Analysis: Israel’s unclear post-Assad strategy is undermining its own interests—fueling local hostility, weakening stability in Syria and empowering Iran; it should instead pursue a stable Damascus and broaden alliances to curb hostile influence
Opinion: The prime minister is right that his trial is causing rifts, but he is the one causing them; Therefore, it would be right that both parts of his request are fulfilled: First heal the rifts, then a pardon
Analysis: Netanyahu’s request to President Isaac Herzog stunned Israel’s legal and political systems, as he offers a draw in his long fight with prosecutors, signaling he will ease off the attorney general and high court if they ease off him