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.

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 DAMRI: Face to face with war.

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

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

 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


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.

 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.

 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.

Artist The Weeknd donates $2.5 million to Gaza residents

Celebrities have taken public stances on the Israel-Palestine conflict since Israel began its war with Hamas following the October 7 terror attacks that left over 1,200 dead and 240 kidnapped. 

The Weeknd performs during the halftime show

Before they hit the National Mall, these pro-Israel rally-goers stopped for lox and prayers

Over 200,000 Jews at the National Mall in DC gathered to hear from a range of speakers, including survivors of the Oct. 7 Hamas massacres that launched the current Israel-Hamas war.

 From left: Ari Barnett, Moshe Felson and Asher Blum on their way to the pro-Israel rally in Washington, D.C., Nov. 14, 2023.

Letters to the Editor, November 13, 2023: Spielberg's Indifference

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

 Letters

For Biden, being the leader of the free world is more relevant than ever - opinion

And Biden is sticking to the strategy that has guided him since the beginning of the war – to allow the State of Israel to act against Hamas within the limits of international law.

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden continues to back the Israeli military operation in Gaza. While this is not easy, especially with protests on campuses and on the left of his party, it is the right thing to do, maintains the writer.

White House asks Congress for $106 billion for Israel, Ukraine wars

Biden also wants more than $9 billion for humanitarian relief, including for Israel and Gaza, where the population faces a worsening humanitarian crisis.

 US President Joe Biden attends a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as he visits Israel amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 18, 2023

Hamas resumes rocket fire from Gaza on southern Israel

More than 3,600 wounded, 1,300 murdered • IDF: 126 families of missing Israelis have been contacted

 Israeli soldiers seen at a staging area near the southern Israeli border with Gaza, October 14, 2023.

‘I pray for those families’: Pope Francis calls on Hamas to free Israeli hostages

The death toll in Israel from Hamas' attack has reached 1,300, with more than 3,000 people injured, as hostages remain trapped in Gaza.

 Pope Francis attends the weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, March 29, 2023.

JFNA announces $500 million fundraising goal in response to Israel war

At least $70 million from the funds raised by US Jews have been raised by the UJA-Federation of New York.

 Israeli soldiers patrol in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, October 11, 2023