Israel and Palestine

Qatari official: War in Gaza was the ‘nucleus’ for Iran’s attacks on the Gulf, pushes for deal

Qatari Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Majed al-Ansari argued the conflict could only be resolved through a deal. Ansari claimed sanctions hadn't "yielded the results that have been expected."

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Qatar's PM and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani visits Egypt
Chief Justice Esther Hayut and fellow Israeli Supreme Court judges at the High Court in Jerusalem

Court orders return for Jalud Palestinian families home after extremist settlers drove them out

Justices give authorities 14 days to secure families’ return and demand answers on why identified suspects, vehicles, and repeated attacks produced so little criminal enforcement.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
A Palestinian house after an incident with Israeli settlers in Bruqin village near Salfit, in the West Bank last month.

How being pro-Palestinian has changed - opinion

They insist it is possible, indeed necessary, to be both pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian because the two peoples are bound together. On the surface, this sounds reasonable. 

|ByALIZA PILICHOWSKI
Palestinian and Israeli flags overlook the Dome of the Rock and the Western Wall. A shared song on a Jerusalem street can offer a rare moment of connection in a city where identity and politics so often shape encounters between strangers. PremiumPremium

Singing together across the divide: What a Jerusalem chorus taught me - comment

One familiar melody on a Jerusalem street became a reminder that music can open doors where conversation alone often cannot

|BySHIFRA JACOBS

Books: The spies of 1948 who helped win the war

Behind enemy lines at the birth of the Israeli secret service.

JUNE 28, 2019ByLINDA GRADSTEIN
Matti Friedman, who grew up in Toronto and lives in Jerusalem, is an Israeli-Canadian journalist and author who is also an op-ed contributor to ‘The New York Times’

Israel has support in its war crimes debate with ICC - analysis

In 2018, the ICC Chief Prosecutor issued a report which seemed to signal that the ICC was close to a decision on whether to investigate allegations of war crimes in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

MAY 29, 2019ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda speaks with her deputy, James Stewart, at an ICC hearing in March 2014

Testimony released in case of two Palestinians beaten by IDF soldiers

The father and son were admitted to Shaarei Tzedek Hospital in Jerusalem with broken ribs and noses.

FEBRUARY 13, 2019ByYONAH JEREMY BOB, TZVI JOFFRE
An IDF soldier maps out the home of the Barghouti brother terrorists

U.S. rabbi: Jews can be bridge between Muslims and Evangelicals

“I’ve been asked by the Saudis and the Bahrainis to help create a relationship between them and the Evangelical community in the US.”

DECEMBER 27, 2018ByHERB KEINON
Rabbi Marc Schneier with United Arab Emirate's Minister of Tolerance, Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak. Schneier said Gulf States have asked him to help create a relationship with Evangelical Christians in the US.

Israel weary of inroads by Palestinians at ICC

A Palestinian official was elected to a committee that oversees judicial nominations.

DECEMBER 22, 2018ByVICTOR CABRERA/THE MEDIA LINE
International Criminal Court is seen in The Hague, Netherlands September 27, 2018

PA slams U.S. envoy over ‘economic peace’ talk

The PA denounced Greenblatt as an “arrogant colonist” and an “ally of settlements.”

DECEMBER 1, 2018ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
U.S. Envoy for Middle East negotiations Jason Greenblatt on a visit in Israel

The Olso Agreement was assassinated with Rabin

We will never know whether Rabin could have succeeded, but his assassination removed from the field a major player who could have made a difference.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2018ByELIE PODEH
Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres in 1994

The Olso Agreement was assassinated with Rabin

We will never know whether Rabin could have succeeded, but his assassination removed from the field a major player who could have made a difference.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2018ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres in 1994

Supporting Israeli and Palestinian civil society

Peace is both top-down, but also bottom-up.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018ByEMANUELE GIAUFRET
Demonstrators including Israeli and Palestinian activists take part in a demonstration in support of peace near Jericho last year

The Olso Agreement was assassinated with Rabin

We will never know whether Rabin could have succeeded, but his assassination removed from the field a major player who could have made a difference.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres in 1994