Israel peace deal

A proposal for an economic future: Gaza needs more than reconstruction - opinion

For decades, Gaza's refugee camps have been a symbol of dependency. Reconstruction offers an opportunity to change that reality.

Palestinians inspect the damage caused by an Israeli airstrike that targeted a house belonging to the al-Qalqili family in al-Bureij refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on July 30, 2026.
Ra'am party head MK Mansour Abbas.

The Iran peace plan, and what it means for Israel’s upcoming elections - opinion

US President Donald Trump holds up the memorandum of understanding, signed by the US, and Iran, at the Palace of Versailles, in France.

Before condemnation or celebration, we need patience - opinion

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan poses with the signed agreement at a world leaders' summit on ending the Gaza war, amid a U.S.-brokered prisoner-hostage swap and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, October 13, 2025.

Turks on the border: Erdogan gains foothold in Gaza under ceasefire plan's Phase II


The peace process need not be dead

The ideas are not necessarily new – but the environment is.

WHAT DID they talk about?

The two-state solution is dead! Long live the quest for peace!

The good news is that we are freed from this no-win situation, and now new ideas can be considered that will have a far greater likelihood of producing peaceful relations.

Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump at a White House press conference in Washington , US on May 15, 2017

There are no shortcuts for a regional breakthrough

The peace treaty with Jordan was reached only after Israel and the PLO signed the Oslo Accords. The Arab Peace Initiative, first published 15 years ago, emphasizes this fact in clear terms.

CROSS THE bridge and remove the blocks in our path toward regional cooperation.

Jewish groups speak out against Paris peace conference following UN vote

Netanyahu has repeatedly rejected the conference proposal.

UN AMBASSADOR Danny Danon speaks at the Security Council.

Putting the end forward

The most obvious change in the past 20 years is the total lack of trust that exists today across the conflict lines.

Netanyahu and Abbas

Women Wage Peace rally in Jerusalem for peace talks

According to the organization’s website, its mission is a “nonpolitical, broad-based and rapidly growing movement of thousands of women to restore hope, and work toward a peaceful existence."

PARTICIPANTS ASSEMBLE in front of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence in the capital yesterday.

Diverging women's peace movements: Gaza flotilla vs. march activists

Women at the forefront of Gaza flotilla and peace march differ on approaches to activism.

MARCHERS of the Women Wage Peace movement set out last night on the 2016 March of Hope from Rosh Hanikra to Jerusalem, where they intend to picket the prime minister’s official residence in two weeks to demand a peace settlement

Dennis Ross reflects on Peres, the strategic thinker

Shimon Peres has always been proactive.

Former President Shimon Peres talks to the press after meeting with US President Barack Obama in the Oval Office of the White House during his presidency last June

Israel – no longer people dwelling alone

A breakthrough occurred in 1979, when a peace treaty was signed with Egypt, the largest and most important Sunni Arab country in the Arab world.

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

Liberman: Population swaps should be part of Israeli-Palestinian peace deal

“The principle of land for peace has failed,” Liberman said during a wide-ranging policy talk with students at Ariel University.

Avigdor Liberman discusses a map of Ariel with the city's mayor.