Current sectionIsrael NewsShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeFrom the top, clockwise: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameini, Syria's deposed dictator Bashar al-Assad, assassinated Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah. Credit: KHAMENEI.IR / AFP, AFP, APThe Israeli prime minister has repeatedly declared that the war in Gaza changed the face of the Middle East, but Israel's military achievements on the seven fronts were merely tactical, and the changes brought about are far from the optimistic vision Netanyahu has been promisingOctober 06, 2025"I said that we'll change the face of the Middle East. Syria isn't the same Syria, Lebanon isn't the same Lebanon, and the head of the axis, Iran, also isn't the same Iran," said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in December 2024, summarizing the "new" Middle East. In the NewsHamas Official Confirms Group's Military Chief Killed in IDF Strikes on GazaU.S. Suspends Sanctions Against UN Investigator Francesca AlbaneseLebanon: U.S.-backed Security Track With Israel Established During Friday Talks'Fantasies of a Young Arab Lover': The Secret Gay Scene of Mandatory PalestineCould Brain-drain Leave Israel Brain-dead?Remembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThe Hasidic Jews Behind Florida's Giant Golden Trump StatueStarlink Users, Beware – Israeli Tech Can Reveal Your IdentityIt Wasn't Just Revenge That Israel Was After in GazaIsraeli Artists Slam Venice Biennale Participation: 'Again, Israel as a Victim'Trump Collides With Reality in Latest Iran StandoffIsraeli Teens Storm Muslim Quarter in Old City, Haaretz Reporter Attacked