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Are the walls closing in for Sinwar and Hamas?
While Israel rotates its units in and out of Gaza, Hamas is constantly on the frontline
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The hostages’ miraculous rescue has led to security forces dilemma
Four lives have been saved, but the question of how to save more is far from settled
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There's a word for how the world judges the Jewish state: Israelophobia
In the first of three weekly extracts from his new book, JC editor Jake Wallis Simons dispels myths about the country
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Bibi's government seems intent on spending the Knesset break on infighting
Amid a bitter row over judicial reforms, Netanyahu's government is locked in a row over transferring billions of shekels to Arab local councils
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Broken Bibi is powerless as Israel tears itself apart
Part of the judicial reform bill passed into law this week, but the prime minister has never looked more beleaguered
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As the judicial reforms stall, Bibi lines up his fall-guy
Netanyahu would like to see a more conservative Supreme Court, but he doesn’t share justice minister Yariv Levin’s burning desire to make it the government’s chief priority
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Israelis cutting back on spending as cost of living crisis deepens
Eighty per cent of respondents tell poll they have had to give up one or more item of expenditure
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Israeli Budget delivers £3 billion bonus to the Charedim
Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich reached a deal
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End of latest Gaza fighting gives Israel new problems — and opportunities too
With Operation Shield and Arrow at an end, there are few signs that Iran's proxies are keen to lower tensions
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Bibi gets a ceasefire from Gaza but stays under fire from his own side
Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas chief in Gaza, doesn’t want a war with Israel now while Benjamin Netanyahu has enough problems to deal with
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Charedi battalion soldiers on while the politicians dither
Strictly Orthodox military service is back on Israel's political agenda
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The legal reforms are dead. How do we know? Because that's what Bibi promised the credit agencies
Israel's downgrading was bad news, but could have been much worse
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Israel at 75: Demographics of Israel tell us their own remarkable story
How the Jewish population grew from 630,000 in 1948 to more than seven million today
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Israel at 75: The nation where faith is both a state and a debate
Secularists, traditionalists, religious Zionists and strictly Orthodox Jews all vie to realise their vision for the country
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Israel's bitter political divisions of today are nothing new
As Israel’s celebrates its 75th birthday this month, we examine the triumphs and the challenges of an extraordinary nation
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The point of no return is fast approaching for Bibi
Both sides in the bitter debate over judicial reform know the make or break moment in imminent
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