Israel and the middle east

Regional terror and strategic balance: Israel's vital role in the Middle East - opinion

Strategic analysts believe that Israel has become critically important for maintaining regional peace and stability.

NOVEMBER 4, 2025|BySALEM ALKETBI

IDF armored and infantry reserve units in military training in Golan Heights before heading South to the Gaza Strip, October 8, 2023.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in front of a fire cause by Hezbollah rockets.

Netanyahu firm on new phase of Hezbollah war as UN warns of catastrophe

“Our goals are clear, our actions speak for themselves,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024|ByTOVAH LAZAROFF

IRANIAN PRESIDENT Masoud Pezeshkian (right) meets with Hezbollah deputy leader Sheikh Naim Qassem, in Tehran, last week. In the Mideast, a reluctance to use force is seen by most people as a weakness, the writer maintains.

Escalation vs. restraint: The strategic dilemma in Gaza and Hezbollah’s attrition war - opinion

As global leaders express concerns over escalating violence in Gaza and Hezbollah’s ongoing war against Israel, the Israeli debate between escalation and restraint intensifies.

AUGUST 4, 2024|ByEFRAIM INBAR

A woman rides a bike near posters of hostages kidnapped during the deadly October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, in Tel Aviv, Israel, July 12, 2024.

Katz: military and diplomatic pressure needed for Gaza hostage deal

Lammy said that the UK was committed to doing all it could to “bring, peace and stability to this region, this most complex and challenging of regions at this time.”

JULY 15, 2024|ByTOVAH LAZAROFF

Out & About: Top 10 things to do in Israel this week

Photographer Ron Gafni has a new exhibition and a book titled 'Israel – Seen from the Sky,' which shows the country as we never get to see it.

MAY 1, 2014ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Ron Gafni's ‘Bird’s Eye’ Photos of Israel exhibition

The sound of torture

An Israeli filmmaker documents the horrifying saga of Eritrean refugees held for ransom in Bedouin torture houses in Sinai.

APRIL 29, 2014ByBERNARD DICHEK

A former hostage is overcome with grief as she recalls her ordeal in the documentary ‘Sound of Torture'

14 Days

The latest news around the region.

APRIL 29, 2014ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

NEGOTIATION COLLAPSE The Israeli-Palestinian negotiating process collapsed after Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah signed a unity pact in Gaza City with its militant rival Hamas on April 23 (above).

World view

Using a long-term, global perspective, Tali Yativ custom designs dream trips, making a small idea about a big vacation a reality.

APRIL 27, 2014ByTALI HERDEVALL

Hot off the Arab press 350308

What citizens of other countries are reading about the Middle East.

APRIL 24, 2014ByTHE MEDIA LINE

A PALESTINIAN with dwarfism throws a shot put during a local competition last week in Gaza City that had around 100 participants and was organized by the Athletics Union for the Disabled in Gaza.

What does Algeria’s election mean for Israel?

The country has not become a hub of anti-Israel terrorism, but the newly-re-elected President Bouteflika is neither an Anwar Sadat nor a King Hussein.

APRIL 20, 2014ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL