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By Anshel Pfeffer

Israeli Budget delivers £3 billion bonus to the Charedim

Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich reached a deal

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May 24, 2023 10:35

Chairman of the Religious Zionism party MK Bezalel Smotrich at Kikar HaShabbat conference in the Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem Hotel, September 12, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** בחירות 2022 כיכר השבת כנס אתר חדשות בצלאל סמוטריץ הציונות הדתית

End of latest Gaza fighting gives Israel new problems — and opportunities too

With Operation Shield and Arrow at an end, there are few signs that Iran's proxies are keen to lower tensions

By Seth J. Frantzman

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May 18, 2023 11:01

End of latest Gaza fighting gives Israel new problems — and opportunities too

By Anshel Pfeffer

Bibi gets a ceasefire from Gaza but stays under fire from his own side

Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas chief in Gaza, doesn’t want a war with Israel now while Benjamin Netanyahu has enough problems to deal with

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May 4, 2023 11:59

Yahya Sinwar, head of Hamas's political wing in Gaza, visits the house of fellow Hamas leader Nizar Awadallah (unseen) in Gaza City on March 10, 2021, upon his re-election as the head of the Islamist movement's de facto leader in the Israeli-blockaded Palestinian enclave. - Sinwar, a former commander of Hamas's military branch, served more than two decades in an Israeli jail before he was released in 2011 as a part of a prisoner exchange. First elected to the post in 2017, he faced four challengers this time, including Nizar Awadallah, the former head of Hamas's advisory Shura Council. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP) (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)

By Anshel Pfeffer

Charedi battalion soldiers on while the politicians dither

Strictly Orthodox military service is back on Israel's political agenda

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April 27, 2023 10:47

Israeli soldiers of the Jewish Ultra-Orthodox battalion "Netzah Yehuda" hold morning prayers as they take part in their annual unit training in the Israeli annexed Golan Heights, near the Syrian border on May 19, 2014. The Netzah Yehuda Battalion is a battalion in the Kfir Brigade of the Israel military which was created to allow religious Israelis to serve in the army in an atmosphere respecting their religious convictions. AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANA (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

By Anshel Pfeffer

The legal reforms are dead. How do we know? Because that's what Bibi promised the credit agencies

Israel's downgrading was bad news, but could have been much worse

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April 19, 2023 17:19

Israelis block the Ayalon highway in Tel Aviv during a protest against the Israeli government's planned judicial overhaul on March 26, 2023. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** מחאה נגד הרפורמה המשפטית ברחובות ת"א תל אביב הפגנה דגלי ישראל איילון

Israel at 75: Demographics of Israel tell us their own remarkable story

How the Jewish population grew from 630,000 in 1948 to more than seven million today

By Jonathan Boyd

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April 14, 2023 09:12

Israel at 75: Demographics of Israel tell us their own remarkable story

Israel at 75: The nation where faith is both a state and a debate

Secularists, traditionalists, religious Zionists and strictly Orthodox Jews all vie to realise their vision for the country

By Gideon Sylvester

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April 14, 2023 09:08

Israel at 75: The nation where faith is both a state and a debate

Israel's bitter political divisions of today are nothing new

As Israel’s celebrates its 75th birthday this month, we examine the triumphs and the challenges of an extraordinary nation

By Richard Pater

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April 4, 2023 11:34

Israel's bitter political divisions of today are nothing new

By Anshel Pfeffer

The point of no return is fast approaching for Bibi

Both sides in the bitter debate over judicial reform know the make or break moment in imminent

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March 23, 2023 10:46

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on February 19, 2023. Photo by Yoav Dudkevitch/POOL ***POOL PICTURE, EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES, PLEASE CREDIT THE PHOTOGRAPHER AS WRITTEN - YOAV DUDKEVITCH/POOL*** *** Local Caption *** ישיבת ממשלה ראש הממשלה נתניהו משרד קבינט מדבר שרים

Are the walls closing in for Sinwar and Hamas?

The hostages’ miraculous rescue has led to security forces dilemma

There's a word for how the world judges the Jewish state: Israelophobia

Bibi's government seems intent on spending the Knesset break on infighting

Broken Bibi is powerless as Israel tears itself apart

As the judicial reforms stall, Bibi lines up his fall-guy

Israelis cutting back on spending as cost of living crisis deepens

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Israeli Budget delivers £3 billion bonus to the Charedim

End of latest Gaza fighting gives Israel new problems — and opportunities too

Bibi gets a ceasefire from Gaza but stays under fire from his own side

Charedi battalion soldiers on while the politicians dither

The legal reforms are dead. How do we know? Because that's what Bibi promised the credit agencies

Israel at 75: Demographics of Israel tell us their own remarkable story

Israel at 75: The nation where faith is both a state and a debate

Israel's bitter political divisions of today are nothing new

The point of no return is fast approaching for Bibi