Herb Keinon

US Ambassador to France, Charles Kushner, criticized Macron's stance on Palestine, linking it to growing antisemitism in France. The French government swiftly protested his remarks.

Gantz's steep decline can be traced to June 9, 2024, when he resigned from the government after issuing an ultimatum a month earlier demanding that Netanyahu present a post-war plan. 

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: Israelis rally because they cannot imagine abandoning their own. Hamas raids because it cannot imagine a better strategy.

Israel has always wrestled with questions of motivation, service, and sacrifice. Yet when tested, the country has rediscovered its resolve.

The idea of establishing a Palestinian state in Judea and Samaria is one that a majority of Israelis once entertained, but no longer.

Sunday’s strikes, roadblocks, and protests - though they disrupt life in Israel - are unlikely to move Hamas toward releasing anyone; if anything, they encourage Hamas to dig in further.

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: For Netanyahu, the calculation is now straightforward: win the war quickly, and the rest will sort itself out.

'The nerves of even the most adoring grandparents can get shot. I understand that now. I didn’t understand it then.'

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: Whether this is chaos by design or simply dysfunction on full display, talk over reoccupying Gaza have led to a critical inflection point.

Sa’ar said the right things, but in a world where Hamas’s word is often trusted and Israel’s is doubted, there's no guarantee it will matter.