Israel

For both countries, national interests continue to trump personality-based politics.

Palestinians abroad are looking beyond the aging leader.

There are many incentives for cross-border military cooperation—even among adversaries—as climate change worsens.

A journalist hacked by Pegasus says he will survive, but Indian democracy may not.

The Israeli prime minister seems to be charting a new course aimed at reducing tensions with the Biden administration in advance of a White House visit.

Unlike Trump, Israel’s former leader never built a personality cult—and doesn’t have enough diehard fans to keep his election fraud myth alive.

Israeli leaders press for legal measures after the ice cream company announced it would halt sales in Jewish settlements.

The collapse of Lebanon is intensifying a conflict in the Mediterranean that has mostly taken place in the shadows.

The backbone of Israel’s support in the United States is a group of evangelical Christians, but their power is threatened by the changing of the political guard.

One of the country’s most powerful women has remained rooted in a traditional community. But religious parties still won’t let her run for office.

The 11-day conflict between Israel and Hamas has unified disparate Palestinian enclaves.

Mahmoud Abbas’s unelected and illegitimate government is becoming increasingly violent, but Washington’s largesse is keeping it in power.

The selection shows an Israeli government eager to double down on ties with Arab countries rather than address the Palestinian issue at home.

Israel demands Palestinians obtain building permits but rarely grants them.

A U.S. State Department czar should lead a campaign to stop China and Russia from gaining control of multilateral agencies.

Tehran’s new hard-line regime still wants a deal. But even restoring the old agreement is now impossible.

A new novel offers a family history of Israel’s former prime minister—and insight into the dangers of any form of nationalism.

One of the few things holding the motley coalition together is a focus on women’s rights.

The Israeli government used to try buying off the group’s compliance. Now it’s intent on using reconstruction money to coerce it.