Israel's Survival Strategy

In the search for votes that will give him the victory he needs to help avoid prosecution, Israel's prime minister will push the envelope on issues at home and abroad.

Seeking to break a parliamentary deadlock after an April vote, Israel's leader has called for an electoral rerun. Whether the polls deliver a different result is another matter.

Over the past couple of years, Israel has started growing closer to countries in the Persian Gulf region that once rejected it. But a government interested in abandoning the two-state solution and annexing parts of the West Bank will find its newfound relationships tested.

Yet another escalation between Palestinian militants and Israeli forces has ended in a tenuous truce. But there's no question that wider clashes could erupt at any time.

Those traveling or doing business in Israel should create or review contingency plans for potential disruptions related to rocket fire in the coming month.

To gain the support it needs to form the next Israeli government, the apparent election victor Likud may need to concede on key policy direction and ministerial posts.

As younger U.S. voters grow more open to questioning stalwart support for its longtime ally, a tide of religious nationalism will push Israel down a policy path increasingly independent from Washington.

As election season heats up the rhetoric in Israel, a long-range rocket attack from the Gaza Strip has prompted swift retaliation that could ignite a wider regional conflict.