A Year After the Cease-fire, Israel Enjoys Relative Freedom of Action in Lebanon In Gaza, Trump's Stalled Plan Leaves Hamas Strengthened IDF Chief Doubles Down on Red Lines He Won't Cross in Confrontation With Defense Minister Katz

Even Amid Hamas Attacks and Hezbollah Threats, Netanyahu Focused His Fury on Anti-government Protesters. Police, Shin Bet and Courts Were Pressed to Crack Down – Sometimes Absurdly – While the Supreme Court Allowed Justice Minister Levin to Intervene in Criminal Probes

It Doesn't Require Tanks or Airstrikes, Just Budgets Quietly Stripped From Arab Towns, Empty Promises Quietly Shelved, and Entire Communities Left to Fend for Themselves as Illegal Weapons Flood Our Streets

Jordan and Egypt Don't Need an American Executive Order to Act Against the Muslim Brotherhood, and It Won't Change Their Complex Relations With the Group. It Is Also Not Expected to Affect Hamas' Standing in the Israel-neighboring Countries

Washington, With the Help of Israeli Attacks, Hopes to Compel the Lebanese Government and Army to Disarm Hezbollah. Moreover, the U.S. Postulates That Israeli Aggression Can Force Lebanon to Enter Diplomatic Negotiations With Israel, Possibly Even Joining the Abraham Accords

When the Pop Star Voiced Concern About the Suffering of Some Overshadowed by Gaza, He Meant It. The Same Can't Be Said for the pro-Israel Warriors Who Point to Sudan Because They Can No Longer Defend the Indefensible

The Chances That the Prime Minister Will Manage to Outlaw the United Arab List Are Slim, but His Government Will Wage a Smear Campaign Against a Bloc That Could Be a Major Obstacle to Victory in the Election. As a Bonus, This Would Also Hamstring the Opposition

Faced With Deepening Isolation, Israelis Risk Becoming More Militant, More Insular and More Reactive to Any Force They Perceive as a Threat. The Goal, Then, Seems to Be to Turn Israel Into the Worst Version of Itself

The Beirut Killing of Hezbollah's Second in Command May Spur the Lebanese Government to Advance the Group's Disarmament, or Offer Its Militants a Bargaining Chip – That Only It Can Defend the Country From Israel

The 28-point War-ending 'Peace Plan' Serves Russia's Interests and Pressures Ukraine. Peace Won't Follow, Just as None Came From the Soviet-Nazi Pact