Edward Finkelstein

For decades, voting in Israeli elections was off-limits for the Druze of the Golan Heights, who remained loyal to Syria. That taboo is now crumbling: 45% of the community holds Israeli citizenship today, compared with just 2% forty years ago, according to Ici Beyrouth.

A majority of Israelis would prefer a unity government to a repeat election if the October 27 vote fails to produce a clear winner, according to a poll for the daily Maariv. The same poll puts the governing and opposition blocs level, and neither is close to a majority.

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) on Monday presented HawkGuard, a new system designed to counter attack drones, at the AUSA 2026 defense exhibition in Washington.

France, one of the Palestinian Authority's main backers, on Sunday called on Palestinian leaders to "reverse their decision" to postpone legislative and presidential elections until September 2027 and to hold the votes "as soon as possible."

Benjamin Netanyahu's military secretary on October 7, 2023, has accused the prime minister of passing up chances to bring hostages home alive in order to protect his coalition. Netanyahu rejects the claim.

A reported CIA warning that Israel faces civil war or state collapse rests on anonymous briefings, an unpublished paper, and a unit whose job is to invent uncomfortable scenarios. That is a thin basis for a claim this large.

Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon said “Three years ago, on October 7th, Hamas tried to break us. They did not.”

US President Donald Trump threatened Thursday to strike Iran "very hard" if Tehran's involvement is confirmed in the mid-air knife attack on the pilot of a Flydubai flight, as Israel pointed to "Islamist indoctrination" of the co-pilot.

Israel's military intelligence has begun taking a hard look at the "Libya corridor" and Turkey's growing military and diplomatic influence in the region, the Jerusalem Post reports.

Saudi Arabia's foreign minister told the UN General Assembly on Saturday that Gulf security is inseparable from global stability, warning that the world has been too slow to respond to threats against the region's waterways.

Iran has submitted a proposal to the United States to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days.

Thousands of newcomers are joining returning evacuees, a quiet verdict on who won the southern front.