We're back to the guessing game that we've been playing for the past two years: "What does Netanyahu mean?" When he says, "We intend for the army to take over the entire Gaza Strip," there is a tendency to downplay the significance of his words and offer interpretations.

For days now, Israeli media have reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on the verge of ordering the full reoccupation of Gaza.

Sometimes, a single sentence captures everything. That was the case on Wednesday evening, when hundreds of Israelis gathered for a spontaneous demonstration in Tel Aviv to protest…

Israeli leader suggests he would pass responsibility for governing the Strip onto Arab forces

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…

The Israeli PM knows a full military occupation of Gaza will further isolate his country internationally and deepen domestic criticism. But with an arrest warrant hanging over his…

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.

Palestinians condemn Netanyahu's intention to take military control of all of Gaza

Takeover raises the prospect of curfews, evacuation orders and exhausted civilians on the road once more.

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…

There is a big gap between how the security cabinet's decision overnight into Friday on expanding the war in Gaza is presented and what its practical consequences currently appear…

We're back to the guessing game that we've been playing for the past two years: "What does Netanyahu mean?" When he says, "We intend for the army to take over the entire Gaza…

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…

The very existence of a debate in the security cabinet about the possibility of reoccupying the Gaza Strip, nearly two years after the war began, is nothing less than a personal…

Economic crisis; corruption; the growing power of fascist, racist, and religious groups; escalating right-wing violence; and, in the background, a war on the borders with threats…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Is Trying to Do Some Damage Control by Using Minimizing Language to Describe His Gaza Takeover Plan. Netanyahu's Speeches and Israel's History…