Middle East peace

Israel must take opportunity to open ties with Lebanon, Syria to confront Hezbollah - editorial

The two adversaries are signaling openness to a different relationship with Israel, and it is imperative that Jerusalem grasp the opportunity with both hands.

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A Hezbollah supporter holds a Palestinian flag and a cutout image of late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah at a ceremony held by Hezbollah to commemorate the first anniversary of Nasrallah's killing by Israel, on the outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon, September 27, 2025.
Jared Kushner listens as US Vice President JD Vance (not pictured) speaks to members of the media in Kiryat Gat, Israel, October 21, 2025

Jared Kushner Can Finish What He Began: The Only Path to End Hamas and Save Gaza

As the chief U.S. architect behind the Abraham Accords he did more than broker diplomacy; he reset the strategic calculus of a region weary of stasis

|ByAHMED CHARAI
Loay Alshareef is an Arab Muslim peace advocate, historian, and social media influencer

Abraham Accords are no longer Arab–Israeli accords - opinion

The accords are the blueprint for a new world order where nations define themselves not by who they fight, but by what they build together

|ByLOAY ALSHAREEF
US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a joint press conference in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, DC, US, September 29, 2025.

Tune into today's top stories: Israel accepts Trump's peace deal, Qatar intervenes

The Jerusalem Post's must-listen news roundup with Shifra Jacobs—the top stories, clear and concise.

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Why Palestinians can’t sign an end-of-conflict pact

Palestinian Arabs cannot sign an agreement that ends all claims and recognizes the right of a Jewish state to exist and live unmolested on land that was ever Muslim.

JULY 15, 2020By ERIC R. MANDEL
US ENVOY Dennis Ross with PA leader Yasser Arafat in Ramallah in 2000.

Peace means realizing that Jews and Arabs alike all belong to this land

The late Rabbi Menachem Froman used to say, “This Land does not belong to us; WE belong to this Land.”

JULY 15, 2020ByGERSHON BASKIN
Palestinians demonstrate in the village of Kafr Malik northeast of Ramallah in September 2019.

Israelis and Palestinians must join forces in creating a new shared vision

Encountering Peace: Walls and fences are not the recipe for peace.

JULY 8, 2020ByGERSHON BASKIN
Two paramedics, a Jew wearing a prayer shawl and a Muslim using a prayer mat, pray beside each other near a Magen David Adom (MDA) ambulance in Beersheba, southern Israel, March 24, 2020

Trump to make big announcement on Middle East peace plan - Conway

Conway added that conversations regarding Israel's decision to annex 30% of the West Bank and the entire Jordan Valley are currently ongoing.

JUNE 25, 2020ByLAHAV HARKOV, TOVAH LAZAROFF
White House Special Counselor Kellyanne Conway speaks to news reporters during a press gaggle outside the West Wing at the White House in Washington, US, June 17, 2020

International peace conference now!

Is there any way to avoid the potential conflagration that annexation might bring?

JUNE 20, 2020ByHILLEL SCHENKER
IDF SOLDIERS KEEP guard in the Jordan Valley earlier this year.

Is the Arab-Israel conflict solve-able?

Encountering Peace: Israelis and Palestinians will have to come to terms with each other. But neither side is prepared to do so at this time.

MAY 20, 2020ByGERSHON BASKIN
A Palestinian demonstrator uses a sling to hurl stones at Israeli forces during a protest at the Israel-Gaza border fence, in the southern Gaza Strip June 21, 2019

Could peace in the Middle East be achieved through business? – opinion

The United Arab Emirates is emerging as Middle East's power broker

MARCH 17, 2020ByADAM BRAFMAN
PEOPLE WATCH the fountains in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

A new type of peace in the Middle East

From peace between leaders to peace between peoples

FEBRUARY 23, 2020ByKSENIA SVETLOVA
‘ISRAEL HAS been awash in recent years in reports heralding a new era in relations with the Arab world.’

The delusional one-state solution

Responsible actors who care about peace in the Middle East will not entertain this fairytale for even a minute. Lebanon is a good starting point as to why.

NOVEMBER 4, 2019ByMATTHEW MAINEN
A PALESTINIAN slings a stone at Israeli soldiers

Trump likely to roll out highly anticipated peace plan after Israel votes

"...Toughest deal of all," says Trump. Economic plan was presented in Bahrain in June.

AUGUST 19, 2019ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF, TOVAH LAZAROFF
US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington in March.