Haaretz Analysis

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

The U.S. Is Approaching the Precipice of War Without Articulating Even the Vaguest Vision for What Follows and With Few Forces, Domestic or International, Able or Willing to Challenge Trump or His Administration. Netanyahu, With His First Gamble Against Iran Having Paid Off Last June, Is Prepared to Go All In

Even Without the Human Headline-generator of UN Rapporteur Francesca Albanese, the Volume of Published News on Israel and Palestine Dwarfs Other Conflicts. Why Is This – and Will It Ever End?

Even Without the Human Headline-generator of UN Rapporteur Francesca Albanese, the Volume of Published News on Israel and Palestine Dwarfs Other Conflicts. Why Is This – and Will It Ever End?

As a New Round of U.S.-Iran Talks Gets Under Way, Trump's Hardening Rhetoric and His New Demand for Zero Uranium Enrichment, as Well as Intensifying Military Posturing on Both Sides, Indicate Low Chances of Success. That Makes War – Favored by Netanyahu – More Likely

Theoretically, Countries Trading With Tehran Could Be Slapped With the Sanctions Promised by Trump's New Presidential Order. But Will Permanent Membership in the Board of Peace and a Willingness to Invest in Gaza Exempt Them From These Measures?

For Trump, Netanyahu and Their Loyal Plutocrats, Dismantling the Media Is a Shared Effort to Seed Fear and Enforce Self-censorship Among Journalists

The Israeli Prime Minister Was Able to Convince the U.S. President Not Only That His Pardon Is Definitively Forthcoming, but That He Is Not Responsible for the October 7 Massacre. Soon, Trump Will Visit Israel as a Likud Campaigner and Light the Independence Day Torch

Amid a Surge in Homicides Since the Start of the Year, Police Commissioner Danny Levy Made an Unusual Statement This Week, Claiming That Various Factors Are Hampering the Force's Ability to Tackle Violence in Arab Society. His Assertions, However, Are at Odds With the Facts

Israel Can't Live by Shekels Alone. A Dethroned Dollar Threatens the Global Economic Order That Has Been the Key to Israeli Prosperity

The Washington Meeting Left Much to Be Desired After Trump Said 'Nothing Definitive' Had Been Reached. But While Netanyahu and the President Don't Share a Vision for an Iran Deal, They Have a Common Interest in Their Own Political Survival

Trump Has Already Flexed His Muscles to the Point of Bursting. Aircraft Carriers Can't Come Home Empty-handed. And Netanyahu Is Threatening That Even Without America, Israel Will Go to War on Its Own. So What Should Trump Demand From Israel in Return?

Khamenei's Newly-appointed Advisers Appear to Back a U.S. Deal. While a Nuclear Agreement Might Bear a High Ideological and Strategic Price, Regime Survival, Backed by Ballistic Missiles and Regional Proxies, May Prove a Worthy Compromise

For Trump, Netanyahu and Their Loyal Plutocrats, Dismantling the Media Is a Shared Effort to Seed Fear and Enforce Self-censorship Among Journalists

Israel Is Destroying the Palestinian Economy and Striving to Expel Whole Communities, as It Aims to Offload Civil Society Organizations That Bolster the Occupied People's Resilience

With Talks Looming in Oman, Washington Signals It Prefers a Narrow Nuclear Deal Over Confrontation or Regime Change. Iran Exploits the Gaps, Israel Fears Weak Enforcement, and Crushed Protests Leave Trump Risking a Pact That May Stabilize Tehran While Alienating Allies

The Knesset's Anniversary Turns Into a Celebration for the Wrecker of Israel's Democracy As the Prime Minister Nears the End of His Criminal Testimony, He's Likely to Intensify His Campaign Against the Attorney General Likud Tries to Taint Naftali Bennett With Yair Golan

Despite Significant Gaps in Preconditions Ahead of Friday's Talks, Iran Has Agreed to Negotiate With the U.S., Understanding That if Tehran Wants Sanctions Lifted, It Will Have to Discuss the Broader Issues of Its Nuclear Program, Ballistic Missiles and Regional Proxies

