While Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is often portrayed as a political improviser who seizes opportunities and dodges land mines as they occur to preserve his hold on power, he is in fact guided by a clear and consistent mission, Haaretz editor-in-chief Aluf Benn tells the Haaretz Podcast.

The Israeli PM says he seeks full control of Gaza, removing Hamas and then transferring the governance to another party.

The crisis between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir over the next phase of the war in the Gaza Strip is even worse than the…

Time and again, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has pledged to defeat Hamas by force. His cabinet’s decision to capture Gaza City risks ending in a familiar deadlock.

While Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is often portrayed as a political improviser who seizes opportunities and dodges land mines as they occur to preserve his hold on power, he…

On Friday morning, Israel's security cabinet approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan for a complete takeover of Gaza City, greatly expanding its war on Gaza and de facto…

EDITORIAL. The Israeli prime minister's decision to ignore the opposition of the top military leadership, who warned him about the heavy consequences of an occupation, marks a…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hoped to buy himself time. Time in his struggles for political survival, time against the diplomatic avalanche, and time in his failed…

The decision by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's "security" cabinet to take control of Gaza, starting with Gaza City, against the explicit advice of the government's most…