The Latest Breaking News from Yossi Mekelberg

How will the fall of the Assad regime reshape geopolitical dynamics worldwide?

Israel's bombing of Syrian military assets and its entry into the UN-patrolled buffer zone on the Golan Heights show it fears the worst from the end of the Assad clan's rule, analysts told AFP. "The Israeli government... is operating on a worst-case scenario with little to no nuance," said Yossi…

Debate on whether the ultra-Orthodox should serve in the Israeli military could bring down Netanyahu’s government.

Netanyahu’s popularity is at an all-time low. The Beirut assassinations won’t fundamentally change that, analysts say.

The bloodiest fighting for decades has revived an option once thought dead as the last hope for peace. But how it would look and whether the will to achieve it exists remain unclear

Signs of the rift within Israel’s establishment deepen even as Netanyahu declares the next phase of the war in Gaza.

The US president has a frosty history with Israel’s PM, says international relations professor Yossi Mekelberg

Hamas fighters on Saturday launched an unprecedented deadly assault on Israel, catching Israeli intelligence services off-guard. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed the militant group will pay a heavy price. As Israel responds with force, razing whole districts in Gaza, the Hamas-run Palestinian enclave, residents there are being left with…

Israel has used bunker busters to target Hamas in Gaza’s tunnels, which are also a lifeline for the besieged strip.