Anshel Pfeffer

Israel's pledge to close Al Jazeera will prove impossible

Netanyahu was aiming to placate his right-wing base when he first floated the idea.

Netanyahu hurt by Al Aqsa backtrack

The Israeli PM feels the need to shore up his hard-right political base

Police push for Netanyahu indictment

Police intend to recommend indictment of PM in at least two corruption cases

New witness in Bibi investigations

Ari Harrow, who has intimate knowledge of the PM's financial affairs, himself faces jail time over fraud allegations

Life after Abbas: can the PA survive when its leader departs?

Whatever the truth of Mahmoud Abbas' recent hospital stay, a change is afoot at the top of the PA

Temple Mount violence dies down - but for how long?

Security measures outside Al-Aqsa have gone, and relative calm has returned. But Israel may not back down so quickly next time

Avi Gabbay’s inspiration 
is not Macron but Blair

Anatomy of 
an escalation

After a week of grandstanding by Israeli ministers the metal detectors, justified or not, are no longer there

Temple Mount? It’s a mound of trouble

Netanyahu attacks EU in 'hot-mic' incident

During his trip to Hungary the Israeli PM is overheard warning that 'Europe has to decide if it wants to live and thrive'

Friday could bring bigger trouble on Temple Mount

Tens of thousands of Muslims are expected to come to pray in the compound at the end of the week

Netanyahu tour was delayed by corruption probes

As the Israeli PM visits France and Hungary, back home his troubles are growing