Opinion: Polls show Eisenkot ahead of Netanyahu on who is better suited to be prime minister, but his campaign needs firm promises on Gaza and Iran, a united opposition and a message that can win over disillusioned Likud voters before it is too late

Opinion: A deadlocked election could bring back the 1984 unity-government model, but Netanyahu would have to abandon Ben-Gvir and Smotrich, block judicial reforms and launch an independent October 7 inquiry before Eisenkot could agree to share power

Analysis: The kingdom has reopened cinemas, expanded women's freedoms and curbed its religious police, but clerics remain under royal control; despite shared security concerns, Israel must not mistake parallel Saudi interests for an emerging alliance

Clinical psychologist Michal Newborn says traditional therapy is no longer enough for soldiers haunted by guilt, grief and moral injury after years of war; healing may mean leaving the clinic to visit fallen comrades' graves and meet their families