Palestinian state

'Not Ben-Gvir': Next defense minister should come from Likud, Netanyahu tells ‘Post’

"It's gonna be our government. We decide what the policy is,” Netanyahu told The Jerusalem Post. He did not name a candidate for defense minister.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talks with The Jerusalem Post, October 21, 2026.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi speaks during a joint press conference with Greek Prime Minister following their meeting as part of a visit in Athens on May 7, 2025.

'Egypt will never pose a threat': Netanyahu questioned Egypt's military expansion, Sisi says

Yisrael Beytenu leader and MK Avigdor Liberman holds a press conference in Tel Aviv, May 6, 2026

US will recognize Palestinian state after Trump's term ends in two years, Liberman claims

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Likud election campaign event ahead of the upcoming general elections, in Tel Aviv, September 17, 2026.

Netanyahu is guilty: His Palestinian strategy was a failure, and October 7 was the price - opinion


The new two-state solution : A realistic approach for the post-October 7 era - opinion

Israel will offer the Palestinian population there full Israeli citizenship, similar to the successful model of the Arab citizens of Israel.

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump and Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Sharm el-Sheikh last Monday: Led by the US and with massive Gulf investment, the goal is to establish stable, terror- and corruption-free Palestinian institutions, the writer notes.

Pakistan, Indonesia, and Azerbaijan weigh joining Gaza stabilization force

So far, Indonesia is the only country to publicly offer troops, saying it could deploy 20,000 soldiers under a United Nations mandated peacekeeping mission, something not outlined in Trump’s plan.

US President Donald Trump and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto gesture as they pose for a photo, at a world leaders' summit on ending the Gaza war, amid a US-brokered prisoner-hostage swap and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, October 13, 2025.

As the world backs a Palestinian state, a Jewish future is being cemented in the West Bank

While diplomacy takes place abroad, a very different reality is emerging on the ground in the West Bank, with an increasing number of small settlement farms scattered across the contested territory.

This settlement farm on Route 458, east of Ramallah, is just one of at least 40 to 50 new communities that have sprung up in the area.

'One-state solution': Voices in favor of binational state for Israelis, Palestinians growing

Prominent Israeli voices, on both the Right and the Left of the political spectrum, are in favor – but with vastly different aspirations for what such a unified country would look like.

The flags of Israel and Palestine are seen on a map of the Middle East (illustrative)

Gaza peace plan: Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Qatar show leverage over Trump - opinion

Trump, of course, readily accepted Israel’s wish to move the US embassy to Jerusalem in his first term – and recognized the annexation of the Golan Heights.

 (L-R) Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, US President Donald Trump, and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

'Change what you teach your kids,' Condoleezza Rice advises Palestinians looking for a state

“Don’t create another generation of Palestinians who believe that somehow the resistance is the way to peace and security,” Rice said.

Former US Secretary of State and Augusta National member Condoleezza Rice looks on during the during the Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, US, April 3, 2022.

Squeezed out in Gaza, PA’s Abbas embraces Israeli peace activists in Ramallah

The activists, as part of the “It’s Time” Coalition representing 60 Israeli peace and reconciliation organizations, called the unusual gathering "historic."

Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine

Majority of Israelis want war to end, Netanyahu to resign, IDI poll finds

The Israel Democracy Institute found that 66% of Israelis surveyed believe that the Israel-Hamas War should be ended by the current hostage deal on the table.

A memorial ceremony at the Nova festival marking two years since the October 7 massacre when Hamas terrorists infiltrated southern Israel, murdering more than 1200 people. October 07, 2025.

Israel must present its own plan for Gaza, or the world will do it for them - opinion

Israel can either lead or be led. It can shape the outcome of this war and the future of Gaza and of this conflict, or it can wait until everyone else decides for them.

US President Donald Trump and 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

My Word: Western leaders recognize a Palestine they can’t even find - opinion

Be warned: The declaration of a borderless State of Palestine creates a Palestinian state of mind that has no boundaries or limits.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appears on a screen as he addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), at the U.N. headquarters in New York, US, September 25, 2025