But Mr Netanyahu is having less success shifting two other senior people: Ronen Bar, the head of Shin Bet, and Gali Baharav-Miara, the attorney-general. Both were appointed to fixed terms by the ...

The stalling of the ceasefire is part of a wider strategic shift, as Israel’s army seeks to maintain a larger geographical ...

As The Economist went to press ... The first phase might thus end before Israel and Hamas even start negotiations on the second, let alone finish them. A second scenario is that the ceasefire ...

Above it, in heavy capital letters, are two ominous words: “Israel Alone.” The Economist has long been sharply critical of Israel, and its lead essay contains familiar fare. If Israel doesn ...

WHEN DONALD TRUMP visited Israel during his first term as president in 2017, the Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu said their policies were so close that “I think we quote each other.” ...

Just about everyone who passes through Jerusalem and works on the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians knows him and his shop. Diplomats who have recently arrived in the city stop by for ...

President Trump’s unorthodox diplomacy constitutes a challenge for Israel’s relations with Europe. But it might also create ...

For nearly a month both Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist movement that controls Gaza, have largely honoured the ceasefire agreement they reached on January 15th. Even though each side ...