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Gunman later reported killed by Israeli police as tensions with Palestinians rise
Attack follows overnight rocket fire from Palestinian coastal enclave
Executives say new government’s move to curb judicial powers will scare away vital investment to the self-styled Startup Nation
Nine people including an elderly woman killed during Jenin shootout, say Palestine officials
Even as relations touch new lows, US and European officials are keeping the door open to diplomacy
Investigation into 2020 tragedy had been frozen amid accusations of high-level political meddling and impropriety
The Portuguese player has received a hero’s welcome, but human rights groups cry foul over ‘sportswashing’
Former governor Ali Mohsen al-Allaq returns as Baghdad struggles with a lack of dollars
Cairo’s agreement with the IMF commits it to reducing the presence of the state in numerous sectors
Safwan and Seif el-Din Thabet had been held for about two years without charge
Prime minister insists his proposal to weaken powers of judiciary will proceed despite largest protest in a decade
Breakaway tour had struggled to find a home on channels with existing commitments to PGA
From Israel to Iran, there is a lengthy list of potential problems in the region
High Court says Aryeh Deri cannot serve as minister because of criminal convictions
Also in today’s newsletter: new Iran sanctions under discussion and a dispatch from Paris as strikes loom
Sisi needs to shrink the role of the state and military-owned companies
Melvyn Leffler’s new history of the war against Saddam reveals how guilt, fear and hubris led to a fateful military intervention
Protesters vent anger at judiciary overhaul plan and what they see as alarming far-right rhetoric from Netanyahu’s coalition
Foreign secretary James Cleverly says Tehran will be ‘held to account’ after execution of Iranian-British man
Lebanon’s central bank governor Riad Salameh alleged to have laundered public money
President has been largely ignored by reformists who have focused instead on wider Islamic regime
Hardline new government sparks alarm with sweeping plans to curb power of courts
UK prime minister condemns execution for alleged spying as ‘cowardly act’
The desert state is hunting for strategic investments in the sports industry
Minister admits last year’s political chaos potentially slowed pace of inward commitments from the Gulf state
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