Gaza

Israel’s prime minister has now served in the role for as long as the country’s founding father. Voters support him because they’re convinced he keeps them safe and reduces their international isolation.

On the podcast: Yousef Bashir describes growing up in Gaza during the second Palestinian uprising.

A virtual gas hub could create real cooperation in the Eastern Mediterranean.

An Israeli-Palestinian truce ended the fighting but didn’t address the issues driving it.

David Shulman’s diaries of resisting the Israeli occupation show the limits of activism in the face of rampant dispossession and despair.

Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has tried to keep the Islamist group in check, but the situation in Gaza is as unstable as ever.

Netanyahu may be changing his mind about war. If he does, it will be thanks to an environmental and health disaster that threatens to cross the border.

Netanyahu outmaneuvers rivals, heads off early election.

Kushner hopes cuts will pressure Palestinians to accept a U.S. peace plan.

The last thing Israelis and Palestinians need now is another failed blueprint. Stabilizing Gaza is more important.

The most important motive for the “Great March of Return” has been anger at Gaza's terrible conditions for daily life.

Israel has a right to defend its borders, but shooting unarmed protesters who haven’t breached its frontier is disproportionate and illegal.

Israel’s use of consumer drones against protesters heralds a dangerous, lawless age of conflict.

The unarmed protests at the Gaza-Israel border are a desperate bid to provoke a crisis.

A new book argues that modern wars will be won with phones and laptops rather than tanks.

Faced with legal threats, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won’t hesitate to sow doubt, chaos, and confusion in order to remain in power.

A new agreement aims to mend the rift between Fatah and Hamas — but the wounds may run too deep.

Why build a seaport in Gaza when you could build a brand new island? Security, that’s why.

The Gaza Strip may still lie in rubble, but Hamas operatives are convinced that they are ready for another battle.

American retailers are selling an Israel Defense Forces costume for Halloween.