Arab Israeli conflict

Most Israelis say social division bigger threat to country than Iranian nuclear threat - poll

While 59% of Jewish respondents viewed polarization as the greatest threat, only 39% of Arab participants said the same, possibly due to higher Arab sympathy with Palestinians.

 Israelis clash with police during a protest against the decision of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to fire head of Shin Bat Ronen Bar, in Jerusalem, March 20, 2025.
A woman holds a placard during a protest called by Sudanese community in Athens, to condemn the civilian killings in Sudan's al-Fashir and to draw attention to the ongoing conflict, in Athens, Greece, November 7, 2025.

There are no mass protests for Sudan because it can't be used against US or Israel - analysis

Portrait of Yitzhak Rabin

Defense Ministry reveals rare recordings of Yitzhak Rabin 30 years after his death

A Jordanian flag flies over the capital city, Amman, Jordan August 17, 2025.

Justifying Oct. 7: Jordan's curriculum full of antisemitic, anti-Israel content, passages


False saints and real demons: The story of the Middle East - opinion

For more than 70 years, the narrative of the Arab-Israeli conflict has been cemented as the ultimate symbol of historical grievance – a renewable pretext for a multitude of domestic failures.

A woman holds a placard in front of police officers outside Downing Street, as people attend a pro-Palestinian protest, featuring the banging of pots and pans to honour the Palestinians shot while queuing for food in Gaza, in London, Britain, July 25, 2025.

Veteran Arab affairs commentator Ehud Yaari reveals he had indirect contact with Yahya Sinwar

“Sinwar saw himself as a rabbi-like figure," according to Yaari. "Someone deeply knowledgeable about Israeli affairs."

 Former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar looks on at an anti-Israel rally, in Gaza City, in 2022.

Fact, fiction, or both: A closer look at settler violence in the West Bank

SETTLEMENT AFFAIRS: A new report from right-wing organization Regavim explores instances of supposed settler violence in the West Bank.

 A NEW REPORT by NGO Regavim analyzes the UN database which documents violent incidents in Judea and Samaria. Here, a Palestinian man looks towad Israeli flags placed over a Palestinian house after an incident with Israeli settlers in Bruqin village near Salfit, in the West Bank last month.

How the West distorts Israel's reality with false narratives of settler violence - opinion

The global campaign to demonize Israel through "settler violence" is not just a lie—it’s a political weapon used to justify actions against Israel’s government.

THE SANCTIONS imposed on Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (right) and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir are galling, and the accusation of ‘settler violence’ is false, the writer argues.

Two-state solution support hits all-time low as Israeli trust collapses – Pew poll

Only 21% of Israelis believe peaceful coexistence with a Palestinian state is possible; distrust and status of Jerusalem cited as top obstacles.

 Israeli and Palestinian flags side by side. (illustration).

The 'fig leaf' that hid Arab regime failures and seriously harmed the Palestinian cause - opinion

Post-1948, Arab regimes weaponized the Palestinian cause. Lacking organic legitimacy, they turned anti-Israel hostility into a survival mechanism.

 Palestinian Ambassador to the UN, Riyad Mansour, sits in the General Assembly. The State of Palestine is recognized by more than 130 countries, but not by most of the countries of the OECD.

Trump’s Middle East tour poses a strategic opportunity for Israel - opinion

Trump’s Gulf tour seemed to sideline Israel, raising alarm. But he’s daring Israel to lead—and will back it if it does.

 US PRESIDENT Donald Trump holds a soccer ball as he attends an event with Qatar’s Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, also with the participation of FIFA president Gianni Infantino (not pictured), in Lusail, Qatar, on Wednesday. More than any other country, Israel was hit this week by Trumpian whiplash,

'Ghosts of a Holy War': Forgotten 1929 Hebron Massacre Resurfaces Amid Echoes of October 7

A century-old tragedy is resurfacing with painful relevance.

 Yardena Schwartz, award-winning journalist and Emmy-nominated producer speaks in the latest episode of IsraelCast, Jewish National Fund-USA’s flagship podcast

'Gaza is Palestinian; not Israeli,' former Israeli PM Olmert says

'We believe that peace is possible, and the time to act is now,' stated the organizers.

 People’s Peace Summit in Jerusalem, May, 2025.

A strategy for fostering diversity within a unified Israeli society- opinion

Israel’s deepening divides call for a new model of unity through diversity, with dialogue and mutual responsibility crucial to preventing future conflict.

A joint prayer session was held in Gush Etzion, after the Duma arson attack

52 deaths in 3 months: Gov't must fight bloodshed in Israeli Arab society - opinion

The bloodshed in Arab society must end. This requires responsible and courageous leadership. A broad government initiative is needed.

 CARRYING THE coffins of two of the five men murdered the day before in Yafa an-Naseriyye, June 9.