Israel has triumphed against the odds. As it marks its 75th anniversary, this is a moment to reflect on its many successes: it has overcome wars, droughts and poverty to become a hub of innovation and a winner from globalisation. It is democratic, too—if, that is, you don’t count the territories that it occupies. But there is plenty to ponder, not least the constitutional crisis that has engulfed its leader, Binyamin Netanyahu, in recent weeks. As we write in this week’s cover package in much of the world, these days the biggest threat to Israel comes from within.
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The Economist
An attack by Palestinians on a synagogue in West Jerusalem leaves at least four worshippers dead. More on the troubled and bloody geography of the Temple Mount dispute http://econ.st/1xLm2ql
#Dailychart: Escalating tensions in Jerusalem have centred on a campaign by messianic activists and other Jewish hardliners to change the religious status quo on the Temple Mount. As hostilities grow, Palestinians have killed several Israelis by stabbing them or running them over with cars http://econ.st/1sEkr18
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