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Thomas Helm

Thomas Helm

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Thomas Helm is Jerusalem Correspondent at The National. He was previously its staff opinion writer in Abu Dhabi

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An election campaign billboard for the Likud party showing US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, in 2019. AP
Netanyahu's party reportedly distances leader from Trump

Reports that Likud election campaign promoting leaders' relationship was scrapped adds to fears of deepening rift over Iran war pact

MENAJune 17, 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a news conference in Jerusalem following the announcement of a US-Iran mediated preliminary framework to end regional military hostilities. EPA
How have Israeli politicians reacted to US-Iran deal and Netanyahu's justification of it?

Anger over the agreement is giving Israel's beleaguered opposition a major attack line before elections

MENAJune 16, 2026
Damage to the town of Jibchit in Nabatieh district, Lebanon, June 16, 2026, following a deal between the United States and Iran. Reuters
Iran says Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon is key to US deal

Trump warned that Israel needed to be 'responsible in respect to Lebanon'

MENAJune 16, 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. AFP
Israel insists it will not leave Lebanon as Netanyahu flounders over deal

PM breaks silence as coalition partners and opponents criticise emerging framework for peace

MENAJune 15, 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, with newly appointed Mossad chief Roman Gofman on June 2. Photo: GPO Israel
Alarm in Israel after week of Netanyahu ally appointments

Opposition says Prime Minister brings 'rot' to government, pushing cronies to high office before elections

MENAJune 06, 2026
US Air Force tanker aircraft lined up at Ben Gurion International Airport, Israel. Reuters
Israel's sense of isolation grows with Ben Gurion airport resembling US air base

Country's main international gateway now congested with American military aircraft, disrupting commercial operations

MENAJune 04, 2026
Israeli soldiers carry the coffin of a sergeant killed in fighting in Lebanon. Getty Images
Lebanon becomes political crisis for Netanyahu

Israel's Prime Minister facing criticism for incompetence, not learning from past mistakes and angering Trump

MENAJune 02, 2026
Lebanese civil defence workers search the rubble of a building hit by an Israeli strike, near Tyre, southern Lebanon. AFP
Israel to 'press pedal even harder' in Lebanon in response to drone fears

Hezbollah's evolving aerial tactics exact growing toll on Israeli troops and northern communities

MENAMay 26, 2026
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid says a two-state solution is not high on his agenda. EPA
Israeli opposition leader says Palestinian peace process 'not a priority'

Former prime minister Yair Lapid said regional tensions and damage caused by Netanyahu government were more important

MENAMay 25, 2026
Israeli flags flutter near a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank. Reuters
West Bank village residents file objection after Israeli minister's order

More than 200 people signed the complaint

MENAMay 20, 2026
Settlement homes on a road towards the occupied West Bank Palestinian village of Umm Al Khair. AFP
Anti-settlement groups suspicious of Israel's latest West Bank 'heritage' drive

Israeli plan to invest in 'heritage assets of the Jewish people' stokes fears of annexation

MENAMay 20, 2026
An ultra-Orthodox Knesset member sits during a preliminary proposal vote at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem. EPA
Israeli MPs vote to dissolve Knesset, paving way for potential early elections

Move follows coalition split over ultra-Orthodox military service exemptions, exposing widening fractures in Netanyahu’s government

MENAMay 20, 2026
Palestinians and supporters demonstrate against the displacement of Khan Al Ahmar, the Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank, in 2023. AFP
Smotrich shrugs off ICC warrant by ordering West Bank village to be emptied

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said war crimes court in The Hague has issued arrest warrant against him

MENAMay 19, 2026
The site of the strike in the Al Remal neighbourhood of Gaza City. EPA
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Seven dead after Israel kills Hamas military chief in Gaza

Strike comes amid increase in fighting and fears ceasefire under threat

MENAMay 16, 2026
Israeli bulldozers demolish parts of UNRWA headquarters in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah on January 20. EPA
With bulldozers and bricks, not bullets, Israel cements control of Jerusalem

Battle for total control of the city is being waged by an Israeli government determined to finish what was started in 1967

MENAMay 15, 2026
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