Civil War

Yemen’s government needs weapons, but they can’t come from the US or Israel, expert tells 'Post'

Though an expert from the Royal United Services Institute said that the Houthis needed to be defeated, he insisted this could only come about by empowering the legitimate government - not airstrikes.

Houthi control around Bab el-Mandeb gives Iran-aligned forces leverage over a second major maritime choke point, opposite the Strait of Hormuz on the other side of the Arabian Peninsula. A Yemeni government army officer gestures as he rides a boat in Bab el-Mandeb, Yemen, April 2.
Members of the Ethiopian Federal Police (EFP) patrol after Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) army retreated from the regional capital Mekelle, Tigray Region, Ethiopia, October 8, 2026.

Ethiopian-Eritrean fighting raises fears of wider war as Egypt builds Red Sea alliance - analysis

An internally displaced Yemeni boy carries sticks of firewood on his head at a makeshift camp for the internally displaced who fled their homes due to renewed clashes between Yemen's Saudi-backed government forces and the Houthi authorities in the northern Hajjah governorate on October 7, 2026.

Yemen displacement surges past 200,000 following fresh Houthi offensive, UN migration body warns

Pro-Saudi-backed Yemeni government fighters sit in the back of a vehicle during what government forces say was an advance against the Iran-backed Houthis, near Dhubab, Taiz Governorate, Yemen, in this still image taken from video released October 5, 2026.

Graphic footage shows Yemeni troops running over Houthi fighters in battle for Red Sea strait


Israel is in a quiet civil war over judicial reform - opinion

The Right is unlikely to proceed because Israel is in an unprecedented state of polarization. Everyone is under pressure to take sides.

 PROTESTERS BLOCK the Ayalon Highway and clash with police, last month. It is clear that legal reform was just a trigger, and Netanyahu-haters continue to fuel the protests against him, the writer argues.

Sudan's Bashir and allies out of jail, Khartoum fighting flares

Air strikes and artillery in Sudan have killed at least 459 people and wounded more than 4,000.

 Sudan's ousted President Omar al-Bashir greets a supporter from inside the defendant's cage during his and some of his former allies trial over the 1989 military coup that brought the autocrat to power in 1989, at a courthouse in Khartoum, Sudan September 15, 2020

Sudan army agrees to help evacuate foreigners, fighting continues despite ceasefire

Sudan's collapse into warfare dashed plans to restore civilian rule and brought the already impoverished country to the brink of humanitarian catastrophe.

 People gather at the station to flee from Khartoum during clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army in Khartoum, Sudan April 19, 2023.

Israel at 75: How the Jewish state compares to other countries

HISTORICAL AFFAIRS: What Israel’s history teaches us is that while there are major disputes in the country and various groups that do not agree on many issues, the country is stable.

 THE US CAPITOL, as seen soon after the 75th birthday of the US in 1851.

What must Israel get done in the next 75 years?

MIDDLE ISRAEL: Impressive as Israel's achievements so far have been, what lies ahead is no less challenging, and may even be more so.

 A BOY covered in an Israeli flag lifts a curtain during a welcoming ceremony at Ben-Gurion Airport for new immigrants from North America.

Netanyahu in IDF ceremony: Civil war - never, national unity - absolutely

Quoting former prime minister Menachem Begin, Netanyahu stated: “Civil War – never,” but “national unity – absolutely.”

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen at an IDF memorial service on April 16, 2023

Amid terror attacks, rocket sirens: Israel's civil war can wait - comment

We’ve got one last chance to demonstrate that the things that unite us are more binding than what separates us.

 The aftermath of a terror shooting in the Jordan Valley on April 7, 2023

Letters to the Editor March 29, 2023: Temper tantrum

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

 Letters

Israel is divided over judicial reform, can Tikvah help cool it down? - opinion

The current debate about judicial reform did not emerge suddenly from nowhere, and it is not the creation of the new Netanyahu government. 

 Israelis gather to protest the judicial reform at the Knesset

How much longer will Israel stay a happy country? - opinion

Having achieved so much in the first 75 years of our existence that has led us to become one of the top five happiest countries in the world, we must ask if we can preserve it.

Jerusalem Day