Haaretz Analysis

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...