Hamas controls the enclave with an iron fist, no one has volunteered to disarm it and Netanyahu is in no hurry to press on – but the U.S. president wants a win ■ On the northern front, Hezbollah's new motto has become 'Survival is victory'

There can no longer be any doubt: The conduct of Israel's president is a national disgrace ■ Does anyone really believe that after a pardon, Netanyahu will roll back his assault on democracy? ■ Galit Distel Atbaryan, a modern-day Joseph McCarthy