Coexistence

The story that traps us: Why Israel's and Palestine's elections need a new conversation - opinion

The coming elections may open a political door unlike any we have seen for a generation.

An elderly Palestinian man fills out his ballot before casting his vote at a polling station during municipal elections in the West Bank city of Hebron on April 25, 2026.
 People’s Peace Summit in Jerusalem, May, 2025.

The Paris Conference, the peace industry, and the illusion of representation - opinion

On the Temple Mount.

For Jerusalem activist Jehad Abu Sneineh, coexistence starts in the streets - interview

DR. ALEX Sinclair's kippah, after police cut off the Palestinian flag.

Alex Sinclair: Why I wear my kippah with Israeli and Palestinian flags - opinion


Social cohesion is not an impossible dream - opinion

The basic yearning for social cohesion requires a reevaluation of the educational system.

 FIRST-GRADE students walk to a school in Tel Aviv, on the first day of classes, last September 1. How does one promote social cohesion when children are currently educated in completely separate streams?

Jewish leaders call for unity, harmony in Israel amid discord

As the nation prepares to observe Tisha Be'av, the Jewish leaders acknowledged in their letter, the polarization and discord that currently plagues Israeli society.

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and National Unity leader MK Benny Gantz are seen moving to shake hands in the Knesset amid the vote on the controversial reasonableness standard bill, in Jerusalem, on Monday, July 24, 2023.

Voices from the Arab press: Israeli threats of war with Iran psychological or inevitable?

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

 HYPING IRAN’S new hypersonic ballistic missile ‘Fattah,’ with text reading ‘400 seconds to Tel Aviv,’ seen on a street in Tehran, June 8.

Religious leaders discuss countering hate speech as UN observes awareness day

Hate speech in religious discourse can take many different forms, and in the last several decades has found its way onto the internet.

 View of the United Nations General Assembly Hall in New York City, US, January 16, 2023.

'My Israel': A work of love on the different faces of the Jewish state - review

In this book, 70 prominent Israelis put down into moving words what they see in their own special corners of the Land of Israel.

 The cover of ‘My Israel’  (Gefen Publishing House, May 2023)

My Word: Jerusalem’s contradictions and blessings

Jerusalem is the country’s heart and soul. Without it, there would be no Israel

 AN AERIAL view of the ever-growing Jerusalem, above the Yemin Moshe neighborhood.

Celebrate Jerusalem Day to promote peace, coexistence in Israel - editorial

With all eyes on Jerusalem during today’s events, let us redouble our efforts to bring peace, coexistence and equality to our beloved capital.

YOUTHS CELEBRATE Jerusalem Day outside the Old City walls of Jerusalem last year.

‘Jewish life goes on’: Djerba Jews and their supporters show resilience after deadly attack

Just a day after a shooting at the synagogue, worshippers gathered to celebrate a brit milah.

 Interior of La Ghriba Synagogue, Djerba, Tunisia

Israeli-Palestinian coexistence youth soccer season concludes after COVID hiatus

Despite heightened security tensions this week, the game included more than 60 children in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba. 

 Children participating in the Peres Center's sports project in Beersheba.

The House of Religions: From Hindu Temple to kosher kitchen - opinion

Eight religious groups share the communal spaces which comprise a restaurant, a library, meeting and conference rooms in Bern.

 RABBI MICHAEL KOHN and Sasikumar Tharmalingam – the two men, a rabbi and a Hindu priest, came together to work out a system of cooperation in precisely the manner and purpose for which the House of Religions was created.