Haaretz Analysis

Israeli Intelligence Sees a Long-term Erosion of Iran's Regime, Marked by Eased Hijab Enforcement and Deep Infrastructure Failures. As Trump Presses for Regime Change, Netanyahu Signals Readiness to Phase Out U.S. Military Aid, Reshaping Israel's Strategic Calculus

Naftali Bennett, Benjamin Netanyahu's Main Rival in the Run-up to This Year's Election, Wants to Shower IDF Conscripts and Reservists With Benefits in the Hope That the ultra-Orthodox Will Be Tempted to Join, Too. It Won't Work

Since the Assad Regime Fell, the Kurds in Syria Have Been Vying for Control With al-Sharaa. Israel's Entry Into the Fray Could Lead to Conflict With Turkey and the U.S.

Police Inaction as a Bus Driver Fatally Ran Over a Protester and Through the Mass Riots That Occurred on Tuesday Reflects a Broader Tendency to Avoid Intervention in ultra-Orthodox Neighborhoods, Particularly Those Dominated by Extremist Factions

Netanyahu's Far-right Religious Bloc Is Tightly Organized, While His Center-left and Right-wing Opponents Remain Divided. Anti-Netanyahu Protest Leaders Joining Yair Golan's Democrats Have Further Complicated Potential Alliances With Gadi Eisenkot and Yair Lapid, as an Arab Merger Remains Uncertain

The Words 'Treason,' 'Betrayal' and 'Traitor' Are Being Lobbed at the Israeli Prime Minister Amid New Developments in the Qatargate Scandal. But Referring to Politicians as Traitors in Israel Has a Deadly History

While the Public in Iran Is Learning to Link Foreign and Security Policy With the Country's Dire Economic Situation, the Supreme Leader Is Struggling to Safeguard the Very Legitimacy of the Regime and Its Vision

Only Somewhere Between 3,000 and 5,000 Jews Remain in Venezuela, After Thousands Have Fled in the Past Quarter-century. A Prominent Jewish American Organizational Leader With Close Ties to the Region Sees Reasons for Cautious Optimism Following Maduro's Capture and Imprisonment

As Iran Grapples With Internal Turmoil and Economic Woes, and Any External Attempts at Regime Change Risk Further Instability, Trump's Harsh Stance on Tehran and Venezuela Highlights His Selective Approach to Global Authoritarianism, With His Administration Appearing to Target Certain Regimes While Ignoring Others

The Venezuelan Regime, Which Severed Ties With Jerusalem in 2009, Long Served as a Key Iranian Ally and a Suspected Hub for Hezbollah. Israeli Officials Hope Trump's Attack Will Dismantle Tehran's Influence and Solidify South America's Rightward Turn

Israel's Recognition Is Good for Somaliland and Historically Just. But While It Represents Yet Another Blow for the Battered Principle-based International System, and Despite Contradictory Claims by Israel and the Trump Administration, Recognizing Somaliland Should Actually Strengthen the Argument for Recognizing Palestine

Benjamin Netanyahu and Ron Dermer Failed to Account for a White Supremacist Takeover of Their Cherished MAGA Evangelical Base. Now, Israel's Fate Lies With an American Right That Increasingly Embraces Antisemitism

Full Income Records Analyzed by the Israel Tax Authority Reveal That the Top 10 Percent Take in Over 83 Percent of All Capital Gains

With a Presidential Pardon in His Sights, the Prime Minister Is Demonstrating His Full Power – and the Full Force of His Destructiveness – With an Implicit Threat That if He Does Not Free Himself From the Judiciary's Grip, Israel's Pro-democracy Bloc Will Find the Madness Only Intensifying

In Sporting a Noose Pin, Closely Resembling That of the Hostages' Ribbon, Ben-Gvir Is as Blatant in His Disregard for Jewish Lives as He Is for Palestinian Lives

Monday's Knesset Debates Were Carried Out in the Image of the Prime Minister, Who Let the Truth Slip: He Won't Give Up Advancing the Judicial Coup in Exchange for a Pardon, and if He Falls, His Right-wing Coalition Falls With Him

Journalists and Academics Who Recently Visited Syria Expressed That They Are Impressed by the Broad Freedom of Expression. While President al-Sharaa Seems Unlikely to Repeat the Vicious Tyranny of His Predecessor, Reconciliation, Personal Security, and Justice for Minorities Still Appear to Be Distant Goals

It Appears the U.S. President Is Determined to Advance His Plan for the Gaza Strip, but the Main Moves Will Wait Until After He Meets With Netanyahu Later This Month Washington Was Pleasantly Surprised by Hamas' Adherence to Its Commitments and the Israeli Military Admits That It Has Barely Violated the Terms of the Cease-fire

United Arab List Leader Mansour Abbas' Move Is More Than a Passing Political Moment. The Question Now Looming Over It Is Whether It Is a Calculated Risk or a Dangerous Gamble: It Could Open the Party's Doors to a Wider Constituency, but It May Lose Its Ideological Base of Support

As Israel Attempts to Maintain the Status Quo of Its Support in Washington, Qatar Is Making Its Play to Become America's Most Strategic Ally in the Middle East

The 'Bromance' Alliance Between the Turkish and U.S. Presidents Aids Erdogan's Ambition to Become the Driving Force of the Gaza Peace Plan's Next Phase and Could Lead to an Arrangement in Which Hamas Lays Down Its Arms Rather Than Turning Them In

Visiting Israel, Kushner Articulated a Scenario Suggesting the West Bankification of Gaza, Just as Israel's Knesset Voted to Progress a Bill to Annex the West Bank. That 'Vision', With Netanyahu Still in Power, Would Be a Tremendous Regression, a Disaster for the Palestinians as Well as for Israel

Perhaps the More Accurate Reflection of Israel's Relations With Europe Is Captured Not by the Eurovision Boycott, but by the Billions in Defense Contracts for Israel's Arms Industry

Arab Countries, European Nations, and the United States Are All Pressing for the Implementation of the Next Phase of the Trump Plan, Which Will Almost Inevitably Restore the PA to Gaza. From There, the Two-state Solution Is Already Emerging on the Horizon

In Benjamin Netanyahu's Increasingly Authoritarian Government, Clashing With the Military Elite Is the Easiest Way to Curry Favor With the Likud Party Base. His Inconsequential Defense Minister Is Taking Full Advantage of His Position, Remaking One of the Last Independent Bastions in Israel's Embattled Public Sector