Cover Stories

The Right to Be Unafraid

Sudeep Paul

Israel has survived because it could not afford fear. It must guard against the psychological scars of October 7

A Natural Partnership

Rajeev Deshpande

Prime Minister Modi’s unambiguous support for Israel identifies the Jewish state as a friend in need while the global condemnation of Hamas’ terror reflects India’s core concerns

The Death of a Pipe Dream

Martin Sherman

The only way Israel can ensure who governs Gaza is by governing it itself

Never Again

Anat Bernstein-Reich

So many Jews have not been killed in a single day since the Holocaust. India must help us get the hostages released

United By Grief

Oshrit Birvadker

My Indian friends find it difficult to understand our choice to stay put and fight. We do not abandon ship in troubled waters. That’s the Israeli spirit

A Dangerous New World

Jason Burke

The consequences of Hamas’ attack will spiral out, bringing disruptive changes to the long-running conflict in Israel-Palestine, to the Middle East and as far afield as South Asia

The Palestinian Jihad

S Prasannarajan

From Arafat’s empty holster to Hamas’ cult of death

I.N.D.I.A. and Its Discontents

PR Ramesh

An Opposition alliance has unseated a strong incumbent at the Centre only when it has had a promise to sell and a charismatic leader. The anti-Modi alliance has neither while its own contradictions threaten to pull it apart