Analysis

The French will decide on Sunday whether to re-elect pro-business centrist President Emmanuel Macron or blow up decades of mainstream consensus in favor of far-right Marine Le Pen.

Hamas has been criticized recently over its part in the struggle against Israel, and rocket fired Monday night is an attempt to show some achievements. The terrorist organization wants to be at the center of attention and is exploiting the events on the Temple Mount to that end.

Musk said his offer price of $54.20 per share was meant to promote open discourse.

Analysts agree that although Israel, Greece and Cyprus are likely disappointed about the withdrawal of US and EU support from the EastMed project, it has served the valuable purpose of bringing them together diplomatically.

Defense officials call Iron Beam a "game changer" because it gives Israel almost hermetic protection from missiles and rockets, with the implication being that its enemies vast investments in manufacturing this threat will have been practically for naught.

With the collapse of the coalition imminent, everyone is playing for time, for their own reasons.

A political leader must not only think before he speaks but also consider whether what is on his mind is worth sharing at all.

The United States has weighed dropping the Revolutionary Guards' terrorist designation in return for some kind of action or commitment from Iran to rein it in but the White House is well aware of "the political sensitivity and price associated" with the controversial move.

Israeli forces are not wary of entering the largest terrorist hornets' nest in the West Bank, even in broad daylight, and the latest raid in Jenin may be the prelude to a wider military operation.

Images emerging from Thursday's terror attack in Tel Aviv are eerily similar to another one that hit the city in 2016.