The New General Staff Order Is Problematic - Especially When It Comes to Female and Secular Soldiers - but It Does Highlight the Military's Desire to Solve the Manpower Shortage. Given the Coalition's Efforts to Legalize ultra-Orthodox Draft Evasion, It Is Highly Doubtful Whether It Will Back the Military

Gal Hirsch's Appointment as Hostage Coordinator Was Meant to Shield Netanyahu From Criticism and Suggest to Hostage Families That Their Loved Ones' Fate Depended on Their Compliance. The Families Are Justified in Demanding His Resignation

The Dispute Over the Number of Fatalities May Be Approaching an End, but the Debate on Their Identities Is Still Expected to Trudge On. The Israeli Public Must Ask Itself What This Belated Recognition Indicates About the Army and the Government's Credibility Regarding Israel's Conduct in Gaza

Many of the Kingdom's Most Daring Projects Are Being Delayed and Downsized. Money and Megalomania Alone Don't Make for Economic Development

Now That the Hostages and the Fallen Have Been Returned, Following an Unprecedented Effort, Netanyahu Must Now Grapple With the Fine Print of the Cease-fire Deal: From Hamas' Remaining Grip on Gaza to the Blatant Involvement of Qatar and Turkey. It Is All Coming to a Head Much Sooner Than He Anticipated

The Findings of the Investigative Committee Into the Submarines Affair Point to a Governing Style Marked by Secrecy and Eroded Oversight, Raising Parallels With Israel's Unexamined Failures Leading Up to Hamas' October 7 Attack

One Goal of Trump's Board of Peace Is to Make the Lives of Palestinians in Gaza, Who Are Suffering From the Ravages of Winter, Including Freezing Temperatures, Fierce Winds and Flooding in Around Their Tents, More Tolerable as Quickly as Possible

As Trump Divides the World to Those With Him and Those Against Him, It Is Enough to Look at His Disagreements With European Countries to Get the Impression That Gaza and Palestine Are Marginal Issues for the U.S. President, and That Israel's Influence Is Limited

Although France Has Announced It Will Not Join, Britain and Germany Have Made Do With Vague Statements for Now. The Issue Is Expected to Be Discussed at the World Economic Forum in Davos Which Opened on Monday - and the Signing Ceremony for the Peace Council Treaty Is Scheduled to Take Place at the Conference on Thursday

If Neither Hamas nor Netanyahu Want the Gaza Cease-fire, Why Would Grand Announcements and Vague Plans, Against the Backdrop of the Immense Geopolitical Chaos Wrought by Trump, Change Anything on the Ground?

Seventy-eight Years After the Nakba and the End of the British Mandate, and After Generations of Dreaming of Self-determination and Seeking to Realize It, Palestinians Face a New, American Governance Framework – Without Any Palestinians on Board

If the United States Fails to Support Iranian Protesters, the President Risks Being Accused of Abandoning Them to Their Fate - but a Prolonged Offensive Campaign Will Take Time. Either Way, the Israeli Defense Ministry and Other Bodies Are Increasing Their Preparations for Possible Escalation

As Murders in Arab Communities Soar and Protests Draw Almost No Jewish Political or Mainstream Presence, Opposition Leaders Risk Squandering Moral Credibility and the Chance to Build a Real Jewish-Arab Partnership for Change

While Both the Iranian Army and the Revolutionary Guards Declared Days Ago That 'Harming Security Is a Red Line,' They Are Watching Developments With Apprehension. Both Need to Protect Their Status, Future and Assets, Which Could Be Threatened by a U.S. Attack

Facing an Expiring Aid Agreement and Shifting American Politics, Netanyahu Is Recasting the Likely U.S. Move Away From Israeli Military Support as a Win for Israel

Israeli Intelligence Sees a Long-term Erosion of Iran's Regime, Marked by Eased Hijab Enforcement and Deep Infrastructure Failures. As Trump Presses for Regime Change, Netanyahu Signals Readiness to Phase Out U.S. Military Aid, Reshaping Israel's Strategic Calculus