Israel and Palestine

'Heritage as a weapon': How West Bank digs became a tool of dispossession - opinion

How archaeology in the West Bank has become a battleground over sovereignty, heritage, and international law

|ByRAFAEL GREENBERG
A Palestinian archaeologist works on a lead sarcophagus discovered in Gaza City in early 2022. A common Israeli claim is that Palestinians have ‘no interest’ in antiquities.
Palestinian children play in a Roman-era fountain in Battir, a village in the West Bank, south of Jerusalem.

Palestinian Authority accelerates heritage campaign as West Bank tensions rise

From museum reopenings to bids for UNESCO recognition, the Palestinian Authority is prioritizing archaeology and identity 

|ByDANA BEN-SHIMON
Israeli-Arab journalist Mohammad Magadli bridges the divide between Israeli and Arab media in Israel.

Between two worlds: Mohammad Magadli, an Arab voice in Israeli media

Israeli Arab journalist Mohammad Magadli is working to bridge the gap between Arab and Jewish media.

|ByDANA BEN-SHIMON
Husam Zomlot, head of the Palestinian mission to the United Kingdom, gestures during a ceremony after Britain announced on Sunday its recognition of a Palestinian state at the mission's headquarters in London, Britain, September 22, 2025.

WATCH: 'Palestine on British soil': Palestinian embassy in London officially inaugurated

"Today, the Palestinian community in Britain has a home away from home - a piece of Palestine on British soil," said Ambassador Husam Zomlot.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER, MICHAEL STARR

Duke University to tackle antisemitism on campus following ZOA complaint

‘This will send out a message to the university community that antisemitism won’t be tolerated,’ says the ZOA’s Susan Tuchman.

DECEMBER 19, 2019ByILANIT CHERNICK
Duke University

Norwegian parliament tells government to cut funding to PA over textbooks

Ruling coalition in Norwegian parliament angered over references to violence, martyrdom and terror found in Palestinian Authority school textbooks.

DECEMBER 6, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Norwegian flags flutter at Karl Johans street in Oslo, Norway May 31, 2017.

Grapevine: Enemies within the tribe

Israelis and Palestinians find it easier to be friends and to cooperate on joint ventures when not in the region

NOVEMBER 22, 2019ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Chef David Biton (right) with Haim Spiegel, Dan Hotels’ food and beverage manager.

Love and conflict resolution

Is the secret to solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict embedded in the 1947-1948 period?

NOVEMBER 7, 2019ByMOSHE ZIMMERMAN
SOME OF the book’s main characters fall in love at Hadassah-University Medical Center (pictured in 2018) in Jerusalem’s Ein Kerem.

Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib share 'Holocaust contest' prize winner cartoon

The two congresswomen posted a Brazilian-Lebanese artist's drawing in response to being barred from entering Israel.

AUGUST 19, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
U.S. Rep Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and U.S. Rep Ilhan Omar (D-MN)

The Invisible Palestinian

For PA leaders, individual Palestinians are invisible; they exist only as tiny pieces of the large nationalist agenda.

AUGUST 4, 2019ByITAMAR MARCUS
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses Arab journalists in Ramallah on July 3

Books: The spies of 1948 who helped win the war

Behind enemy lines at the birth of the Israeli secret service.

JUNE 28, 2019ByLINDA GRADSTEIN
Matti Friedman, who grew up in Toronto and lives in Jerusalem, is an Israeli-Canadian journalist and author who is also an op-ed contributor to ‘The New York Times’

Israel has support in its war crimes debate with ICC - analysis

In 2018, the ICC Chief Prosecutor issued a report which seemed to signal that the ICC was close to a decision on whether to investigate allegations of war crimes in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

MAY 29, 2019ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda speaks with her deputy, James Stewart, at an ICC hearing in March 2014

Testimony released in case of two Palestinians beaten by IDF soldiers

The father and son were admitted to Shaarei Tzedek Hospital in Jerusalem with broken ribs and noses.

FEBRUARY 13, 2019ByYONAH JEREMY BOB, TZVI JOFFRE
An IDF soldier maps out the home of the Barghouti brother terrorists

U.S. rabbi: Jews can be bridge between Muslims and Evangelicals

“I’ve been asked by the Saudis and the Bahrainis to help create a relationship between them and the Evangelical community in the US.”

DECEMBER 27, 2018ByHERB KEINON
Rabbi Marc Schneier with United Arab Emirate's Minister of Tolerance, Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak. Schneier said Gulf States have asked him to help create a relationship with Evangelical Christians in the US.