Most of the Arab world is united in its denunciation of American policy in the Middle East. The prevailing feeling is that irrespective of who wins the election, support for Israel will remain unchanged

Yoav Gallant has been offloaded for the benefit of the draft-dodging ultra-Orthodox in a bid to keep Netanyahu's government intact. It's a direct blow to the country's security that's horrifying us in a way we've never known

The true scale of the damage the prime minister has wrought by firing Gallant will not be measured by the size of protests. Netanyahu lost the trust of half the people, who won't entrust their children to a leader who acts like an unchecked autocrat

U.S. historian Robert Kagan was one of the first on the right to see Trump as an existential threat. Last week, he quit the Washington Post when Jeff Bezos decided against endorsing a candidate. 'I think Bezos wanted to wait until he was confident that Trump looked like a winner,' he says

Israelis blocked Tel Aviv's main highway for over four hours after PM Netanyahu said he had fired his defense minister over 'disagreements with how the war should be managed.' Police used skunk water for the first time in the city; clashes also broke out near Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem

In a joint statement, without representatives of the Arab parties, Lapid, Gantz, Lieberman and Golan said that the firing of the defense minister is damaging to Israel's security