Oslo accords

Europe struggles to matter in a chaotic Middle East today - opinion

Once a key player, Europe now risks being viewed as a marginal player in the Middle East.

European Union, Israeli and German flags flutter near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, September 5, 2022
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holding a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office, January 27, 2026.

'Bibi’s War': The high stakes of Israel's fight against Hamas - opinion

An Israeli flag flutters, with Ma'aleh Adumim is visible in the background, in the West Bank, August 14, 2025.

Myth that won’t die: The false link between settlements and Palestinian violence - opinion

A Palestinian man walks past a fence decorated with Israeli flags installed by Jewish settlers in the northern West Bank. The de facto annexation of the West Bank is the natural byproduct of a political system where words are cheap and real power operates without transparency, the writer says.

Israel creeps toward West Bank annexation as election season approaches - opinion


Fatah says Hamas is responsible for Palestinians' current 'Nakba'

Rival faction accuses Hamas of bringing upon a ‘worst catastrophe than 1948,’ pointing out the bloody 2007 coup and wondering if Hamas would be interested in appointing a Prime Minister from Iran.

Head of Hamas delegation Saleh Arouri and Fatah leader Azzam Ahmad sign a reconciliation deal in Cairo, Egypt, October 12, 2017.

What would building an 'army of Palestine’ look like? - opinion

So what will the Palestine statehood crowd prescribe as the solution? Give them more funds and more weapons, of course. Build them into a full-fledged army, disguised as a “security force.”

 ARMED PALESTINIAN gunmen take part in a military parade in Jenin last month.

We need to talk about the two state solution - opinion

Establishing a Palestinian state has been a feature of Israeli rhetoric since the 1990s, and the majority of prime ministers have expressed willingness to agree to it, under certain conditions.

 THEN-PRESIDENT Shimon Peres and then-prime minister Ehud Olmert attend a ceremony at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, 2009. Peres and Olmert advocated for an agreement with the Palestinians and the Arab world, the writer notes.

Call for unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state complete legal misconception - opinion

Any unilaterally imposed recognition of a Palestinian state by the international community would be tantamount to undermining this final clause of the Oslo Accords.

 US SECRETARY of State Antony Blinken takes part in a panel discussion at the Munich Security Conference  on Saturday. One may legitimately ask whether these people really understand what they are talking about, the writer argues.

Norway PM sees imminent deal to transfer tax funds between Israel and Palestinians

Norway is part of an international effort to build a broad, Palestinian unity government, with Western nations aiming for the PA to play a key role in it.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and PA head Mahmoud Abbas shake hands at the funeral of Shimon Peres on Mount Herzl, in Jerusalem, in 2016.

'Oslo is dead': Right-wing ministers, MKs call for return to Gaza settlements

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called Sunday for an immediate return to Gaza settlements and "correction" of the Oslo Accords.

 Samaria Regional Council Head Yossi Dagan pictured at Jerusalem International Convention Center, January 28.

Five words for when the war ends

For us to move forward as a nation, we will need to heal our collective souls and ensure that we do not slip back into the kind of civil strife we experienced in the first nine months of 2023.

 ACCORDING TO the writer, those who supported the pullout from Gaza in 2005 need to say to those who warned us of what might happen: ‘I’m sorry, you were right!’

Palestinian demilitarization is just a myth - opinion

My conclusion is that demilitarization is a myth. In any territory evacuated by Israel, it is neither possible to enforce nor reasonable to expect that.

 ARMED PALESTINIANS show their presence in Tulkarm, in the West Bank, last week. Demilitarization is a myth; it is neither possible to enforce nor reasonable to expect in any territory evacuated by Israel, says the writer.

Israel-Hamas War: Making peace based on past experience - opinion

The rich experiences and detailed plans of predecessors can guide both the Israeli and the Palestinian people to a workable plan for the peaceful resolution of our conflict.

 PLO chairman Yasser Arafat (third right) gestures toward prime minister Yitzhak Rabin (third left) as US president Bill Clinton (center) stands between them, after the signing of the Oslo Accords on September 13, 1993.

Students for terror have no place on campus - opinion

We must condemn praising antisemitic terror on campuses.

 ‘COLLEGE IS supposed to promote greater acceptance, knowledge, and understanding – not hate and willful ignorance,’ the writer maintains.