If the United States Fails to Support Iranian Protesters, the President Risks Being Accused of Abandoning Them to Their Fate - but a Prolonged Offensive Campaign Will Take Time. Either Way, the Israeli Defense Ministry and Other Bodies Are Increasing Their Preparations for Possible Escalation

As Murders in Arab Communities Soar and Protests Draw Almost No Jewish Political or Mainstream Presence, Opposition Leaders Risk Squandering Moral Credibility and the Chance to Build a Real Jewish-Arab Partnership for Change

While Both the Iranian Army and the Revolutionary Guards Declared Days Ago That 'Harming Security Is a Red Line,' They Are Watching Developments With Apprehension. Both Need to Protect Their Status, Future and Assets, Which Could Be Threatened by a U.S. Attack

Facing an Expiring Aid Agreement and Shifting American Politics, Netanyahu Is Recasting the Likely U.S. Move Away From Israeli Military Support as a Win for Israel

Israeli Intelligence Sees a Long-term Erosion of Iran's Regime, Marked by Eased Hijab Enforcement and Deep Infrastructure Failures. As Trump Presses for Regime Change, Netanyahu Signals Readiness to Phase Out U.S. Military Aid, Reshaping Israel's Strategic Calculus

Naftali Bennett, Benjamin Netanyahu's Main Rival in the Run-up to This Year's Election, Wants to Shower IDF Conscripts and Reservists With Benefits in the Hope That the ultra-Orthodox Will Be Tempted to Join, Too. It Won't Work

Since the Assad Regime Fell, the Kurds in Syria Have Been Vying for Control With al-Sharaa. Israel's Entry Into the Fray Could Lead to Conflict With Turkey and the U.S.

Police Inaction as a Bus Driver Fatally Ran Over a Protester and Through the Mass Riots That Occurred on Tuesday Reflects a Broader Tendency to Avoid Intervention in ultra-Orthodox Neighborhoods, Particularly Those Dominated by Extremist Factions

Netanyahu's Far-right Religious Bloc Is Tightly Organized, While His Center-left and Right-wing Opponents Remain Divided. Anti-Netanyahu Protest Leaders Joining Yair Golan's Democrats Have Further Complicated Potential Alliances With Gadi Eisenkot and Yair Lapid, as an Arab Merger Remains Uncertain

The Words 'Treason,' 'Betrayal' and 'Traitor' Are Being Lobbed at the Israeli Prime Minister Amid New Developments in the Qatargate Scandal. But Referring to Politicians as Traitors in Israel Has a Deadly History