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Thomas Helm

Thomas Helm

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

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A placard showing a picture of Tamir Adar, who was taken hostage in Gaza, as supporters of hostages take part in a protest to demand their release and against the Israeli government. Reuters
Israeli anger grows as Netanyahu accused of risking US ties for politics

Pressure is mounting on the Israeli Prime Minister as relations with Trump appear strained

MENAMay 13, 2025
Thomas Helm
Crowds holding portraits of hostages gathered in Tel Aviv in anticipation of US-Israeli captive Edan Alexander's release on Monday. AFP
Netanyahu faces wrath of Israel's hostage families

PM accused of leaving Israel isolated and abandoning hostages as he expands Gaza campaign

MENAMay 12, 2025
Thomas Helm
A Palestinian farming community surrounded by Israeli flags in the northern Jordan Valley, in the occupied West Bank. Thomas Helm / The National
Palestinians hit by rising settler attacks in Jordan Valley

Farming outposts are being used by settlers to attack local residents and 'kill the Palestinian state'

MENAMay 10, 2025
Thomas Helm
An UNRWA school in the Shuafat Refugee Camp in East Jerusalem. AP
Israeli forces storm six UNRWA schools in Jerusalem

Pupils present during raids by 'heavily armed' personnel

MENAMay 08, 2025
Thomas Helm
Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been displaced by Israel's 'Iron Wall' operation. EPA
Palestinians rush to retrieve belongings before West Bank demolitions

Tulkarm camp residents say army gave them two hours to recover possessions from their homes

MENAMay 06, 2025
Thomas Helm
A boy with a meal provided by a charity kitchen in Gaza city. Israel has blocked aid to the Gaza Strip since March. AFP
Aid groups refuse to be complicit in 'dangerous' plan for Gaza

Facial recognition technology to be used in so-called aid 'hubs', sources say

MENAMay 06, 2025
Nada AlTaher
A helicopter drops water to help extinguish a forest fire near Latrun Monastery in Israel. AFP
Speculations over cause of Israeli wildfires

Pro-Israel accounts cited false numbers from Prime Minister that 18 Palestinians were arrested on suspicion of arson

MENAMay 02, 2025
Thomas Helm
A firefighter douses flames near Latrun, in central Israel, after wildfires broke out in the area. Reuters
Israel fires rage as government calls for international assistance

Appeal for firefighting aircraft as Netanyahu warns that flames could 'easily' reach city

MENAMay 01, 2025
Thomas Helm
Wildfires burn along a motorway near Latrun in central Israel on Wednesday. Reuters
Major emergency in Israel as wildfires rage near Tel Aviv and Jerusalem

Israel seeks foreign assistance to battle blazes that have injured at least a dozen people

MENAApril 30, 2025
Thomas Helm
Israeli soldiers install an iron gate at the entrance to Jenin camp, during a military operation that has been ongoing since January. Reuters
Unprecedented Israeli military operation in Jenin enters 100th day

Tens of thousands have been displaced across the West Bank since the beginning of 'Iron Wall'

MENAApril 30, 2025
Thomas Helm
An Israeli soldier taking part in a military raid on Al Ain camp for Palestinian refugees, near Nablus in the occupied West Bank. AFP
Widespread disdain in West Bank over Palestinian Authority shake-up

Appointment of largely unpopular Abbas confidant Hussein Al Sheikh as PLO vice president has angered many Palestinians

MENAApril 30, 2025
Thomas Helm
Lebanese emergency teams cordon off the perimeter of a fire at a site in Beirut hit by Sunday's Israeli strikes. AFP
Israel strikes Beirut for third time since ceasefire

Smoke rises after Israeli attack on what it claims is Hezbollah missile storage site

MENAApril 27, 2025
Amr Mostafa
Hussein Al Sheikh will become the first Palestinian vice president in a shake-up of the West Bank authority. EPA
Hussein Al Sheikh: New Palestinian VP poised to succeed Abbas

Adept politician is now a likely successor but is widely distrusted by those he would govern

MENAApril 27, 2025
Thomas Helm
Priests take part in Mass for the late Pope Francis at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City April 23, 2025. REUTERS / Ammar Awad
Holy Land bids farewell to Pope Francis who cared for the region until death

Late pontiff was a strong supporter of Gaza throughout the war

MENAApril 23, 2025
Thomas Helm
Israeli Minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli, right, was one of the recipients of the leaked information. AFP
Netanyahu-Shin Bet relations hit new low after arrest of agency official

Official is alleged to have leaked information about investigation into far-right ideology in the police force

MENAApril 15, 2025
Thomas Helm
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