Peace

Poll: 65% of Syrians favor US engagement, 59% say peace with Israel is likely

Opinions were more divided on full diplomatic normalization with Israel, while public assessments of Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa were largely favorable.

 Direction and distance sign for the Syrian capital of Damascus at Mount Bental Israeli military outpost on the Syrian border
US President Donald Trump gestures after returning early from the G7 Leaders' Summit in Canada, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, June 17, 2025

Iran mirrors Trump’s playbook, sending mixed signals for nuclear talks - opinion

EU High Representative and Vice-President for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas speaks during the last day of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, Germany, February 15, 2026.

Kallas: Member states not prepared to give Ukraine concrete accession date

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro aboard the USS Iwo Jima after his capture by US forces. January 3, 2026.

Trump’s Venezuela gamble fits his legacy of peace through strength - opinion


Egypt's reformed school curriculum removes antisemitism, focusing on peace

Over 80% of Egyptian elementary school students are now learning from revised textbooks with curriculum focused on promoting peace, and rejecting extremism.

 An Egyptian teacher instructs students on the first day's class at Martyr Rami school, in Cairo, Egypt, October 2, 2022.

Does Netanyahu’s message to Iran envision the possibility of a shared future? - opinion

The message appears to be that one day, in a free Iran, Israelis and Iranians will together build a future of prosperity and peace

 ISLAMIC REPUBLIC leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with members of Iran’s Basij militia in Tehran, Iran, earlier this week.

Oslo's environmental, feminine choice, 20 years later - opinion

Last weekend, the 14th conference by Democracy Today was held in Yerevan, Armenia, titled "From Global Insecurity to Common Security - Women's Role in Peacemaking." 


How Israel’s war risks destroying ties with Jordan and regional allies - opinion

The longevity of peace treaties with Jordan and Egypt may create the impression that these relationships are immune to crises. However, this assumption should not be put to the test.

Prime ministers Yitzhak Rabin and US president Bill Clinton congratulate Jordan’s King Hussein after his speech at the Israeli-Jordanian peace treaty signing ceremony on October 26, 1994.

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

Japan nuclear bomb survivors win Nobel Peace Prize

Nihon Hidankyo praised for efforts to achieve a nuclear-free world

 Koichi Kawano, a survivor of the atomic bombing in Nagasaki, speaks to the press after the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize winner was announced, in Nagasaki, Japan, August 11, 2024, in this photo taken by Kyodo.

UNRWA retains Nobel Peace Prize candidacy despite evidence proving its ties to Hamas

Approximately 12,000 people signed a petition urging the Peace Research Institute Oslo to reconsider UNRWA’s candidacy for the Nobel Prize.

 Tzav 9 protesters outside of UNRWA Jerusalem offices, March 20, 2024.

The war will end when Palestinians, Lebanon embrace living with Israel - opinion

In our desperation to be accepted and to finally experience peace, we have allowed the realities that go by the names of peace, ceasefires, and disarmament to be degraded and altogether denied.

Palestinian and Israeli flags overlook Dome of Rock and Western Wall

This week in Jewish history: Israeli peace accords and a massacre in Lebanon

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars.

 THE 1993 OSLO Accords between Israel and the PLO were signed in Washington, with a beaming president Bill Clinton presiding over the White House ceremony

Israel's often offered peace, always rejected by the Arab world - opinion

A look into some of the many peace opportunities that were available and were shattered by absolute Arab rejection.

 A MAN adjusts a billboard with pictures of former president Gamal Abdel Nasser, in Cairo, July 2002, the 50th anniversary of the revolution when the Free Officers, led by Nasser, seized power from the monarchy.