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Thomas Helm

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Thomas Helm is Jerusalem Correspondent at The National. He was previously its staff opinion writer in Abu Dhabi

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Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir wears a noose pin on his lapel while addressing the Knesset. Reuters
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Israeli noose pins symbolise support for death penalty – and growing extremism

Support for legislation that targets Palestinians shows some politicians 'fetishise mass murder', activist says

MENAMarch 31, 2026
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa leads a prayer service to mark Palm Sunday at the Church of All Nations in Jerusalem on March 29, 2026. AFP
Israel criticised after police block cardinal from Palm Sunday mass in Jerusalem

Latin Patriarch kept from Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem for Palm Sunday Mass for first time in centuries

MENAMarch 29, 2026
Eight-year-old Mustafa was injured in the Israeli attack that killed his parents and two of his siblings. AFP
Israeli politician says 'no innocent children' in West Bank's Jenin

Yitzhak Kroizer made comments while defending Israeli troops who killed Palestinian family

MENAMarch 26, 2026
A Palestinian man climbs on an Iranian missile remnant that landed in the occupied West Bank village of Hares. AFP
Concern in Israel after Donald Trump touts Iran talks

US President's shock announcement met with trepidation in Israel, where war goals are not regarded as having been met

MENAMarch 24, 2026
Iranian missiles hit Tel Aviv and nearby areas, injuring at least six people. Reuters
Iran and Israel exchange strikes despite Trump talks claim

Urgent diplomatic push after President Trump offers five-day window for talks

MENAMarch 24, 2026
Palestinians inspect damage in the West Bank village of Deir Al Hatab after an Israeli settler attack. EPA
Second night of organised Israeli settler violence engulfs West Bank

Israeli army faces accusations of doing nothing to stop wave of terror despite forewarnings

MENAMarch 23, 2026
A Palestinian looks at a burnt vehicle following an attack by Israeli settlers in Jalud village, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, on March 22, 2026. AFP
Palestinians injured in wave of settler attacks across northern West Bank

'Highly organised' violence followed death of Israeli settler in alleged Palestinian attack

MENAMarch 22, 2026
An Israeli police vehicle moves past Muslim worshippers gathering outside the Jerusalem old city walls on March 20. AFP
Israel shuts Al Aqsa on Eid Al Fitr for first time in 60 years

Closure not seen since Israel captured all of Jerusalem in the 1967 war

MENAMarch 20, 2026
Joe Kent stepped down as head of the US Counter-Terrorism Centre over the war against Iran. Reuters
Trump defector Joe Kent says US should threaten to withdraw support for Israel

Counter-terrorism official who resigned over war denies Iran posed imminent threat to America, in interview with Tucker Carlson

MENAMarch 19, 2026
A Palestinian civil defence worker inspects the site where shrapnel from projectiles fell in Beit Awwa near Hebron, in the occupied West Bank. AFP
Missile fragments kill three Palestinians in West Bank and Thai worker in Israel

Deadliest attack in the Palestinian territory since Iran war began also injured 13 women, two critically

MENAMarch 19, 2026
Ali Larijani, one of Iran's most senior leaders, was killed in Israeli strikes overnight on Tuesday. Reuters
AnalysisLarijani assassination: Key to Iran's defeat or step to new US forever war?

Killing one of the Islamic Republic's most senior politicians could be key to US-Israeli victory, or make 'off-ramp' deal impossible, analysts say

MENAMarch 18, 2026
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, pictured speaking at the Knesset, has been accused of waging war to boost his political ratings. EPA
Israelis uncertain over Netanyahu's promise of historic days for the nation

Prime Minister tells citizens new balance of power awaits Israel in Middle East as war with Iran rages

MENAMarch 18, 2026
Mustafa Bani Odeh, eight, survived an attack by Israeli soldiers that killed his parents and two siblings in the occupied West Bank. AFP
UN blames Israeli government for 'unchallenged' settler violence

Israeli state is 'central' to mass expulsion and violence in the occupied West Bank, report says

MENAMarch 17, 2026
TOPSHOT - Mustafa, who was injured but survived after Israeli soldiers fired on the vehicle carrying his parents and two siblings, is comforted during the funeral of his family in the Israeli-occupied West Bank’s northern town of Tammun on March 15, 2026. Israeli forces shot dead four members of a Palestinian family, a 37-year-old man, his 35-year-old wife and two boys aged five and seven, in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry reported, while Israel said troops opened fire over a perceived safety threat. According to an AFP tally based on Palestinian health ministry figures, Israeli troops or settlers have killed at least 1,045 Palestinians -- many of them militants, but also scores of civilians -- in the West Bank since the start of the Gaza war. (Photo by Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)
Killing of Palestinian family by troops in West Bank barely registers in Israel

Right-wing media blames family for incident in Tammun that orphaned two children

MENAMarch 16, 2026
The body of one of the children is carried during the funeral in Tammun, in the occupied West Bank. Reuters
Israeli forces kill Palestinian family in occupied West Bank

Both parents and two children shot dead by troops in Tammun, in latest act of Israeli violence

MENAMarch 15, 2026
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