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Thomas Helm

Thomas Helm

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

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Ronen Bar, chief of Israel’s internal security service the Shin Bet, whose job is under threat, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu keen to sack him. AFP
Israel braced for mass protests over Netanyahu bid to dismiss intelligence chief

Prime Minister condemned over move, which critics say is an attempt to block state-level inquiry into October 7 attacks

MENAMarch 17, 2025
A woman cries as mourners bury the bodies of nearly 100 Lebanese people killed during the war between Israel and Hezbollah in the largest mass funeral in Lebanon, held in the southern village of Aitaroun. AP
ExclusiveIsrael's free hand and the 'secret agreement' Lebanon never signed

Hezbollah's heavy losses hand advantage to Israel, but Lebanon will bear consequences for a long time

MENAMarch 12, 2025
Remarks by US envoy for hostages Adam Boehler have caused consternation among Israeli officials. AFP
Israeli government furious after US hostage envoy bombshells

Trump administration's official on Gaza hostages has made unexpectedly critical comments

MENAMarch 11, 2025
Israeli military vehicles drive through the Salah Al Din corridor area in southern Gaza. Reuters
Salah Al Din: Israeli troops remain at border area despite expiry of deadline to pull out

Forces were supposed to have pulled out by Monday, day 50 of the ceasefire deal

MENAMarch 10, 2025
Residents speak to a soldier during Israeli military's raids on the Tulkarm and Nur Shams refugee camps in the occupied West Bank. EPA
Tulkarm refugees face toughest Ramadan in years amid major Israeli raid

Thousands have been forced out of the West Bank city's two camps as Israel's military operation destroys homes and roads

MENAMarch 01, 2025
A Palestinian baby receives treatment in an incubator at the Patient Friends Hospital in Gaza city. AP
Hundreds of Gaza medics 'unlawfully detained, tortured, and starved'

Israeli human rights organisation says 250 healthcare professionals have been detained since beginning of war in Gaza

MENAFebruary 26, 2025
Avera Mengistu, left, and Hisham Al Sayed, right, are embraced by family members after being released by Hamas in Gaza on Saturday. GPO via Reuters
Hostage exchange ends decade of waiting for two families

Avera Mengistu and Hisham Al Sayed were taken captive after crossing into Gaza

MENAFebruary 22, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the Tulkarm refugee camp. Maayan Toaf
Netanyahu: Israeli forces ‘levelling streets’ in West Bank’s Tulkarm camp

Israeli PM says army is expanding major operation in occupied West Bank

MENAFebruary 21, 2025
US President Donald Trump with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington. Reuters
Israeli experts see potential in the chaos of Trump's first month back

US President's stance on key Middle East issues, including the Gaza war, creates space for new regional order, experts say

MENAFebruary 20, 2025
Jerusalem Armenians say they are 'willing to go to the end' to stop massive financial penalties against their community. Thomas Helm / The National
ExclusiveJerusalem Christians face crippling Israeli taxes

1,600-year-old Armenian Patriarchate implores Israel to freeze ‘legally dubious’ push by authorities to confiscate property

MENAFebruary 19, 2025
People gathered in Tel Aviv's Hostage Square watch the release of Israeli hostages on a screen on Saturday. AFP
Brief joy in Tel Aviv after latest hostage release by Hamas

Demonstrators cheer for captives in the city’s Hostage Square, but still fear the ceasefire deal could collapse

MENAFebruary 15, 2025
Muhyedin Al Saadi, father of a Palestinian paramedic killed in an Israeli air strike in the eastern neighbourhood of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank. Patricia Martinez for The National
Palestinian parents horrified by deadly start to 2025 for West Bank children

Israeli attacks claim young lives and leave families in shock and mourning

MENAFebruary 12, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his visit to Washington last week. EPA
Gaza ceasefire on brink as Netanyahu amasses forces

US President Donald Trump says he doesn't think Hamas will meet a Saturday deadline to release all hostages

USFebruary 11, 2025
Dozens of families have fled to the countryside around Jenin since the Israeli raids began. Patricia Martinez / The National
Palestinians in Jenin fear Israel will bring abuses of war in Gaza to West Bank

Locals who fled city’s refugee camp are afraid they will return home to destruction and displacement

MENAFebruary 11, 2025
Booksellers Ahmad, left, and Mahmoud Muna appear in court after their arrest during a police raid of their Educational Bookshop in East Jerusalem. AP
Backlash after Israel arrests Jerusalem bookshop owners

Demonstrators gather outside East Jerusalem court a day after Mahmoud and Ahmad Muna were charged with disturbing public order

MENAFebruary 10, 2025
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