Dialogue

One year of dialogue could change the future for Israelis, Palestinians - opinion

Let us give dialogue a chance, even if it takes a full year. A year spent searching for peace will not be wasted; it may be the most important year in the history of our peoples.

|ByKHALIL EL-HALABI
Buildings lie in ruins amid the rubble in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, December 8, 2025.
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.

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.

|BySAMER SINIJLAWI
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.

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.

|ByGERSHON BASKIN
Eldridge Street Synagogue, New York

When diplomacy falters, religious dialogue can still hold the line - opinion

Now in its third decade, the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions hosted by Kazakhstan is a rare forum for dialogue across religious, ethnic, and geopolitical divides.

|ByAKAN RAKHMETULLIN

Center Field: May we have a year of listening generously

I wonder, could we make some progress if citizens listened more generously to one another?

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017ByGIL TROY
Mobile phones

Isaac and Ishmael - a hopeful answer?

On the importance of dialogue.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017ByRAYMOND APPLE
A rabbi and a sheikh at a prayer session for Muslims and Jews in Gush Etzion.

Financial boycotts won't solve religious crisis – but education will

Why is everyone discussing threats from Jewish philanthropists to halt donations over the Kotel and conversion drama instead of talking about the future of the Jewish state?

JULY 3, 2017ByYAAKOV KATZ
Youth hold their prayer shawls as they stand in front of the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayers site in Jerusalem's Old City May 17, 2017.

Traditional A9 TV Iftar banquet – a place where different ideas meet

I hope that this banquet and many similar other events will bring people one step closer to peace and help them believe in the possibility of unity and solidarity.

JUNE 24, 2017ByADNAN OKTAR
Iftar meal

A Quick Post on new settlements

FEBRUARY 3, 2017ByJACOB DEVEAUX
The Jerusalem Post

My Jerusalem: A Cooperation Hub Blog entry number 1: From Athens to Jerusalem via Barack Obama

NOVEMBER 22, 2016ByYVETTE NAHMIA-MESSINAS
The Jerusalem Post

The Jewish Community Needs to do a Better Job of Reaching Out to Other Aboriginal Communities

OCTOBER 5, 2016ByDMITRI SHUFUTINSKY
The Jerusalem Post

Worlds – and words – apart

He wants people to talk to each other. He hopes it will start something positive.

JULY 21, 2016ByBERNARD ELLOUK
The approximately 10-minute lesson was significant more for the interaction than the instruction

Are you talking to me?

In these troubled times of ongoing terrorism and fear, do people still want to engage with “the other”?

JUNE 26, 2016ByPAMELA PELED
Social media apps Twitter and Facebook [Illustrative]

Jews of world's first ghetto reflect on Europe's migrant crisis

The Jews of Venice think the history of their people in general and in Italy in particular is relevant today.

MARCH 25, 2016ByREUTERS
A police security kiosk stands to the left of a memorial to the victims of the Holocaust in the “campo,” or square, at the centre of the world’s first ghetto, in Venice northern Italy, March 22, 2016