Lapid deserves a kind word for facing the polling crisis and incessant criticism over his conduct as opposition chairman. But he knows how to harness his party for good. Fellow opposition leader Eisenkot can cut his losses and join the ex-PMs' new party, Beyahad

Trump's fame – his ability to bend the entire media universe around his every word – is a taunt to others, daring them to make themselves even more famous, even through violence

The EU said it condemns 'all actions that help fund Russia's illegal war effort and circumvent sanctions' after another ship suspected of carrying grain stolen from occupied territory in Ukraine arrived on Sunday in the Haifa Bay • Ukraine summoned its Israeli ambassador in protest

From confiscated flags to cut-up kippas, police are cracking down on any symbol that remotely hints at the big bad 'other': Palestine solidarity. It reflects an increasingly racist pursuit to purge anything 'foreign' to a messianic nationalist version of Judaism

Violence has become routine, fear is constant and the state's response feels absent at best and malicious at worst, leaving ordinary people to navigate a reality where survival is uncertain

I always hoped to see a rocket launched into space. While hiking the Israel Trail, I heard the thunder of an Arrow 3 interceptor cutting through the skies. It was neither Apollo 8 nor Artemis II, but evidence of a never-ending war

Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid made the impression that a merger was off the table for the upcoming election – until reality forced their hand. With Gadi Eisenkot expected to join the fold, the trio is finding – for now – that they agree on more than they differ