Israeli–Palestinian conflict

We are at war: How settler extremists are attacking Palestinians, Israeli democracy - opinion

While the majority of us look away, a determined minority is reshaping our country.

A Palestinian house after an incident with Israeli settlers in Bruqin village near Salfit, in the West Bank last month.
An Israeli and a Palestinian flag hang on an installation set up by members of the Brazilian NGO Rio de Paz at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on October 4, 2025

TEMA Network presents report on Israeli society's attitudes towards Israeli-Palestinian conflict

THEN-PRIME minister Ehud Barak (R) jokingly pushes Palestinian president Yasser Arafat (L) into the Laurel cabin on the grounds of Camp David during peace talks in 2000.

No more secret Israeli-Palestinian meetings: Time for peace efforts in broad daylight - opinion

SHLOMI DAMRI: Face to face with war.

Shlomi's war: An IDF reservist's journey from October 7 to political activism


This is what pro-Israel Americans need from the next US president - opinion

Americans voting in the elections that care about US support of Israel must be especially wary of how the candidates talk about the Palestinians.

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office at the White House in July. US Jews and non-Jews have every right to prioritize US-Israel ties in deciding for whom to vote in this election, the writer maintains.

Finland's president defends decisions to buy Israeli arms, not recognize Palestinian state

Stubb said the time was not right to recognize a Palestinian state, even though its Nordic neighbors, Sweden, Iceland, and most recently Norway, have done so.

 Finland’s President Alexander Stubb speaks during an interview in Helsinki, Finland September 17, 2024.

Michael Lerner, influential rabbi-activist and founder of Tikkun magazine, dies at 81

Tikkun would go on to publish articles by writers who supported a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict while promoting a liberal agenda that included workers’ rights and feminism.

 Rabbi Michael Lerner speaking at Muhammad Ali's funeral, June 10, 2016.

How historical choices affect Israel's current multi-front war - opinion

An analysis of how historical decisions, like the Gaza disengagement, influence Israel’s current multi-front conflict and what lessons the US can learn.

 THEN-PRIME MINISTER Yitzhak Rabin and then-foreign minister Shimon Peres attend a Labor Party meeting in 1993. Rabin had been kept in the dark by Peres about the talks in Oslo, the writer asserts.

The uniqueness of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - opinion

At the very start of the Zionist enterprise in the 1880s, the two parties to what is now called “the Palestinian-Israeli conflict” developed distinctive and enduring attitudes toward each other.

 PROTESTS IN support of Palestinians in Gaza near Israel’s embassy in Amman, Jordan, earlier this week. Rejectionism’s persistence convinces some of its truth, explains the writer, adding that ‘White-hot fury and willingness to suffer imply a morally justified cause.’

How can we shape the future of Israeli-Palestinian relations? - opinion

Following the harrowing events that unfolded on October 7, Israel needs to find a way to look forward in order to the future challenges the conflict will present.

 Yohanan Tzoreff: Israel has the opportunity to determine the what hte future of the conflict would look like.

Path to peace in Israel: Evaluating a two-state solution post-Hamas war - opinion

Besides freeing the hostages, a resolution of the conflicts would require a demilitarized Palestinian state, more peace-supporting leadership for Israel and the Palestinians.

 Demonstrators call for the release of hostages in Gaza and early elections, June 22, 2024.

'Queers for Palestine' are forcing LGBTQ+ Jews back into the closet - opinion

The treatment we have received from other members of the queer community is unacceptable. It is racist and stands in direct contradiction to the supposed ideals promoted by the LGBTQ+ community.

 The LGBTQ+ rainbow flag is seen flying along with the flag of Israel during Gay Pride Parade in Jerusalem, May 30, 2024

Jamaica follows Barbados in recognizing Palestine as a state

The country's foreign minister, Kamina Johnson Smith, said that Jamaica "continues to advocate for a two-state solution as the only viable option to resolve the longstanding conflict."

 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks with Jamaican Foreign Minister Kamina Johnson-Smith prior to an emergency meeting on Haiti at the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Kingston, Jamaica, March 11, 2024.

The IDF's Tulkarm raid has big implications about the Palestinian Authority - opinion

It may have looked like a run-of-the-mill Israeli counter-operation in Tulkarm this week. But it’s always worth taking a closer look – because the implications can be enormous.

 THE IDF conducts an operation in Nur Shams, in pursuit of Palestinian terrorists, in April 2024.