Israel
Vox’s coverage of Israel, from the Israel-Palestine conflict to Israel’s elections to its relationship with the US and more. You can find more coverage of the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel here or by following Vox’s storystream of the 2023 Israel-Hamas war.
What’s in the ceasefire deal, and what could come next.
The International Criminal Court issued warrants over allegations of war crimes in Gaza.
From start to finish, Palestinians became a target, and candidates were only interested in maintaining the status quo.
Thrills, cautious optimism, stony silence: How allies, partners, and adversaries reacted to Trump’s win.
Pro-Palestinian voters are facing a moral dilemma.
The US has warned Israel against restricting aid but has also failed to stop the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.
We spoke to a number of experts a year ago. Several have changed their minds.
Lebanon’s conflict with Israel is deeper than Hezbollah.
After Yahya Sinwar’s death, is a ceasefire in Gaza more likely?
After Yahya Sinwar’s death, Netanyahu has a chance to declare victory and wind down the war. Will he take it?
What the author saw in Palestine.
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A year after October 7, Gaza may be turning into Israel’s “forever war.”
The acclaimed writer takes on another intractable problem.
Israel set out to reestablish military superiority. It succeeded — at catastrophic human cost.
The past year of war has been a nightmare for Palestinians, Israelis, and much of the planet.
With Israel’s Lebanon invasion, the Middle East is on the verge of chaos.
Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, was killed in an airstrike. What now?
Will Hezbollah escalate the fight against Israel?
Israel has hit several Hezbollah targets this past week — and caused Lebanon’s bloodiest day in nearly two decades.
It’s a dangerous escalation in the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel as the war in Gaza rages on.
After the attack on Hezbollah: Can any device be a bomb?
If the race to stop a spill in the Red Sea fails, it would be one of the worst in history.
Can an American ally be held accountable if it kills a US citizen?
Would Harris differ from Biden? Nobody knows.
Israel’s attacks on Gaza created conditions for polio to spread. Now, a vaccination campaign is racing against time.
The raids come amid escalating violence in the Palestinian territory.
Denying them a spot risks fracturing an already fragile coalition.
A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas seems as far off as ever.
From shipping lanes to airspace to undersea cables, globalization is under physical attack.
And how university campuses can do better this fall.
What the attack on US troops in Iraq says about a wider Middle East war.
A far-right riot at a military base exposed the contradiction tearing Israel apart.
After strikes in Beirut and Tehran, the region has never been closer to all-out war.
Biden’s approach to the war in Gaza has been divisive. Would Harris chart a new path?
After his latest address to Congress, the Israeli prime minister has never looked more isolated.
Dozens of other democracies have short election cycles. Can the Democrats learn something from them?
The next phase of Israel’s war in Gaza, explained.
The problem is that it’s not clear either side wants a ceasefire.
More than 3,500 people in Rafah alone could die from conflict trauma by August if Israel expands its invasion.