Israeli–Palestinian conflict

No more secret Israeli-Palestinian meetings: Time for peace efforts in broad daylight - opinion

The road to that peace must be paved by Israelis and Palestinians who are courageous enough to stand up together.

FEBRUARY 11, 2026|ByGERSHON BASKIN

THEN-PRIME minister Ehud Barak (R) jokingly pushes Palestinian president Yasser Arafat (L) into the Laurel cabin on the grounds of Camp David during peace talks in 2000.

Shlomi's war: An IDF reservist's journey from October 7 to political activism

A reservist’s remarkable journey from the Oct. 7 chaos, losing his brother, and fighting for over a year in Gaza – to political activism in order to change the country’s priorities.

FEBRUARY 7, 2026|ByJONATHAN SPYER

A sign that reads "Entering the area is prohibited!" is hung on fencing at the Jerusalem headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), in east Jerusalem, January 20, 2026

Israel demolishes UNRWA's Jerusalem HQ, but fails to explain why it had to go - comment

Without context, the move to demolish UNRWA’s east Jerusalem headquarters looks like just another incident of Israeli hard-heartedness - an attack on a UN body that wants only to help.

JANUARY 20, 2026|ByHERB KEINON

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.

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.

DECEMBER 22, 2025|ByLEO FEIERBERG BETTER

Petition challenges addition of Nakba to Canadian school curriculum

The 2024 BCTF AGM document on resolutions said that the teachers needed these events explicitly included in the curriculum for when the topics arose in the classroom.

MARCH 28, 2024ByMICHAEL STARR

Protesters hold an effigy of Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a rally to call for a ceasefire, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in Gaza, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada March 9, 2024.

Settlements in the spotlight: Deep West Bank divides revealed

The expansion of West Bank settlements escalates tensions between Israel and the US, posing significant hurdles to peace efforts in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

FEBRUARY 26, 2024ByKEREN SETTON/THE MEDIA LINE

Jewish settlers at the illegal West Bank settlement outpost of Ramat Migron, on September 8, 2023.

Group trips to Israel are a rare experience for Jewish students - opinion

An ADL survey showed that Jewish students feel significantly less safe since October 7, with 73% of Jewish college students having experienced or witnessed antisemitism.

FEBRUARY 19, 2024ByGIDI MARK

RESEARCH HAS shown for years that no other immersive, relatively short experience is as impactful for students as a group experience in Israel, says the writer.

Letters to the Editor, February 7, 2024: Business as usual

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

FEBRUARY 7, 2024ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Pushing for Gaza resettlement harms core values, solidarity with Jewish people - opinion

For many, including those within the religious community themselves, the timing and backdrop for such an event could not have been more wrong.

FEBRUARY 4, 2024ByDANIEL GOLDMAN

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir seen at the Knesset on January 31, 2024

How can Israelis and Palestinians start anew post-Gaza war? - opinion

The trauma of this war has wiped away compassion for the other. We need courageous voices, reaching between sides, to emerge.

FEBRUARY 4, 2024ByMICHAEL M. COHEN

IDF SOLDIERS operate in the Gaza Strip last week. This war has returned us to 1948-49, if not further, but Palestinians and Israelis, in some ways, get a do-over, the writer argues.

Jewish SA Councilor heckled for mentioning Mandela, wearing Magen David

"It is the first time in these chambers that someone's religion or expression of their religion is being questioned. Can I ask that we tread cautiously?"

FEBRUARY 1, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

People hold Palestinian and South African flags during a demonstration in support of Palestinians at Three Anchor Bay in Cape Town, South Africa, October 22, 2023.

US could recognize Palestinian state after Israel's war in Gaza

‘We support the establishment of an independent Palestinian state and we do a lot of work in the government to think about how to bring it about,” Miller said.

JANUARY 31, 2024ByTOVAH LAZAROFF, BARAK RAVID