Israel

Veteran diplomat Nasser al-Qudwa could prompt a realignment within Palestinian politics.

It’s more likely to inflame nationalist sentiments than change anything on the ground.

A cycle of deadlocked elections has left the country without a functioning administration—and a foreign policy set on autopilot.

As Netanyahu forms his government, the parallels between the politics that led to a strike on Iraq’s nuclear facility and those that could result in targeting Iran today are clear.

With election results deadlocked, an Arab-led party is seen as a possible swing faction.

Two new books examine how an isolated state managed to expand its diplomatic horizons.

Netanyahu’s focus on maintaining ultra-Orthodox support as the pandemic raged didn’t help him win, but it has left deep scars.

The decline of Israeli democracy holds lessons for the United States.

He appears to have beaten back challengers who include defectors from his own party.

$10 billion for trains, ports, and pipelines was supposed to show off his peacemaking prowess.

In his constant quest for power, Benjamin Netanyahu is abandoning the Israeli right’s legalist traditions.

As another Israeli election nears, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s surrogates take a page from Trump’s playbook.

Israeli voters face a toxic sludge and dubious propaganda about Libya and Iran as they head to the polls.

Centrist Yair Lapid refused to join Netanyahu’s coalition last year. Now the decision is paying off.

Washington’s aversion to the court’s recent decision on Palestine is emblematic of a fundamental disconnect in U.S. foreign policy.

The administration insists it can succeed where two U.S. presidents already tried and failed.

For decades, U.S. presidents have pledged not to talk about Israel’s nuclear arsenal despite pushing for nonproliferation in the region. It’s time for Washington to end the double standard.

Israel emerges as a test case.