Oslo accords

Israel creeps toward West Bank annexation as election season approaches - opinion

The de facto annexation of the West Bank is the natural byproduct of a political system where words are cheap and real power operates without transparency.

A Palestinian man walks past a fence decorated with Israeli flags installed by Jewish settlers in the northern West Bank. The de facto annexation of the West Bank is the natural byproduct of a political system where words are cheap and real power operates without transparency, the writer says.
Finance Minister and Head of the Religious Zionist Party Bezalel Smotrich leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, February 16, 2026.

Smotrich announces intention to abolish Oslo Accords, dismantle PA during next term

ISRAELI SECURITY forces guard while bulldozers demolish a Palestinian building in the West Bank, on Wednesday.

When Judea and Samaria become Israel, democracy pays the price - opinion

Gil Haskel welcomes U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken he arrives in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 22, 2024.

'We miss the bigger picture': Meet the diplomat who greets the world on Israel's behalf


When Scandinavians try Middle East peace

Scandinavian Diplomacy and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, a deeply researched and scholarly work, throws new light on an under-explored byproduct of the long Israel-Palestinian saga.

 US SECRETARY of state Condoleezza Rice (C) speaks with Peres Center for Peace director-general Ron Pundak in Herzliya, 2007. At R: ambassador Dore Gold, former Israeli ambassador to the UN.

Rashida Tlaib plays the grandma card yet again - opinion

Tlaib often trots out her grandmother as a supposed victim of Israeli persecution. There’s just a problem: Grandma lives under the rule of the Palestinian Authority.

 REP. RASHIDA TLAIB attends a pro-Palestinian rally in Dearborn, Michigan, in 2021.

The Nakba and genocidal wars against Israel - opinion

The Holocaust is over, but the legacy of those who perpetrated and promoted it thrives among many today who seek to destroy Israel.

 YOUNG ARABS riot at the Lions’ Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City, in October 2000, the beginning of the Second Intifada. Yasser Arafat rejected Ehud Barak’s concessions, and declared a more violent conflict.

What these Arab towns have in common - opinion

Terrorists running free, a PA that ignores its Oslo obligations to arrest them, and an international community that chooses to look away.

 AN IDF soldier stands guard, south of Nablus, last week. PA towns are still filled with terrorists, forcing Israel to send its soldiers there to capture them.

The Oslo process has failed, it's time to recalculate Israel's plan - opinion

Successive Israeli governments have failed to clamp down on violations by the PA, it's time to go after their tax receipts

 THEN-PRIME MINISTER Yitzhak Rabin, then-US President Bill Clinton and then-PLO chairman Yasser Arafat wave after the signing of the Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles, at the White House, 1993

Israeli minister accuses security officials of 'rebellion'

Israeli Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu said some senior security officials are operating in "rebellion." Opposition leader Yair Lapid called for him to prove it or be fired.

 Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu attends a government conference at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on January 8, 2023.

What was the one grain of truth in the UN statement against Israel? - opinion

The 313-word statement issued by the UN Security Council on February 21 began with all the usual “deep concern” and “dismay” about Jews having the chutzpah to reside in the Jewish national homeland.

 SPEAKING AT the UN Security Council last week, Israel’s UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan presents a photo of terror victims Yaakov and Asher Paley and dedicates a moment of silence in memory of all 11 people killed in recent Palestinian attacks.

French mayor cancels Oslo Accords commemoration due to security fears

The conference was going to be titled: "Thirty years after the signing the Oslo Accords, a look at Palestine," according to French news magazine L'Express.

 Lyon mayor Gregory Doucet.

How can Israel win the Palestinian conflict? Historian explains

American historian Daniel Pipes recently visited Israel to meet with key people and also discuss his visions for Israel’s victory in its current conflict.

 ISRAELI POLICE stand by as Jews visit the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City last year.

Letters to the Editor November 21, 2022: Cleverly themed

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say

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