The U.S. has built up joint Israeli-Palestinian security cooperation. The idea: peace for all. The reality: repression of Palestinians by their own forces as well as Israel’s.

Where Trump threatens and thunders, Netanyahu—who’s not a head of state but does command popular support—swaps. Give him what he needs, and he’ll give you what you want.

Shalom Yospe, 72, has lived in a kibbutz near Israel’s embattled border with Gaza since the 1960s. His resilience and generosity are reminders of ideals that built the country.

Hamas calculated that Netanyahu’s political weakness would force him to bargain ahead of the vaunted international song contest. Many Israelis fear Hamas may be right.

Netanyahu, facing multiple indictments, may keep himself out of jail by annexing the West Bank. But what happens to 2.5 million Palestinians there? And to Israel’s identity?

Unadulterated ethno-nationalism is in full bloom in the Land of Milk and Honey.

On Tuesday night the results were too close to call, with the possibility President Reuven Rivlin will have to choose between two equal blocs in the Knesset.