Framework for peace

Historic Trump-Aoun meeting showcases White House's new Middle East priorities - analysis

Trump's recent meeting with Aoun demonstrates a US commitment to brokering peace between Israel and Lebanon in the wake of the June Framework Agreement.

 U.S. President Donald Trump (L) greets President of Lebanon Joseph Aoun as he arrives at the White House on July 21, 2026 in Washington, DC.
Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter and Lebanese Ambassador to the US Nada Hamadeh.

An Israeli-Lebanese framework agreement with many pitfalls - opinion

MAHANEH YEHUDA last month: I dream of visiting the stalls of the shuk in Tehran instead of Iran firing missiles at the shuk in Jerusalem, says the writer.

If Palestinians could give up their lust for terror, Israel could know peace - opinion

THEN-US vice president Joe Biden gestures as he walks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas after their meeting in Ramallah in 2010.

Flurry of Israeli Palestinian phone calls doesn't spell peace - 8 takes


Israel slams EU backing of international peace conference

Foreign Ministry: Peace with the Palestinians will be achieved only through two-way, direct negotiations.

French President Francois Hollande (C), United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (C-L), French Foreign minister Jean-Marc Ayrault (C-R), US Secretary of State John Kerry (4th R), European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Federica Mogherini (3rd R) and officials pose for a group pho

Arab League head cancels visit to Ramallah

PM: Changes need to be made before adopting Arab peace plan.

A general view of the Arab foreign minister's meeting at the Arab League in Cairo, Egypt, January 10, 2016

Diplomacy: First politics, then the world

It is pure politics that compelled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to bring Avigdor Liberman on as defense minister. But it will make regional peace even harder to achieve.

Avigdor Liberman reviews an honour guard during a welcoming ceremony at the Defence Ministry in Tel Aviv, Israel May 31, 2016

Know comment: The day after Abbas

Netanyahu should leverage this turning point to re-frame the parameters of how Israel can live astride the very problematic Palestinian national movement.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks with journalists at his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah

The political algorithms of the Arab-Israeli conflict

By its acceptance of the legitimacy of Palestinian national claims, Israel has, perversely, laid the foundations for the assault on its own legitimacy.

A jewish man passes a banner which reads ‘Peace Now’ during a pro-Israel demonstration held in Amsterdam several years ago.

Why Bernie Sanders is the best candidate for Israel

The Jerusalem Post

Where hawks and doves fly together

Past peace process negotiators have lamented that, while pursuing an elusive conflict-ending treaty, too little attention was paid to grass roots activities. But it is not too late.

A MAN holds up a flag during a peace rally in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square

Israel think tank seeks to revive Arab Peace Initiative to push forward peace process

“We seek to revive the initiative in public [discourse] and with government officials since Israel has not officially replied to the offer and is not interested in paying the price.”

Arab leaders meet at an Arab League meeting

Encountering Peace: Sooner or later

Israel and many of its neighbors today share a common cause in limiting Iran’s power and influence, preventing the expansion and infiltration of Islamic State (IS), and in fighting terrorism.

Jordanian military helicopter flies over an armored vehicle near the Karameh border crossing on the Jordanian-Iraqi border

2015: A turning point in WWIII

Middle Israel:

French special forces evacuate people, including an injured man holding his head, as people gather near the Bataclan concert hall following fatal shootings in Paris, France, November 13, 2015