Israeli–Palestinian conflict

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.

|ByHERB KEINON
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
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.

|ByLEO FEIERBERG BETTER
Packs of Ben & Jerry's ice cream, a brand of Unilever, for sale at a Walmart store in Valley Stream, New York, US, November 6, 2025.

Ben & Jerry's board chair refuses to resign as Unilever pressure intensifies

Ben & Jerry's chair Anuradha Mittal rejects Unilever calls to remove her, calling an audit politically driven as the feud deepens ahead of Magnum’s market debut.

|ByREUTERS
US Senator Lindsey Graham speaks outside the White House, in Washington, DC, US, February 28, 2025.

Lindsey Graham to Post: Annexation would cost Israel US support; two-states the 'only' solution

“Being pro-Israel means telling hard truths,” Graham said. “The only path that keeps Israel Jewish and democratic is a two-state framework, when the conditions are real."

|ByZVIKA KLEIN

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
Letters

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
US President Joe Biden shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Presidential Compound, in Bethlehem, in the West Bank July 15, 2022

Australian Museum changed wording at Egyptian exhibition after targeted by pro-Palestinian campaign

The museum came under criticism by the AJA as a result of the change.

JANUARY 13, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Conservators at the Australian Museum carry an ancient Egyptian coffin to its display area in Sydney on July 1, 1998.

Israel-Hamas War: What happened on day 96?

War cabinet discusses Qatari proposal for Gaza • IDF takes over key south Gaza village • Gantz: Gaza Strip 'effectively' free of Hamas rule

JANUARY 10, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi seen on January 10, 2024

Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a mess, needs to be closely observed - opinion

A myriad of factors, nuances, and influences of this conflict, including this war, complicate its mitigation and resolution.

JANUARY 8, 2024ByMICHAEL M. COHEN
A WOMAN visits last week what is left of a Kibbutz Kfar Aza home that was destroyed in the October 7 attack by Hamas terrorists. The Hebrew on the wall reads ‘human remains on the sofa.’ The horrific pogrom has pushed more Israelis to diminish the thought of reconciliation with Palestinians

Palestinians don't want two-state solution - opinion

At this point, calling for a two-state solution signifies a blatant, patronizing refusal to look at the stated goals of the Palestinian side, very few of which involve peace.

JANUARY 7, 2024BySHEILA NAZARIAN
PALESTINIANS CELEBRATE at the Erez crossing, between Israel and the northern Gaza Strip, as Hamas carried out its massive attack on Israel on October 7. The Palestinian leadership has told the world time and time again what it wants, and it’s not a two-state coexistence, the writer asserts.