Bezalel Smotrich said Israel should take over most of the territory, partly in response to growing international moves to recognize a Palestinian state.

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High-level political and security figures are said to be resisting the prime minister’s demand for a comprehensive deal to end the war in Gaza.

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A shift toward pressing for a permanent cease-fire deal, alongside plans for a new offensive in Gaza City, means the fighting is unlikely to end soon.

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Israel’s assassination of top officials last week is likely to make the Iranian-backed militia even more hawkish, Yemen analysts say.

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The ban indicates that Israel’s leaders are deliberately trying to conceal the war’s full horror.

It is the duty of Israeli military reserves to stay home and not fight an unjust war.

Israel is well on its way to making itself a pariah state — to the point that Israelis will think twice about speaking Hebrew when traveling abroad.

Readers discuss a column by Nicholas Kristof on the ‘pointless destructiveness’ of Israel’s war on Hamas. Also: Trump’s mail-in ballot block.

The killing of Anas al-Sharif marks an ominous new phase of the war in Gaza.