Israel’s operation in Gaza will be justified as a necessary step to break the deadlock in negotiations while simultaneously fulfilling Netanyahu’s promise to defeat Hamas – even though the timelines for these two goals are not aligned. The hostages could die before Hamas is defeated, if it’s defeated at all. But above all, this is about a series of urgent political goals that the prime minister won’t admit to publicly: restoring Itamar Ben-Gvir and his far-right Otzma Yehudit faction to the government, passing the budget and stabilizing the coalition. Netanyahu’s true objective appears increasingly clear: a gradual slide toward an authoritarian-style regime, whose survival he will try to secure through perpetual war on multiple fronts.

Israeli Likud and deputy speaker of the Knesset MK Nissim Vaturi called for the the killing of all Palestinian men in Gaza. The Deputy Speaker of Israel's parliament (Knesset) called for executing all Palestinian men in Gaza on Sunday, as well as the...

According to a major analysis conducted by The Guardian, the sites Arbnb and Booking together count 760 rental offers on land seized from Palestinians. While in Gaza the truce agreement between Israel and Hamas is faltering, but in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, hoteliers and individuals are offering rooms, apartments or sometimes luxurious houses for a total capacity of 2,000 people, the British daily reports.

Translated from French by PAJU Israel is once again “militarizing famine” in Gaza “by deciding to break” the ceasefire agreement and block humanitarian aid, a group of more than 30 independent United Nations experts said Thursday. On March 2, Israel announced its...

With a Palestinian coloring book as proof of 'incitement,' Israeli police raided East Jerusalem's world-famous Educational Bookshop and arrested its owners. If at any point over the past year and a half you might have thought the Israeli authorities had already...