Israeli Palestinian Conflict

Israeli officials consider paying some Gazan war victims to rebuild global legitimacy - exclusive

Officials raised a controversial idea to free Israel from the black and white debate of war crimes without admitting criminal fault, starting the painstaking process of rebuilding Israeli legitimacy.

Palestinians live among the ruins of their destroyed homes after returning to the town of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, February 8, 2026
PALESTINIANS WALK past the rubble of destroyed buildings in Gaza City.

Why dismissing Palestinian reform voices is a strategic mistake - opinion

 A man casts his vote in the Israeli general elections, at a polling station in Jerusalem, on November 1, 2022.

Israeli-Palestinian peace is just one election away – and it could happen in 2026 - opinion

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar meets with Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi in first diplomatic visit to Somaliland on January 6, 2026.

Why Somaliland meets the legal test for statehood and Palestine does not - opinion


Redefining evil: How postmodern ideologies twist biblical morality – opinion

The Garden of Eden taught us the clear divide between good and evil, which modern society has blurred too often in recent months

People attend a protest in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, outside Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, November 18, 2023.

Supporting Palestinians has turned into normalizing terrorism – opinion

If the West opposes violence to achieve political goals, how can it stand with the normalization of violence and terror in the movement for Palestinian statehood?

 PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY head Mahmoud Abbas addresses the United Nations General Assembly last month. The PA has actively supported and incentivized Palestinian terrorism, the writer charges.

Grapevine October 20, 2024: Hope and memory

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 Together with a scribe, President Isaac Herzog writes a letter in a new Torah scroll.

From tragedy to solidarity, these Israelis and Palestinians are committed to nonviolence - opinion

For many Israelis, the massacre solidified their lack of faith in achieving any kind of peace with the Palestinian people.

 Israeli-Palestinian demonstration organized by Combatants for Peace

No, Jewish settlers aren’t messianic radicals - opinion

Although there is a popular train of thought among many Israelis that settling the Land of Israel will hasten the messianic era, it is not a consensus.

 THE JEWISH settlement of Eli, in Samaria, as photographed in 2021: The cheaper housing, larger properties, and suburban sprawl make living in Judea and Samaria attractive to hundreds of thousands of Israelis.

Donald Trump, Kamala Harris must define Israel's 'occupation' of West Bank - opinion

Both campaigns should state their future administration’s policy for the Middle East, including how they perceive the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the post-October 7 world.

 A pro-Palestinian protester holds a ‘From the river to the sea’ sign in Columbus, Ohio. (Paul Becker)

'Israel/Palestine in World Religions': Exploring secular, theological claims to the Holy Land

This book will help Jews, Christians, and Muslims around the world to better understand their religion’s claim to the land, as well as the claim of their co-monotheistic religions.

THE JERUSALEM skyline as viewed from the Mount of Olives.

A two-state solution is a bad idea - we need alternatives to end the conflict - opinion

This article is an attempt to show that a two-state solution might not be a solution at all but could actually lead to a much wider conflict.

A PALESTINIAN protests outside Jerusalem. The international community and some Israelis and Palestinians are once again talking about the two-state solution.

FIFA delay again review of Palestinian call to suspend Israel

The PFA had submitted a proposal to suspend Israel in May, with FIFA ordering an urgent legal evaluation and promising to address it at an extraordinary meeting of its council in July.

Demonstrators gathered outside the South African Football Association building to demand that FIFA suspend Israel's membership, March 16, 2024, in Johannesburg.

Voices from the Arab press: Will Macron pick a Muslim to head the new gov't?

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from Arab media around the world.

 French President Emmanuel Macron gestures as he speaks during an international humanitarian conference for civilians in Gaza, at the Elysee Presidential Palace, in Paris, France, on November 9, 2023.