Peace process

Beyond trust: Designing a verified peace process for Israelis and Palestinians - opinion

Peace requires interests, obligations, verification, accountability, courage, and leadership.

Palestinian and Israeli flags overlook Dome of Rock and Western Wall
 A Pakistani Ranger stands guard during the 'Beating Retreat' ceremony at the border gates of Pakistan and India at the Wagah border post near Lahore on May 4, 2025.

Over 100 Indian and Pakistani figures urge Modi and Sharif to restart stalled diplomatic talks

Palestinians, Israelis and politicians attend a joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day ceremony, organized by peace groups and held amid far-right threats against participants, on the eve of Israel’s Memorial Day in Tel Aviv, April 20, 2026.

Court overturns Education Ministry ban on educational pro-peace program

IRAN'S FOREIGN Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei attends an interview, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, April 5, 2026.

No deal in sight if US insists on discussing nuclear issue, Iranian FM spokesperson says - report


Most Israeli Jews believe Ra'am partnership harmed state security - poll

Over half of the Jewish Israeli public stated that the partnership with Arab party Ra'am harmed Jewish society and Israeli society in general.

 Ra'am head Mansour Abbas attends a a plenum session and a vote on the state budget at the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem on November 4, 2021.

Israel must say ‘no’ to Tom Friedman - opinion

After the Israeli government gave in to Friedman’s pressure two decades ago; it is imperative for the Jewish state to maintain its security by emphatically saying no this time.

 SAUDI CROWN Prince Mohammed bin Salman and US President Joe Biden meet in Jeddah last Friday.

Israelis and Palestinians must acknowledge each other's identity - opinion

 Israelis stand with an Israeli flag opposite to Palestinians with Palestinian flag next to Damascus gate to Jerusalem's Old City, on Jerusalem Day, May 29, 2022.

Netanyahu was ready to give up Golan for peace with Syria, new book claims

A 2011 deal would have required the Assad regime to end its ties to Hezbollah, Hamas and IRGC if it wanted the Golan back 

A Syrian tank from the 1973 war on the Golan Heights.

Azeri and Armenian leaders meet on Nagorno-Karabakh

A simmering dispute over Nagorno-Karabakh between Armenia and Azerbaijan flared into a six-week war in 2020.

 An Azeri soldier is seen at fighting positions near divided Taghavard village in Nagorno-Karabakh region

Does anyone really understand the two state solution? - opinion

While the two state solution could logically be the ultimate outcome of negotiations, it cannot and should not be blithely spouted out as a meaningless mantra or buzzword.

 THEN-US PRESIDENT Barack Obama delivers a statement with then-secretary of state John Kerry at his side at the State Department, in 2016. The Biden administration position parrots similar statements by Obama administration officials.

Head of new Yemeni council promises end to war via peace process

The war has killed tens of thousands, devastated the economy and pushed Yemen to the brink of famine.

Newly recruited Houthi soldiers march during the funeral of Houthi fighters killed during recent fighting against government forces, in Sanaa, Yemen, December 6, 2021.

Israeli-Palestinian conflict: A way forward for peace - opinion

The joint Israeli-Palestinian vision must provide real answers to real Israeli and Palestinian security fears and needs.

 BASSAM ABU SHARIF is photographed in 2003.

After 20 years on, time for new Arab peace initiative

Efforts to advance peace will benefit from an update to the API, as well as to other key proposals related to Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking, written some 20 years ago.

 THEN-SAUDI CROWN PRINCE Abdullah (left) chats with his foreign minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal at the end session of an Arab summit held in Beirut, in 2002. The summit unanimously endorsed a Saudi-inspired plan for Middle East peace.

King Abdullah in Ramallah: Regional peace dependent on two-states at '67 lines

King Abdullah, who last visited Ramallah in 2017, affirmed that his country would always stand with the Palestinians, stating “we are closest to each other and we are in the same boat.”

 Jordanian King Abdullah meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, in the West Bank March 28, 2022.