Limor Simhony Philpott

Why a Ramadan ceasefire in Gaza looks unlikely

11 March 2024 8:00 pm

Hopes for a temporary ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas during Ramadan were dashed over the weekend, when it became…

Netanyahu’s plan won’t deradicalise the Palestinians

24 February 2024 7:03 pm

Four months after the beginning of the Gaza war, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has finally presented his security cabinet…

Why the US is suddenly calling for a ceasefire in Gaza

21 February 2024 12:46 am

In a surprising move, the United States has put forward a draft for a UN Security Council resolution calling for…

Hamas can’t hide behind hospitals anymore

16 February 2024 3:03 am

Israeli special forces are operating in Nasser hospital, one of the main hospitals in the city of Khan Yunis, where…

Israel has to invade Rafah if it wants to destroy Hamas

14 February 2024 5:00 pm

When news broke that Israel planned to start an offensive in the city of Rafah, in the southern part of…

Israel cannot accept Hamas’s hostage deal

8 February 2024 12:34 am

Following weeks of stagnation in the negotiations between Israel and Hamas over a deal for the release of Israeli hostages,…

Israel suffers its deadliest day in Gaza

23 January 2024 10:45 pm

It’s only Tuesday, and already Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has had one of the worst weeks since the war…

The real reason Netanyahu is opposed to a Palestinian state

20 January 2024 3:33 am

When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Biden administration earlier this week that he objects to the establishment of…

America’s support for Israel has strings attached

11 January 2024 12:41 am

On his fourth visit to Israel this week since its war with Hamas started, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken…

Why everyone is worried about Hezbollah

10 January 2024 3:28 am

Hezbollah has escalated attacks against Israel in the last few days. The Iran-backed Lebanese militant organisation started firing missiles into…

Israel has taken a big risk with its Hamas assassination in Lebanon

3 January 2024 6:33 am

Israel today killed top Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri, in the most significant assassination since the war against Hamas started almost…

Israel’s supreme court verdict spells trouble for Benjamin Netanyahu

3 January 2024 4:09 am

Israel’s supreme court has overturned a law passed by Benjamin Netanyahu’s government last year that would have limited the power…

Inside the Hamas split over its war with Israel

23 December 2023 1:10 am

Hamas leaders based in Qatar have been holding talks with Palestinian officials from Fatah, the political organisation that dominates the…

Why Hamas isn’t willing to strike a deal with Israel

22 December 2023 12:15 am

Hamas’s chairman, Ismail Haniyeh, is in Cairo for talks with Egyptian officials about a new temporary ceasefire deal with Israel.…

How much longer can Netanyahu resist a hostage deal?

18 December 2023 10:59 pm

Thousands of protestors have taken to the streets of Tel Aviv following the killing of three young Israeli hostages by the Israeli Defence Forces…

Netanyahu has finally realised Russia is no friend of Israel

16 December 2023 5:00 pm

When Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a 50-minute phone call with Russian president Vladimir Putin last weekend, it was…

The IDF’s death toll is rising

15 December 2023 2:15 am

The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) have suffered their deadliest day since the 7 October massacre. Nine soldiers were killed, including…

Israel should think twice before assassinating Hamas’s leaders

5 December 2023 5:56 pm

Israel knows that airstrikes alone cannot help it to win its war against Hamas. To handicap its enemy, the Israel…

How Hamas’s ceasefire gamble backfired

3 December 2023 7:57 pm

Hamas’s refusal to negotiate the return of the remaining women still in captivity and an early morning missile attack on…

Hamas has made a mockery of the ceasefire deal

1 December 2023 8:55 pm

Early this morning, Hamas fired the first shot that signalled the end of its ceasefire deal with Israel, roughly an…

Can Israel’s ceasefire in Gaza hold?

28 November 2023 6:48 pm

Originally meant to expire on Monday, the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has been extended by at least two days.…

Why Hamas has agreed to a ceasefire deal

22 November 2023 7:30 pm

Following days of speculation, the Israeli cabinet last night approved a deal with Hamas for the release of 50 Israeli…

What’s the truth about Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital?

21 November 2023 5:00 pm

Last week’s military operation in Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital was mired in controversy. According to the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF), the…

How will Israel deal with the threat of Hezbollah?

18 November 2023 5:50 pm

From the very beginning, the war between Israel and Hamas has not been confined to just one front. The Iran-backed,…

Al-Shifa won’t be the last hospital Israel raids in Gaza

15 November 2023 11:18 pm

Late on Tuesday night, about a week after the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) encircled Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital, Israeli forces entered…