Peace process israel

We Won the War, But We’re Losing the Peace

We are beginning to forget the central lesson of October 7—that an existential threat cannot be “managed.”

Gregg Roman, CEO of the Middle East Forum and a former political adviser at Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs
MUSEUM OF TOLERANCE JERUSALEM

The Year that Was With the Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem

 People’s Peace Summit in Jerusalem, May, 2025.

'Gaza is Palestinian; not Israeli,' former Israeli PM Olmert says

 Activists from the left-wing organizations Combatants for Peace, All That's Left and the Jordan Valley Coalition in the South Hebron Hills

Despite war and threats, Israeli and Palestinian peace activists stay committed to dialogue


Official: Abbas to ask EU to help create alternative to U.S.-led peace process

“I don’t think the Europeans believe that much of anything will come out of Trump’s peace plan.”

French President Emmanuel Macron (R) and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas deliver a press statement after a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, December 22, 2017.

PA looks to Russia, China to upstage United States

PA President Mahmoud Abbas has said repeatedly that the US has forfeited its role as a mediator due to President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

China's Xi Jinping and PA president Mahmoud Abbas in China, July 2017

Greenblatt arrives in Israel for his first major diplomatic test

Palestinian officials will boycott US envoy due to US President Trump's Jerusalem declaration.

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY President Mahmoud Abbas meets with Jason Greenblatt, US President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, in Ramallah.

Israeli Minister Katz: Saudi Arabia should take lead role in peace process

Minister says 25% of Turkish exports to the Gulf go through Israel, and Jordan exports 20% of its goods via the Haifa port.

Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud walks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a reception ceremony in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia November 7, 2017

Minister to Jpost: Parts of cabinet ‘can’t live’ with Trump's two-states demand

Science and Technology Minister Ofir Akunis did say before setting out on his US trip that he expected the White House to buckle down on the plan to bring peace to the region soon.

MK OFIR AKUNIS looks out over the Old City of Jerusalem

Senior WH official says Trump decision to move embassy is a 'matter of when, not if'

A senior administration official tells the 'Post' that despite US President Donald Trump's recent announcemnt that peace efforts come before embassy relocation, the latter is still a goal.

A flag flutters outside the US embassy in Tel Aviv August 4, 2013

PA envoy: Even without a peace deal, Palestinians will proceed 'as a state'

PLO Ambassador to the UN states that the Palestinians are actively joining world bodies as a state and plan to carry down that diplomatic path despite the stagnant peace talks.

PLO envoy to the UN, Riyad Mansour.

Kushner: There may be no solution to ME peace

A revealing, off-the-record conversation with interns leaks to the press.

Jared Kushner meets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, June 21 2017.

UN envoy advises US team to 'aim low' on Mideast peace process

Mladenov says Gaza could destroy any nascent process, and issue keeps him up at night.

NICKOLAY MLADENOV

UN envoy: Israel is defying UNSC by accelerating settler construction

UN envoy Nickolay Mladenov warned that Israel was not abiding by UN resolutions as Netanyahu boasts of the construction of a new settlement for Amona evacuees.

Heavy machinery work on a field as they begin construction work of Amichai, a new settlement which will house some 300 Jewish settlers evicted in February from the illegal West Bank settlement of Amona, in the West Bank June 20, 2017.