One former Israeli official told Newsweek Israel must "balance" undermining Ahmad al-Sharaa with the risk of who may replace him.

Israel’s security cabinet has voted to expand the war in Gaza, marking a major escalation at a time when it is under intense domestic and international pressure to end the conflict.

Israel's military said that it had launched the "initial stages" of the planned offensive to seize Gaza City, declaring the Palestinian territory's biggest population center a "dangerous combat zone."

Pope Leo and top diplomatic advisors spoke with Israeli President Herzog about the “tragic situation in Gaza,” the urgent need for ceasefire and a two-state solution as the “only way out of the current war.

The war between Israel and Hamas has led to a humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, where food and medicine are cut off and living conditions are deteriorating.

The possibility of new elections taking place soon, more than any particular shift in military strategy or policy decisions, is looking like the most likely factor that could advance progress in the region.

Hundreds of former air force reservists and pilots join a chorus of defense establishment figures calling for an immediate end to the war in Gaza.

Since the October 7 attacks, the Democratic Party establishment has largely stood by Israel as it carried out a brutal assault on Gaza. Administration officials and members of Congress offered occasional,

A senior European Union official said on Thursday that Israel's operations in Gaza constitute genocide, the first member of the bloc's commission to make that charge. "The genocide in Gaza exposes Europe's failure to act and speak with one voice,

The country’s moderates are not giving up the struggle against their rogue government — and progressives elsewhere must not give up on them, writes historian Fania Oz-Salzberger

The world is blackmailing Israel to choose between 'legitimacy' and survival. They like it when the Jewish state is humble and vulnerable. Israel must choose survival. Opinion.