Palestinian state

Netanyahu is guilty: His Palestinian strategy was a failure, and October 7 was the price - opinion

Netanyahu’s strategy of preventing Palestinian statehood was meant to protect Israel. Instead, Gershon Baskin argues, it helped preserve the conditions that produced October 7.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Likud election campaign event ahead of the upcoming general elections, in Tel Aviv, September 17, 2026.
Yoseph Haddad demonstrates against a rally marking the "Nakba" at Tel Aviv University, May 15, 2024; illustrative.

Yoseph Haddad rejects past support for Palestinian state after old interview resurfaces

The flags of Israel and Palestine are seen on a map of the Middle East (illustrative)

Two states is not enough: Palestinians need sovereignty, Israelis need security - opinion

THE LATE Shimon Peres at his desk in 1994.

33 years since Oslo: Shimon Peres has no heir, and Israel is paying the price - opinion


On This Day: Yasser Arafat, PNC, announce Palestinian Declaration of Independence in Algiers

November 15 is also the birthday of Arafat's successor as PA leader, Mahmoud Abbas, who was born in Safed during the British Mandate in 1935.

Yasser Arafat raises his hand as he declares an independent Palestinian state during the PNC meeting in Algiers. November 15, 1988.

Defense guarantees must be enshrined in treaty as Riyadh ties deal to Palestinian state - opinion

Saudi negotiators push for a Senate-approved pact with Washington while insisting that any path to normalization with Israel depends on concrete steps toward a Palestinian state.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets Emir Of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani ahead of an emergency Arab-Islamic leaders' summit convened to discuss the September 9 Israeli attack on Hamas on Qatari territory, in Doha, Qatar, September 15, 2025.

UN Gaza resolution draft mentions Palestinian state for first time

Notably, this is the same language as is used in the US-backed Gaza plan. However, this is the first time a Palestinian state was mentioned in the main body of the resolution and not in the annex. 

Displaced Palestinians carry food parcels and supplies from aid trucks near the Zikim border crossing between Israel and Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, August 18, 2025.

France to help Palestinians draft constitution for future state, Macron says

Macron says France and the Palestinian Authority will set up a joint committee to draft a new Palestinian constitution.

French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France November 11, 2025.

Give peace a chance? Not until Palestinians reject terror - opinion

Israel cannot risk a Palestinian state until Palestinians prove they can reject terror and embrace democracy.

FRENCH PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud at a high-level meeting on a two-state solution at the United Nations in New York in September.

Israel will lose US support if it annexes West Bank, US Pres. Donald Trump warns in Time interview

When asked about the possibility of Marwan Barghouti being a top candidate to lead a Palestinian state, Trump said that it is his "question of the day," and that he'll "be making a decision."

US President Donald Trump's TIME Magazine cover on the background of Israeli soldiers operating in the West Bank

Most Americans support US recognition of Palestinian state, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows

The poll found 59% of respondents backed US recognition of a Palestinian state, while 33% were opposed, and the rest were unsure or did not answer the question.

 A person waves a Palestine flag at Lafayette Square during a pro-Palestinian demonstration near the White House in Washington, U.S., December 2, 2023. People gathered in solidarity after a temporary cease-fire ended between Israel and Hamas earlier this week.

The new two-state solution : A realistic approach for the post-October 7 era - opinion

Israel will offer the Palestinian population there full Israeli citizenship, similar to the successful model of the Arab citizens of Israel.

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump and Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Sharm el-Sheikh last Monday: Led by the US and with massive Gulf investment, the goal is to establish stable, terror- and corruption-free Palestinian institutions, the writer notes.

Pakistan, Indonesia, and Azerbaijan weigh joining Gaza stabilization force

So far, Indonesia is the only country to publicly offer troops, saying it could deploy 20,000 soldiers under a United Nations mandated peacekeeping mission, something not outlined in Trump’s plan.

US President Donald Trump and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto gesture as they pose for a photo, at a world leaders' summit on ending the Gaza war, amid a US-brokered prisoner-hostage swap and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, October 13, 2025.

As the world backs a Palestinian state, a Jewish future is being cemented in the West Bank

While diplomacy takes place abroad, a very different reality is emerging on the ground in the West Bank, with an increasing number of small settlement farms scattered across the contested territory.

This settlement farm on Route 458, east of Ramallah, is just one of at least 40 to 50 new communities that have sprung up in the area.