US and Russia are ‘close to deal over Syria’We are close to an arrangement, Israeli sources sayBy Anshel Pfeffer1 min read
Fox back-pedals after ‘cruel’ fake newsThe right-wing US channel comes under fire after peddling bogus conspiracy theoryBy Robert Philpot2 min read
Trump's Middle East policy will become hostage to trouble back homeKushner will now take a back seat over the Russia probe, and the State Department in Washington is still not fully staffedBy Anshel Pfeffer2 min read
Dweck's speech is as brave as it is nuancedRabbi Dweck holds out the possibility there may be expressions of affection between men that may be permissible.By Simon Rocker3 min read
The terror threat is real, but the biggest risk is that we over-reactOur security services have been successful at stopping the vast majority of plotsBy Jason Burke3 min read
Trump: big on dreams, small on how to achieve themDonald Trump left Israel yesterday after giving a lot of speeches about peace but very few details on his plan to resolve the conflictBy Anshel Pfeffer3 min read
Trump just gave the country that helped forge Isis a big bear-hugAs the home of the fanatical Wahhabi ideology there is no guarantee Saudi Arabia will always behave in the way Trump hopesBy John R Bradley2 min read
Trump has already had two big wins in IsraelHe is the first US president to have put Israel on the itinerary of the first foreign visit of his administrationBy Anshel Pfeffer3 min read
Shechita crackdown is part of a bigger, sadder storyMany Belgian students attend university abroad to escape hostility on campus.By Brigid Grauman2 min read
Trump has destroyed reputation of his top Jewish lawyerRod Rosenstein wrote the memo that Donald Trump used to fire FBI chief James ComeyBy Robert Philpot2 min read
France did not reject the far-right20.6 million voters rejected the far right in France last week. But 10.7 million actively supported it.By William Marshall2 min read
Israel dare not make forecasts for Trump tourWhile a presidential tour of the Middle East was always on the cards, this hastily-planned visit has caught Israel off guardBy Anshel Pfeffer2 min read
This story must now prompt a changeThe religious courts did nearly everything they “should” do, and still she is not free, writes Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll.By Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll1 min read
What Labour's Middle East policy revealsThe details in the draft version of the document which would guide the policies of a Labour government has one or two startling omissionsBy Marcus Dysch2 min read