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


Terrorist shot in east Jerusalem neighborhood for firing at nearby Jewish homes

Palestinian suspect in serious condition after being shot by undercover Border Police officers.

Light rail in Pisgat Ze'ev 521

Analysis: Fighting in Gaza will flicker out, not be dramatically doused

Operation Protective Edge has had an odd trajectory. On and off, up and down. Fierce fighting one hour, a 12-hour truce the next. A resumption of hostilities one minute, and then a surprising agreement for a cease-fire the next.

IDF soldiers after returning to Israel from Gaza August 5, 2014.

Stop Hamas from killing Palestinian civilians

Hamas's rejection of the cease-fire plan can only be regarded as intentional killing of the Palestinian people.

An Israeli mobile artillery unit fires towards Gaza from outside the northern Gaza Strip

Lapid defends decision to stay in government despite impasse in peace talks

When Abbas reaches deadline to form unity gov’t, it will become clear if peace will happen, says Yesh Atid head.

Yair Lapid

Palestinian officials: Israeli anger at unity deal shows we're on the right path

Fatah and Hamas say work has started to form government that will prepare ground for presidential and parliamentary elections in January.

Hamas PM Haniyeh and PLO official Ahmed in Gaza unity talks

6 Arabs arrested in pre-Land Day violence in Jerusalem

Dozens of Palestinians riot outside Damascus Gate in capital; police use stun grenades to disperse crowd.

Stone-throwing Palestinian protesters take cover behind a garbage bin amidst tear gas fired by Israeli troops during clashes at a checkpoint near Ramallah last month.

A different voice for peace

Remembering Rabbi Menachem Froman

Rabbi Menachem Froman

Confronting ‘Abulia’

Israel and the Palestinians have perfected 'making decisions' into an art of not doing.

Israelis, Palestinians meeting for resumption of talks 370

Analysis: New policy could improve human rights, save resources, avoid ICC

While IDF hopes program will improve safety, Palestinian rights, its hard to imagine that military institutionally believes program will work.

ICC 370

Bill reinforcing referendum on peace talks moves toward final vote

MK Levin: The nation won't give away parts of the homeland; Gal-On: Referendum will sabotage peace agreement.

A stop sign is seen outside a West Bank Jewish settlement