fire, Why Would Grand Announcements and Vague Plans, Against the Backdrop of the Immense Geopolitical Chaos Wrought by Trump, Change Anything on the Ground?

Seventy-eight Years After the Nakba and the End of the British Mandate, and After Generations of Dreaming of Self-determination and Seeking to Realize It, Palestinians Face a New, American Governance Framework – Without Any Palestinians on Board

If the United States Fails to Support Iranian Protesters, the President Risks Being Accused of Abandoning Them to Their Fate - but a Prolonged Offensive Campaign Will Take Time. Either Way, the Israeli Defense Ministry and Other Bodies Are Increasing Their Preparations for Possible Escalation

As Murders in Arab Communities Soar and Protests Draw Almost No Jewish Political or Mainstream Presence, Opposition Leaders Risk Squandering Moral Credibility and the Chance to Build a Real Jewish-Arab Partnership for Change

While Both the Iranian Army and the Revolutionary Guards Declared Days Ago That 'Harming Security Is a Red Line,' They Are Watching Developments With Apprehension. Both Need to Protect Their Status, Future and Assets, Which Could Be Threatened by a U.S. Attack

Facing an Expiring Aid Agreement and Shifting American Politics, Netanyahu Is Recasting the Likely U.S. Move Away From Israeli Military Support as a Win for Israel