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Reuters

Foreign and security policy

Here to stay

Benjamin Netanyahu will most likely form the next government after the Knesset elections – despite facing legal proceedings

By Paul Pasch

Reuters

Middle East/North Africa

Out of tune

The Israeli Labor Party has failed to find the right tone for modern Israel – and struggles for survival in the upcoming election

By Daniel Ben-Simon

Reuters

Middle East/North Africa

The only convincing solution

Why it's illusory to think the two-state solution of the Israel-Palestine conflict can’t be saved

By Stephan Stetter

Reuters

Middle East/North Africa

The impossible principle of equality

Israeli sociologist Natan Sznaider on the nation-state law and one-state solution

By Natan Sznaider

EPA

Foreign and security policy

Juggling act

How can Russia maintain good relations with Israel and Syria – both enemies in the civil war?

By Lars Hauch

EPA

Interviews

Middle class rage

Tim Petschulat in Amman reports on the social protests in Jordan

UNHCR

TOP 2

‘When resources are scarce, you can only be generous for a while’

UNHCR’s Mireille Girard talks about Lebanon’s effort to host Syrian refugees and the need for continued global support

By Mireille Girard

EPA

Middle East/North Africa

Mr Bombastic

Pompeo's rise will make war in the Middle East more likely

By Gregory Aftandilian

Adam Patterson/Panos/DFID

Democracy and society

We must stand with Syria's women

Let’s learn from Oxfam – and channel our outrage to the aid abuses against women in Syria

By Neena Gill

EPA

Middle East/North Africa

Here's why the Iran protests matter

An economy in tatters, rampant corruption and rising food prices are prompting Iranians to take to the streets

By Cornelius Adebahr