Haaretz Analysis

Look (really closely) at the numbers and there are upsides for the anti-Netanyahu camp - even in fearmongering and the campaign against Arab parties

Trump's hesitation over expanding the war with Iran highlights a strategic dilemma facing Washington and Jerusalem: missile defenses are being consumed faster than they can be replaced. As interceptor stocks shrink, the price of a prolonged conflict is becoming harder to ignore

Iran Is Redefining the Conflict and the Role of Its Proxies. Its Response to Israel's Strike on Hezbollah in Beirut Was Part of a Broader Effort to Portray the U.S. and Israel as One Big 'Satan' Arrayed Against a Defiant Iran

From Israeli Dramas to HBO Hits, Female Characters Are Still Punished for Traits Men Are Celebrated For

There Seems to Be a Gap Between Benjamin Netanyahu's Declarations on a Possible Peace Agreement With Lebanon and the Circumstances Under Which They Were Made: American and International Pressure to Halt Strikes in Lebanon to Allow Talks Between the United States and Iran to Move Forward

With the IDF Stretched Thin, Israelis Exhausted, Southern Lebanon Destroyed, and the U.S. Admitting That It Was Not Ready for Such a Long Campaign, It Seems That Iran and Its Proxy Hezbollah Are the Only Ones Prepared for a Long and Costly War

It didn't take long for the support of the Israeli public in the Iran war to begin fading. And although Israelis refuse to award Netanyahu a wartime boost in the polls, the Iran war could still dramatically sway the next elections

Several Left-wing Jewish Groups Joined a March Against the Far-right on Saturday, but Mainstream Jewish Bodies Stayed Away, Struggling to Find a Place as the British Political Landscape Becomes Polarized to the Extremes

The West Bank District Police Are Not Part of the Equation, the Shin Bet Has Become Irrelevant and the Boundaries Between Israeli Citizens and the Army Have Completely Blurred in the West Bank. The Project of Cleansing the Occupied Territories of Arabs Is Gaining Momentum - and No One Is Stopping It. 'Even When There Are Reports That Something Is Going to Happen,' Says One Reserve Soldier, 'We Get There After the Fact'

Israel has failed in the past to change the map of the Middle East. Netanyahu is gambling that this time, he can succeed

When Iran retaliated with a strike on Qatari energy assets after Israel targeted the South Pars gas field, an angry Trump was quick to tell out Netanyahu to serve his first attempt at de-escalation

While Trump Acts as if Time Is on His Side, the War in Iran Needs to End Before Israelis and Gulf States Run Out of Patience – and Interceptor Stockpiles

A French Initiative Offering Lebanese Recognition of Israel in Exchange for a Cease-fire and Limited IDF Withdrawal Is Under Review in Jerusalem, With Washington's Support Seen as Key to Advancing Direct Negotiations

In the U.S. President's Vision for the Middle East, His Goal for Iran Mirrors His Approach to Venezuela: Installing a Compliant Regime That Aligns With American Economic Interests. Democracy Is Not Part of the Plan, and Neither Are Israel's Long-term Interests

Analysts Say Damage to Regional Production Facilities – Not a Closure of the Strait of Hormuz – Poses the Greatest Risk to Global Supply, Though Prices May Fall if the Conflict Is Contained

Khamenei Prepared for His Death Since the June War With Israel, While Iran's Capacity to Replace Him and Fight a Prolonged War of Attrition May Push Trump to Make Do With Tangible Military Achievements. But as a Vacuum Forms, Different Groups Are Vying for Power – Which May Put the Regime in Danger

Netanyahu (With On-off Support From Trump) Is Now Explicitly Pushing for Regime Change in Iran, and His Government Has Fixated on the Controversial, Though Galvanizing, Son of the Last Shah as Their post-Islamic Republic Contender. Just Don't Mention His Father's Brutality

Conversations With Foreign Diplomats Suggest Many Recognize Israel's Concrete Steps to Displace Palestinians and Annex Their Land. But With Their Main Priority Being to Keep Netanyahu Moving Forward With Trump's Gaza Plan, They Are Less Inclined to Press Him Over the West Bank

From Demanding Israel's President Grant the Prime Minister a Pardon, to a Potential Escalation With Iran, How Much Harder Can Trump Campaign for Netanyahu to Win Israel's Elections, Due Later This Year? But Despite the Trajectory, a Kerfuffle or Worse Could Change the Script

Just as Observers Do Not Know What Trump Will Decide or When, in Iran Too, Working Assumptions Are Mixed With Speculation, With All Scenarios Considered. While a Limited American Strike Might Provoke a Tit-for-tat Response, It Could Also Spark Chaos Across the Middle East