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How Hamas’s internal cracks are becoming impossible for Gazans to ignore - opinion

Questions are now growing inside Gaza about whether Hamas still possesses the same solid popular base that once gave the movement its legitimacy after taking control of the Strip in 2007.

|ByMOHAMMED ALTOOLL
Gunmen stand guard at the funeral of Marwan Issa, a senior Hamas deputy military commander who was killed in an Israeli airstrike during the conflict between Israel and Hamas, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip, February 7, 2025.
Esther Luzzatto

From disaster to revival: Israel faced its destiny and changed the face of the Middle East

Israel celebrates its independence in the shadow of an unprecedented historical correction. The Jewish state dared to confront its destiny head-on and did not blink.

|ByDR. ESTHER LUZZATTO, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE LUZZATTO GROUP
Wreckage from a missile impact in Arad. March 23, 2026.

Trump made a decision on Iran, now it poses an existential threat to Israel - opinion

Trump’s ceasefire with Iran may have delayed war, but it left Tehran’s regime intact, its threats unresolved, and Israel facing a growing long-term existential danger.

|ByYITZHAK BRIK
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa attends the Ministry of Awqaf conference titled "Unity of Islamic Discourse" at the Conference Palace in Damascus, Syria, February 16, 2026.

Syria, Israel, and the regional war – what lies ahead?

Syria has kept out of the war; its president pledged a stable Syria that could offer partnerships in energy and economy. But all of that might change as Syria may vote to join a war after all. 

|ByNIR BOMS, KHALED HOMSI

Kerry slammed by right for 'encouraging' Israel boycott

US Secretary of State says status-quo between Israelis, Palestinians is unsustainable, warns of de-legitimization of Israel.

FEBRUARY 1, 2014ByHERB KEINON, LAHAV HARKOV
US Secretary of State John Kerry at the Munich Security Conference in Germany

Kerry denies being 'quixotic' in pursuit of Israeli-Palestinian peace

The US hopes to complete a "framework" accord in coming weeks and will then try to negotiate final peace deal by the end of 2014.

FEBRUARY 1, 2014ByREUTERS
US Secretary of State John Kerry at the Munich Security Conference in Germany

Ya'alon: Palestinians see destruction of Jews as realistic possibility

Defense minister lashes out at PA incitement during appearance to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

JANUARY 27, 2014ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon honors the memory of the Holocaust.