Middle East

Benjamin Netanyahu’s war test

It took a devastating attack to expose the full extent of the prime minister’s failures. What happens next?

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The Middle East security scholar on the imminent ground invasion of Gaza.

By Katie Stallard

Sharone Lifschitz’s parents are believed to have been abducted by Hamas. She wants them saved.

By Alona Ferber

Confronted with a grave security crisis, the House of Representatives is effectively paralysed.

By Katie Stallard

How Israel forgot the lessons of the Yom Kippur War.

By Robert D Kaplan

The response to Hamas will devastate the Strip, upend the balance of power in the Middle East and define the…

By Alona Ferber

The country’s role in the Middle East has been long ignored – and Israel is paying the price.

By Lina Khatib

Hamas’ recent brutal attack on Israel reconfirms that the post-Cold War era of Western triumphalism is over.

By New Statesman