Palestinian peace process

Peace absent from Israel's 2026 elections as West Bank tensions continue to rise -analysis

More than three years of war have reshaped the country, but few candidates are offering a vision for relations with the Palestinians, let alone a path toward resolving the conflict. 

Election campaign billboards featuring Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot and Likud party chairman and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alongside opposition leaders are displayed along a roadside in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, ahead of Israel’s upcoming general elections.
Displaced Palestinians walk past tents and destroyed buildings near the beachfront in Gaza City in August.

Beneath the surface: What Palestinians think about themselves and their future - opinion

IT IS FARFETCHED to conclude that leaders like French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer are antisemites, the writer argues.

The two-state solution is not antisemitic - opinion

 BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, as Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, reads a report during a speech to the UN Security Council in January, 1988.

Netanyahu’s climb and collapse: Diplomacy, power, and miscalculation - opinion


'Former Israeli defense minister advised Trump on avoiding Obama’s mistakes'

“Abbas won’t deliver the goods. There isn’t anyone on their side who can. Trump is looking for a deal. But there is no partner for a deal.”

Former defense minister Moshe Yaalon

JPost editorial: Support Fayyad

It is rare that Palestinian politics produces a leader who is truly moderate and a force for good.

Former Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad.

Comment: Trump, the Mideast conflict and the Jordanian option

Instead of the fixation on an independent Palestinian state, the new administration should look east to the Hashemite Kingdom as a stabilizing influence on Palestinian politics.

King Abdullah

Abbas to meet pope on Saturday

Palestinian Authority leader is stopping in Rome on his way to the Paris summit.

Pope Francis (R) talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a private audience at the Vatican City, May 16, 2015.

'Palestinians to outnumber Jews by year 2018,' PA Bureau claims

Some demographers see the projections as exaggerated.

Palestinian protesters wave Palestinian flags as Israelis carrying Israeli flags walk past in front of the Damascus Gate outside Jerusalem's Old City

Obama’s last hurrah

The present Palestinian political leadership has no democratic mandate to rule.

US President Barack Obama delivers his final State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in Washington January 12, 2016.

Abbas pardons PA officer who criticized him for attending Peres funeral

On October 1, Mansour published a Facebook post saying that the Palestinian president would be making a mistake in attending Peres’s funeral.

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY President Mahmoud Abbas attends Shimon Peres’s funeral at Mount Herzl on September 30

Netanyahu, what would you have done if you were a Palestinian?

What would you do today to bring about an end to the occupation, and the creation of a true independent, democratic and contiguous Palestinian state if you were a Palestinian?

PM Netanyahu: Dear Arab citizens of Israel--take part in our society in droves

Analysis: A series of diplomatic setbacks for the PA

While the Palestinian leadership has achieved some successes, such as kick-starting the French initiative, more recently it has experienced a number of setbacks with its international partners.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (R) and his chief peace negotiator, Saeb Erekat, in Ramallah

Nothing to Do with Islam

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