Israeli–Palestinian conflict

Israel demolishes UNRWA's Jerusalem HQ, but fails to explain why it had to go - comment

Without context, the move to demolish UNRWA’s east Jerusalem headquarters looks like just another incident of Israeli hard-heartedness - an attack on a UN body that wants only to help.

|ByHERB KEINON
A sign that reads "Entering the area is prohibited!" is hung on fencing at the Jerusalem headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), in east Jerusalem, January 20, 2026
Israelis clash with police during a protest against the decision of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to fire head of Shin Bat Ronen Bar, in Jerusalem, March 20, 2025.

Most Israelis say social division bigger threat to country than Iranian nuclear threat - poll

While 59% of Jewish respondents viewed polarization as the greatest threat, only 39% of Arab participants said the same, possibly due to higher Arab sympathy with Palestinians.

|ByLEO FEIERBERG BETTER
Packs of Ben & Jerry's ice cream, a brand of Unilever, for sale at a Walmart store in Valley Stream, New York, US, November 6, 2025.

Ben & Jerry's board chair refuses to resign as Unilever pressure intensifies

Ben & Jerry's chair Anuradha Mittal rejects Unilever calls to remove her, calling an audit politically driven as the feud deepens ahead of Magnum’s market debut.

|ByREUTERS
US Senator Lindsey Graham speaks outside the White House, in Washington, DC, US, February 28, 2025.

Lindsey Graham to Post: Annexation would cost Israel US support; two-states the 'only' solution

“Being pro-Israel means telling hard truths,” Graham said. “The only path that keeps Israel Jewish and democratic is a two-state framework, when the conditions are real."

|ByZVIKA KLEIN

Mahmoud Abbas: Israel's independence is a sham, US occupying Palestine

PA's Abbas: "The Palestinian people will achieve victory and achieve the independence of Palestine with Jerusalem as its capital."

OCTOBER 3, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Palestine’s President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York City, US, September 21, 2023.

More Israelis believe Oslo Accords were a mistake than correct

Israelis divided on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's standing amid Saudi peace as New Israeli Voice Index focuses on Middle East peace.

OCTOBER 2, 2023ByARIELLA MARSDEN
Palestinian and Israeli flags overlook Dome of Rock and Western Wall

Russia: US hypocritical on Ukraine war, double standard for Israel

Lavrov compared the Golan Heights and Ukraine's wartorn Donbas in suggesting that the US does not respect legal sovereignty of UN member states.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023ByTAL SPUNGIN
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a press conference after addressing the 78th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 23, 2023

Saudis: Peace must include Palestinian state, east Jerusalem as capital

Saudi FM spoke at the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday.

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud addresses the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York City, US, September 23, 2023

Israel strikes Hamas in Gaza again amid violent riots along border

Earlier on Saturday, a demonstration was held on the shores of the Gaza Strip as protesters staged a flotilla calling for an end to Israel's blockade of the Strip.

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Palestinians clash with Israeli forces near the border between Israel-Gaza, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on September 22, 2023

Israel is still 'Palestine' on Saudi Arabia's new map despite peace talks

The updated map comes as the kingdom let the US know that resolving Palestinian issues is critical for any normalization deal with Israel.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A close-up of Israel in Saudi Arabia's new updated map released in September 2023

Oslo Accords: Israel's failures and lessons learned, 30 years later

No peace prospect between Israelis and Palestinians is currently on the table, but much will depend on how political uncertainty in the Palestinian arena plays out.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023ByDEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE
THE 1993 OSLO Accords between Israel and the PLO were signed in Washington, with a beaming president Bill Clinton presiding over the White House ceremony

Qatari envoy visits Gaza amid tensions along Israeli border - report

The envoy has played a key role in Gaza over the years. In March, he urged Israeli officials to work to de-escalate tensions.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A Palestinian boy watches other Palestinians, as they demonstrate their skills during a military exercise at a summer camp organised by Hamas, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip August 8, 2023

WATCH: IDF enters Jenin refugee camp in first since major operation

IDF operates in Jenin for the first time in two months • Three Hamas terrorists arrested, one Palestinian rushed for treatment in Israel

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB, TAL SPUNGIN
Palestinians clash with Israeli forces during an Israeli military operation in Jenin, in the West Bank July 3, 2023

Israel wants free trade agreement with Bahrain, FM tells Arab media

Eli Cohen to Bahraini Al-Ayyam: "No one in the world is more interested in ending the issue with the Palestinians than Israel."

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The flags of the United Arab Emirates, Israel and Bahrain flutter along a road in Netanya, Israel September 14, 2020