# Between Us

Here’s the deal: Between Us is an unflinching, deeply sourced look at Israel and the Middle East - stories, analysis, and reporting that bring clarity and cut through the noise. Expect one (or more) essential columns each week on what’s really happening.

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## [Why Netanyahu Put Zohran Mamdani on a Billboard in Tel Aviv](https://www.nadaveyal.com/p/why-netanyahu-put-zohran-mamdani)

_2026-08-17 · Nadav Eyal_

Netanyahu is badly trailing in the polls. History suggests violence could change that. Until then, Mamdani is one political gift Bibi won’t let go

## [Exclusive: The Warning Netanyahu Got Before the War](https://www.nadaveyal.com/p/exclusive-the-warning-netanyahu-got)

_2026-08-03 · Nadav Eyal_

An in-depth look at Roaring Lion — the war aim Israel never made public, the intelligence assessment that failure could push Iran toward the bomb, and what the Mossad told the Kurds

## [The Crocodiles Are the Least of It](https://www.nadaveyal.com/p/the-crocodiles-are-the-least-of-it)

_2026-07-23 · Nadav Eyal_

Ben-Gvir's crocodile prison is now official policy. It's also the clearest symptom of a government that plunders the budget

## [Exclusive: Senior IDF Officer — Government's Bills "Will Break the IDF"](https://www.nadaveyal.com/p/exclusive-senior-idf-officer-governments)

_2026-07-15 · Nadav Eyal_

Netanyahu's coalition grants ultra-Orthodox draft evaders immunity from arrest - and the IDF chiefs decide enough is enough

## [‘We Told You So’: Israel Watches the Iran Ceasefire Unravel](https://www.nadaveyal.com/p/we-told-you-so-israel-watches-the)

_2026-07-09 · Nadav Eyal_

Iran Signed the Deal and Read It as an American Surrender. Israel Warned the Gap Would Surface — and Now It Has

## [America at 250: Notes from an Outsider](https://www.nadaveyal.com/p/america-at-250-notes-from-an-outsider)

_2026-07-06 · Nadav Eyal_

Despotism is humanity's default operating system. America is the 250-year rebellion against it. Plus: what really forged the U.S.–Israel alliance

## [What Mamdani Assumes About Judaism](https://www.nadaveyal.com/p/what-mamdani-assumes-about-judaism)

_2026-06-29 · Nadav Eyal_

Reduce Judaism to religion only and Jewish peoplehood disappears. That's the point. It's antisemitism, fluent in the language of universal rights

## [The End of the Israeli “Total Victory”](https://www.nadaveyal.com/p/the-end-of-the-israeli-total-victory)

_2026-06-21 · Nadav Eyal_

The agreement is a win for Iran. The deeper story is what Israel forgot about its own strategic tradition

## [The Quiet General: Can He Become Netanyahu's Most Dangerous Rival](https://www.nadaveyal.com/p/the-quiet-general-can-he-become-netanyahus)

_2026-06-07 · Nadav Eyal_

A grieving father, a career soldier, an unlikely candidate — Gadi Eisenkot may be about to eclipse Naftali Bennett

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## [The Lebanon Trap](https://www.nadaveyal.com/p/the-lebanon-trap)

_2026-06-02 · Nadav Eyal_

Israel can hurt Hezbollah. It still has no credible path to dismantling it — and Washington is increasingly setting the limits of the campaign