The prime minister knows that Israelis want a state commission of inquiry, so to thwart this he has quoted documents that only he has access to – and that attribute successes only to him

Behind the case of the Shin Bet chief's brother – accused of smuggling cigarettes into Gaza – stands a vast illicit industry. One truckload of cigarettes worth $100,000 at purchase can be resold for $10 million in Gaza

The Americans' plan lacks a key element: How do you separate Hamas and the Palestinian population? ■ The prime minister's appointing of David Zini was hardly a case of naively falling for a talented officer tapped to shake up Israel's Shin Bet security service