Haaretz Analysis

U.S. President Trump Promises Hamas Disarmament and IDF Withdrawal From Gaza Are on the Horizon – but Ultimately, the Fate of Israelis and Palestinians Is Now in the Hands of Gulf Monarchs

For Cairo, Reconstruction Isn't Just an Act of Philanthropy for Gaza's 2 Million People, It's Part of Its National-security Concept That Fears an Invasion by Hundreds of Thousands of Palestinian Refugees

The Israeli President Wants to Revive a Plea Bargain That Was Agreed With a Previous Attorney General – Which Includes Netanyahu Stepping Down From Public Life The Bizarre Events This Week at the PMO, Surrounding a Recording Announcement That Never Happened, Show Just How Much They Are Panicking There And, Is Anyone Keeping Tabs on Boaz Bismuth's Version?

Abu Shabab Was Precisely the Kind of Figure Israel Likes to Portray as a Partner, but the Complex Reality in Gaza Showed Him to Be a Controversial Figure - Even Within the Limited Area Where He Operated. Israel Once Again Ignored the Need to Find Genuine Leadership

Grumbles Over the Size of Haifa's Menorah Highlight the Privilege Inherent in Having the Time, Tools and Civic Access to Lodge Complaints About Such Matters

Yes and No. The Cost of Living Is High, but Incomes Have Risen Sharply. Oddly Enough, It's the Affluent Who Kvetch the Most About Affordability

The Arab Countries, Especially Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Qatar, Pressured Washington to Urge Israel to Retract Its Threats of Renewed War With Hezbollah and Begin Negotiations With the Lebanese Government. The Talks Could Lead to Israel's Withdrawal From the Five Posts It Holds Across the Border

Israel's Announcement That It Will Soon Reopen the Rafah Crossing Signaled Progress in the American Plan, Angered Egypt and Brought the Palestinian Authority Closer to a First Foothold in the Gaza Strip

By Boiling Down Backlash Against Israel to a Social Media Problem, Clinton and Her Allies Seem to Have Forgotten They're Still in an Echo Chamber That They Built With Their Own Hands and Words

The Israeli Government's Respect for the Rule of Law Is Nonexistent, but It Is Still Benjamin Netanyahu Who Makes the Greatest Mockery of It. The Prime Minister's Request to End His Trial Is Only the Most Outlandish Part of His Government's Efforts to Undermine Israel's Institutions, Legal Norms and Democracy

A 51-page Document by a Group of Palestinian Scholars and Policy Thinkers Offers a Much Clearer Path to Middle East Peace Than the UN Resolution or Trump's 20-point Plan

The Hostage Square Rallies Should Be Remembered as an Outstanding Example of the Power of the People. But in Lieu of the Screams From the Square, There Are Brave Former Hostages Who'll Ensure the Country Never Forgets What Its Leadership Wishes It Would

The Far-right National Security Minister Supports Senior Police Officers Who Have Been Involved in Criminal Activities, and Promotions Are Based on the Degree of Flattery They Show Him. Police Chief Danny Levy Allows Ben-Gvir to Run Rampant While Crime Is Spiking and the Police Remain Leaderless

The Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Hoped That His Official Request for a Presidential Pardon Would Shift Attention Away From the Bill Formalizing the Legal Status of the Haredi Military Exemption, but the Highly Controversial Proposal Has Even Angered Some Members of His Coalition

As With Trump, Netanyahu's Only Concern Is the Bottom Line. And With American Jews Distracted or Too Weary, He May Make It Out Unscathed Yet Again

Since October 7, Defense Spending Has Jumped by Tens of Billions of Shekels a Year and Israel's Reputation Has Suffered Overseas. The Economy Will Feel These Effects for Years to Come, Even if We Are Far From the 'Lost Decade' After the Yom Kippur War

Beirut Understands Well the Meaning of Israel's Threat to Expand the Fighting. The Question Is Whether Israel Recognizes the Consequences

Anyone Who Has Read the Court Transcripts Understands That No Power Can Save Benjamin Netanyahu From Conviction on at Least Some of the Charges. But the Pardon Request Submitted to President Herzog Contains No Hint of This, and Appears to Be the Most Brazen Request Ever Submitted

A Pardon on the Terms Netanyahu Is Demanding Would Be a Death Blow to the Judicial System and the Rule of Law, and Would Confirm His Claim That a Vengeful 'Deep State' Fabricated a Case Against Him

Netanyahu's Accountability Cannot Stop on October 7, 2023, nor at the Israeli Side of the Gaza Border. Letting Him Off the Hook for What Israel Did in Gaza Is No Less Defining for Israel's Future as It Seeks to Rebuild Itself After His Long and Destructive Rule

The Israeli Prime Minister Continues to Stand in the Way of Donald Trump's Regional Interests, All While Boasting of the U.S. President's Support for the Coveted Pardon. But Pardoned or Not, Netanyahu – Like Nixon – Will Carry the Stink of Corruption Forever

Hospitals Are Nonfunctional, Recovery Is Slow, and Danger Persists Along the Yellow Line. A Weakened Hamas Can't Begin Gaza's Reconstruction, and It Is Unclear if and What International Force Will Enter the Strip to Begin Rehabilitation

For the Prime Minister and Defense Minister Israel Katz, Every Concession in Matters of Appointments and Powers Is an Opening for More Demands. Katz, Whose Eyes Are on the Likud Primary, Wields an Appalling Cynicism, When He's Not Forgoing a Legal Basis Altogether

As the New National Syrian Army Juggles the Demands of Thousands of Assad Deserters, Foreign Fighters Who Joined the Rebels During the War, and New Kurdish Conscripts, al-Sharaa's Regime Is Expected to Leverage the Clashes With the IDF in Southern Syria to Pressure Israel Into Making Concessions

Mansour Abbas of the United Arab List Understands That the Place of an Arab-led Party in the Israeli Coalition Is Not Something That Can Wait for That Far-off Day After the Occupation Has Ended. That's a Threat to Everything Benjamin Netanyahu's Government Stands For