Israeli Politics

Lebanon agreement talks take shine off politicos’ holidays

Timing of election should have afforded them a lengthy break but they got called in to study the new gas-field treaty

By Anshel Pfeffer

4 min read

Israeli sightseers climb the rock cliff as navy vessels patrol the Mediterranean waters off the coast of Rosh Hanikra, an area at the border between Israel and Lebanon (Ras al-Naqura), as indirect talks on maritime borders between the two countries, still technically at war, resume under UN and US auspices, on May 4, 2021. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Prime Minister Yair Lapid leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on July 24, 2022. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL ***POOL PICTURE, EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES, PLEASE CREDIT THE PHOTOGRAPHER AS WRITTEN - MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/POOL*** *** Local Caption *** ישיבת ממשלה ראש הממשלה יעיר לפיד פגישה קבינט

Lebanon

Israel-Lebanon offshore gas field deal hailed as ‘step towards peace’

By David Rose

1 min read

Israel

Israel and Lebanon reach 'historic' agreement to settle decades-old maritime dispute

By Ben Bloch

3 min read

Leader of the Opposition and head of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the media in Tel Aviv on October 3, 2022. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** יו"ר הליכוד מצודת זאב מסיבת עיתונאים בנימין נתניהו מדבר

Israeli Politics

A Bibi plea bargain may end the political deadlock

By Anshel Pfeffer

5 min read

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on March 16, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Israeli Politics

Netanyahu ‘feeling well’ after Yom Kippur hospitalisation

By Georgia L Gilholy

1 min read

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - MAY 06: Yesh Atid Party leader, Yair Lapid, speaks at a press conference on May 6, 2021 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Israeli President Reuven Rivlin asked Lapid to form a new Israeli government after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fails to form a new government. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

By Anshel Pfeffer

Lapid tries to charm the world as West Bank burns

4 min read

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 22: Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid gives a speech during the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at U.N. headquarters on September 22, 2022 in New York City. After two years of holding the session virtually or in a hybrid format, 157 heads of state and representatives of government are expected to attend the General Assembly in person. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)

By Dominic Green

Lapid came to America — and nobody noticed

2 min read

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By Anshel Pfeffer

Israelis may miss their unremarkable year, with so many crises now arriving

The country may look back on 5782 as an comparatively uneventful period

5 min read

September 22, 2022 11:35

Head of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu attends Kikar HaShabbat conference at the Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem Hotel, September 12, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** בחירות 2022 מפלגת הליכוד בנימין נתניהו ביבי נתניהו ראש מפלגת הליכוד בנימין נתניהו נואם בכנס "כיכר השבת" בוולדורף אסטוריה ירושלים

Clarence House changed the mood in Israel

Israeli officials say a change in UK relations was immediately felt when the Queen, due to her age, began to travel abroad much less and the international face of the royal family became Prince Charles

By Anshel Pfeffer

5 min read

September 16, 2022 14:49

12th July 1967: General Chaim Herzog, the first military governor of the West Bank of Jordan, arriving at London Airport. (Photo by J. Wilds/Keystone/Getty Images)

Book review: Maror - The bitter taste of Israel’s inky heart of darkness

Tidhar's blockbuster work shows us the thieves, the tramps, the prostitutes, the violence, filth and corruption underlying the good behind the Zionist dream

By Jenni Frazer

2 min read

September 13, 2022 10:40

PORTRAIT OF PRIME MINISTER YITZHAK RABIN. פורטרט, ראש הממשלה יצחק רבין.

Is Iran happy with 'zombie' nuclear deal ?

The current situation where negotiations continue indefinitely while Iran continues to enrich uranium to threshold of what it would need for a nuclear weapon works well for Tehran

By Anshel Pfeffer

4 min read

September 13, 2022 10:27