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.


The IDF has launched retaliatory strikes after hundreds of Israeli citizens are dead and thousands wounded.


Here’s how a war between Israel and Hamas could play out.


Everyone forgot about the Palestinians — conditions have been set for two decades, and Biden’s focus on Israel-Saudi talks may have lit a match.


The assault on southern Israel exposed the reality of the Palestinian conflict.


The history behind Israel’s democratic crisis, explained.


With “Sorry, Mohammad,” Ben-Gvir goes viral.


The far-right faction behind Israel’s judicial overhaul wants one big thing: Palestinian land.


A democracy long under pressure is now on the brink of collapse. But it’s not over yet.


Air Force pilots and Israel’s biggest trade union threatened strikes over the legislation.


What we learned from Ambassador Tom Nides’s exit interview with the Wall Street Journal.


The Israeli raid on Jenin appears over. But the next one could come at any time.


The White House’s new strategy for fighting antisemitism has global implications.


Will the violence escalate further?


Netanyahu paused the judicial overhaul. Hard questions about Israel remain.


Israelis are revolting against Netanyahu. But a judicial overhaul isn’t the country’s only crisis.


Former Israeli Prime Minister Olmert: “The government of Israel is the enemy of the state of Israel.”


Settlers torched a Palestinian village. What that says about Israel today.


Young voters are often more liberal than their grandparents. Not in Israel, a new poll finds.


A shooting in Jerusalem and a raid in Jenin, briefly explained.


It’s also not a huge departure from previous ones.


The radical rightward shift of the Israeli body politic, explained by an expert.


The Lions’ Den, a new Palestinian resistance group, has emerged. Here’s what that says about the state of the Israel-Palestine conflict.


Tensions in Jerusalem have escalated into all-out conflict between Hamas in Gaza and the Israeli military.


The killing of militant leaders sparked clashes that, for now, have ended in a shaky ceasefire.


Biden’s meeting with Israel’s Yair Lapid illuminated their countries’ twinned democratic crises — and their shared solutions.


As Biden visits Jerusalem, two states are more elusive than ever.


Shireen Abu Akleh covered occupied Palestine for two decades. She was killed doing her job.


A catchy Arabic satire, explained.


A hack targeting US officials is just the latest problem for NSO Group, the Israeli company behind Pegasus spyware.



Biden’s position toward Israel hasn’t changed, but the Democratic Party has.


“Telephonic diplomacy” was enough to succeed in this case. But it has its downsides.


Progressives believe they helped push for a quick ceasefire in Israel-Gaza. Will they do more?

Some are declaring the two-state paradigm for Israel and Palestine totally doomed. But it’s not — and it’s still worth fighting for.


Newsrooms are debating, in real time, what’s okay to say out loud and what you’re supposed to keep in your head. Ask Emily Wilder.

Usually Palestinians and their allies struggle to have their narrative break through online. Not anymore.

To understand Biden’s Israel policy now, you have to look at his past.


AP and Al Jazeera staff was forced to evacuate before Israeli airstrikes.

The wave of riots sweeping Israeli cities reflects the damage done by a decade of divisive right-wing government.


Here’s how the rocket defense system works, and the ways it has — and hasn’t — changed the conflict.