Gal Hirsch's Appointment as Hostage Coordinator Was Meant to Shield Netanyahu From Criticism and Suggest to Hostage Families That Their Loved Ones' Fate Depended on Their Compliance. The Families Are Justified in Demanding His Resignation

The Dispute Over the Number of Fatalities May Be Approaching an End, but the Debate on Their Identities Is Still Expected to Trudge On. The Israeli Public Must Ask Itself What This Belated Recognition Indicates About the Army and the Government's Credibility Regarding Israel's Conduct in Gaza

Many of the Kingdom's Most Daring Projects Are Being Delayed and Downsized. Money and Megalomania Alone Don't Make for Economic Development

Now That the Hostages and the Fallen Have Been Returned, Following an Unprecedented Effort, Netanyahu Must Now Grapple With the Fine Print of the Cease-fire Deal: From Hamas' Remaining Grip on Gaza to the Blatant Involvement of Qatar and Turkey. It Is All Coming to a Head Much Sooner Than He Anticipated

The Findings of the Investigative Committee Into the Submarines Affair Point to a Governing Style Marked by Secrecy and Eroded Oversight, Raising Parallels With Israel's Unexamined Failures Leading Up to Hamas' October 7 Attack

One Goal of Trump's Board of Peace Is to Make the Lives of Palestinians in Gaza, Who Are Suffering From the Ravages of Winter, Including Freezing Temperatures, Fierce Winds and Flooding in Around Their Tents, More Tolerable as Quickly as Possible

As Trump Divides the World to Those With Him and Those Against Him, It Is Enough to Look at His Disagreements With European Countries to Get the Impression That Gaza and Palestine Are Marginal Issues for the U.S. President, and That Israel's Influence Is Limited

Although France Has Announced It Will Not Join, Britain and Germany Have Made Do With Vague Statements for Now. The Issue Is Expected to Be Discussed at the World Economic Forum in Davos Which Opened on Monday - and the Signing Ceremony for the Peace Council Treaty Is Scheduled to Take Place at the Conference on Thursday

If Neither Hamas nor Netanyahu Want the Gaza Cease-fire, Why Would Grand Announcements and Vague Plans, Against the Backdrop of the Immense Geopolitical Chaos Wrought by Trump, Change Anything on the Ground?

Seventy-eight Years After the Nakba and the End of the British Mandate, and After Generations of Dreaming of Self-determination and Seeking to Realize It, Palestinians Face a New, American Governance Framework – Without Any Palestinians on Board