Israel borders

Reporter’s Notebook: The threat along Syrian buffer zone is far from over for Israel

For now, there appears to be little appetite to withdraw from the buffer zone, largely because of lingering questions over whether Syria’s new president is truly capable of controlling the country.

The Israel Ministry of Defense’s National Mine Action Authority (INMAA) clears minefields with the assistance of sappers from 4M Defense Mine Solutions in the northern Golan Heights near the Syrian border, April 28, 2026.
Military personnel stand guard on the day of Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly's visit to the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt, October 31, 2023.

Egypt’s dangerous pressure game against Israel - opinion

Palestinians walk near an Israeli checkpoint, as they make their way to Al-Aqsa compound, also known to Jews as the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, to attend the Friday prayers during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, near Qalandia, in the West Bank, March 21, 2025.

Nearly 6,000 Palestinians illegally crossed into Israel in 2025, Knesset Nat'l Security Cm'tee told

An Israeli military vehicle waits at a barrier, at the Allenby Bridge Crossing between the West Bank and Jordan, September 8, 2024.

Allenby Crossing attack highlights rising terror threat from Jordan - analysis


Egypt finds five dead Sudanese migrants near Israel border

11 migrants were also wounded by what the security sources say were gunmen.

The border fence between Israel and Egypt along Highway 12

15 Sudanese killed, 8 injured while trying to cross into Israel from Egypt

It was not clear who had attacked the migrants or which countries they originated from.

The border fence between Israel and Egypt along Highway 12

סִיוּם קוּרְס חוֹבְלִים שֶל חֵיל הַיָם

Israel Navy ship master's course

Israeli Navy ship master's Course

MSNBC slammed for error-riddled map in segment on Israel's borders

The 24-hour news network used a map commonly used by Palestinian propaganda groups.

Inaccurate map used on MSNBC

Analysis: How Dangerous is ISIS to Israel?

It is misplaced to view ISIS as posing an independent serious strategic challenge.

AN ISIS member rides on a rocket launcher in Raqqa in Syria two months ago

Revitalizing our ‘development towns’

Each town must have a fully developed and accessible “heart,” including a central, well-enclosed, lively and unifying open space.

Palestinian laborers work at a construction site in a settlement near Jerusalem

Israel shrugs off PA decision to delay UN Security Council plan

Palestinians may want to wait until January, when the 15-member body will change and is expected to be more favorable to their cause.

A  vote in the United Nations Security Council headquarters in New York

On Operation Protective Edge, justice, law and victory

Israel has a winning story – the story of Israel in the pre-1967 borders, working toward a reality in which two states exist side by side.

Is there any hope left for a two-state solution? (

The ICRC and 'the law'

The ICRC has turned the international community against Israel – unfortunately, without a significant response from the prime minister.

Members of the International Committee of the Red Cross stand near Erez Crossing in 2007.

No life without borders

The status quo only allows for two possibilities, both of them bad: a binational state, and being accused of apartheid. Borders would alter the situation entirely.

Border fence with Egypt 370