Israel

Netanyahu faces tough battle at home

Latest Israeli bombing is tied to keeping prime minister in power, as he and his far-right allies face growing anger over the fate of hostages

Israel’s strike on Qatar dispels any belief that it is focused on peace

Netanyahu wanted to kill Hamas leadership. Cratering the ceasefire process may be enough for him

As protests hit TV, Israelis can't look away from plight of Gaza

Almost two years after the onslaught by Hamas, the story has begun to move from the hostages to starving Palestinians

Family of hostages call decision to annex Gaza ‘profoundly disturbing’

Sharone Lifschitz’s 83-year-old father, Oded, was taken hostage by Hamas and died in captivity in Gaza. Her mother, Yocheved, 86, was released in October 2023

Norway’s wealth fund ordered to review investments in Israel

Investments worth $2.1bn might be sold after prime minister considers voices concern

Gaza is starving despite Israel’s denials

Aid is slowly being dropped into the Palestinian enclave – but it’s far from enough

Israelis find slogans are not enough to end Gaza hell

Latest failure to agree hostage release and ceasefire deal amid mass protests has added to mood of helplessness

The diplomatic scales are tilting towards recognition for Palestine

Even the moderate career diplomat Malloch Brown says Israeli war crimes are condemning the country to pariah status

Those who cover up famine in Gaza use a familiar playbook

The Israeli government is using the same method as many architects of calamity from the past 100 years

‘In Gaza, $2,000 won’t even buy two weeks’ bread’

Those who can afford food in Gaza – even at dizzying prices – eat just one small meal a day. Others have to go without

More Gazan children will come to UK for treatment

‘Their welfare is the world’s priority’ MP says after just two young girls granted medical visas since war began

US diplomat’s comments are reminder of Israel’s other front

The world is focused on Gaza. But the situation in the West Bank is also deteriorating

Hezbollah must decide: disarm, fight on or turn fully to politics

Devastated by war with Israel, the Lebanese militant group is facing the most significant choice of its 40-year history

‘Rafah proposal masks plan for mass deportation’

Benjamin Netanyahu says Palestinians will be free to  stay or go, but in this prospective open prison – which would violate international law – that is no choice at all

Live in confinement, or leave for ever: Israel’s grim offer to Gazans

IDF plan to pack millions into ‘humanitarian city’ built on the ruins of Rafah is a war crime, say scholars

Trump’s feel-bad foreign policy is guided by emotion, not logic

Some of the US president’s decisions may seem contradictory but they reflect his understanding of the emotional needs of his Maga supporters

You can't bomb Iran into democracy

Far away from my homeland I don’t remember, I am seeing better than I have in years. It is imperative to keep resisting

The history of now: Israel and Iran

The two countries are often portrayed as arch-enemies but their shared history stretches back millennia and is marked by periods of cooperation and friendship