Tobias Rausch, an MP from the far-right party, has been elected President of the Saxony-Anhalt State Parliament. For Merz, things are not looking any better now.

Two conflicts on two separate sides of the Red Sea – one in Yemen and one in Ethiopia – could end up forming a single front

‘It’s taking too long,’ complains the general; ‘we lack the security to start the construction site,’ replies the Italian company. The matter ends up in court

“Fauda” is a drama series. But great storytelling can convey what a chronology leaves out: the terror, the bewilderment, time standing still. It brings home a wound which, three years on, continues to shape the life of a nation

The Jews have returned to exile: exile from bookshops, university chairs, hotels and festivals. An exile in which one can remain in Tel Aviv and yet be cut off from the world once known as the ‘West’.

Since 7 October, the French philosopher has been waging a war of words over Israel and Gaza. France insoumise, Rima Hassan, Francesca Albanese and, above all, those who dare not contradict them: “Cowards are more dangerous than madmen, because there are more of them.”

Since 7 October, U.S. support for Israel has been shaken as never before. The fact that Palestinians have overtaken Israelis in the polls, the rift among Democrats and the new dissent even within the right are altering a balance that once seemed unshakeable.