Palestine peace talks

Peace absent from Israel's 2026 elections as West Bank tensions continue to rise -analysis

More than three years of war have reshaped the country, but few candidates are offering a vision for relations with the Palestinians, let alone a path toward resolving the conflict. 

Election campaign billboards featuring Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot and Likud party chairman and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alongside opposition leaders are displayed along a roadside in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, ahead of Israel’s upcoming general elections.
A woman walks past a mural depicting football player Lamine Yamal waving a Palestinian flag during the Catalans' title parade, painted by Palestinian artists on the rubble of buildings destroyed during the war, at Shati (Beach) refugee camp in Gaza City on May 13, 2026.

Hamas dissolution of Gaza government is a trick to keep weapons, expert warns

A banner featuring an image of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and reading: "Together to complete the construction process", ahead of an international summit on Gaza, held amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, at Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, October 12, 2025.

Egypt’s influence rises with hosting of peace summits

 Palestinians shop at a market ahead of the Eid al-Adha festival, in the West Bank city of Hebron, on June 5, 2025.

The West clings to the two-state myth—but Arab leaders are moving on - opinion


Media are Hamas’s main strategic weapons, says visiting US historian

Expert who famously coined the phrase “Pallywood” to describe Palestinian obfuscation and lying in reporting news, weighs in on Hamas tactics in latest war.

Abu Ubaida, the spokesman for Hamas's military wing the Al-Qassam Brigades

How the left is hurting peace

If progressive Jews want to foster peace, they must stop reinforcing the Palestinians’ conviction that they alone have an inherent right to the land.

Hebron’s Tomb of the Patriarchs, sacred to Jews and Muslims

PA foreign minister tells ICC there is 'clear evidence' of Israeli war crimes

Riad al-Malki asked the UN last month to end what he called Israel's impunity and said it "must be held accountable for its crimes."

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False causes

No change in Israel policy short of the disappearance of the State of Israel will satisfy Hamas.

Givati soldiers clash with terrorists in Gaza

Frustration in the triangle

Local Arab leaders say Israel needs to address the community’s grievances that flared up recently into widespread rioting.

Israeli Arabs clash with border police during rioting in Wadi Ara

A fury of violence

As turmoil accompanies the killing of three Israeli teenagers and a Palestinian youth, the Palestinian Authority is losing its credibility in the West Bank.

Palestinians riot in Shuafat, an Arab suburb in northeastern Jerusalem, July 2, following the discovery of the body of a missing Palestinian youth suspected to have been killed by Israelis avenging the deaths of three abducted Jewish teens

Palestinian unrest spreads to Israeli-Arab towns in fresh riots

Police on high alert; public security minister calls for calm after riots spread to Arab sector overnight between Friday and Saturday.

Palestinian taking a disk-saw to an electricity pole in Jerusalem, July 4, 2014.

Can we fight for peace?

Founders of the NGO Combatants for Peace discuss the challenges of grassroots peace work, and striving to understand the suffering of both Israelis and Palestinians.

Sulaiman Khatib (left) and Avner Wishnitzer, co-directors for the NGO Combatants for Peace, speak during an interview in 2006.

Netanyahu: We will soon publish proof that Hamas is responsible for kidnappings

At beginning of weekly cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Netanyahu says that rescue efforts of kidnapped boys will inevitably lead to friction with Palestinian civilians.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu at the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday, June 22, 2014.

German NGO invites alleged Palestinian terrorist to anti-security barrier event

The July 7 conference calls for the implementation of a controversial international court opinion on the West Bank security barrier.

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