Israel and Palestine

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. 

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

Demonstrators from the group Jewish Voice for Peace hold an emergency Passover Seder outside of ICE headquarters on April 14, 2025 in New York City. The group is calling for freedom for Palestine, the release of Mahmoud Khalil, and to protest President Trump.

Some young Jews are pulling back from Jewish life over Israel discourse, study finds

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, attend a funeral service for the late US senator Lindsey Graham in Washington, in July 2026.

Is Netanyahu the Palestinians’ new BFF? - opinion


So, you want to shrink the conflict? -opinion

Firstly, it must be asked, when exactly did the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians become about economic welfare? The conflict is over land and the right to establish a state on it.

 BENJAMIN NETANYAHU addresses the Knesset, on Monday. He will be caught between his far-Right allies and their demand to advance sovereignty over the West Bank and Israel’s desire to expand regional peace and integration, says the writer

Political battle: Is Israel more Jewish or Israeli? - opinion

Discrimination against 21% of the citizens of Israel is not only legitimate by the majority of Israelis, but will also be part of the new government's policies.

 BENJAMIN NETANYAHU and Arye Deri – expected to soon become coalition partners – shake hands in the Knesset on Tuesday as current cabinet ministers Benny Gantz, Avigdor Liberman and Merav Michaeli look on. The new government will confiscate more Palestinian land, says the writer

Israelis prefer practicality in promoting peace with Palestinians - opinion

The Mitvim Institute's 2022 Foreign Policy Index published that Israelis have reservations about comprehensive solutions to resolve the Israel-Palestine conflict.

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The Jewish, Palestine homeland conundrum - opinion

From the outset, it is important to note that the two state solution, at least for me, was the best way possible to ensure that Israel would remain the democratic nation-state of the Jewish people.

 PALESTINIANS PROTEST in Hebron, marking the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, November 2, 2017. It would be great if the British were to issue a belated correction, saying they support a home for the Jewish people and the Palestinian people, says the writer.

Terrorist attacks unsurprising given Palestinian suffering - EU envoy

“What do you think a child who sees the houses of their parents, their brothers and sisters demolished?"

 Palestinians burn a representation of an Israeli flag during a protest over tensions in Jerusalem's al-Aqsa Mosque, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Jerusalem Day, on May 29, 2022.

Palestinians decry world's ‘double standards’ on Russia-Ukraine war

The Palestinian leaders’ main argument is that the international community is being hypocritical and racist by being more sympathetic towards the Ukrainians because of their color, religion and race.

 Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during their meeting in Sochi, Russia November 23, 2021.

Demand for Hebrew lessons jumps in Gaza as Israel eases work restrictions

Increased demand for Hebrew classes at the Nafha languages center follows a new offer of work permits by Israel as it has moved to calm border tensions.

 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG visits a first-grade class on the opening day of the new school year in September.

US expects 'full accountability' from IDF for Palestinian-American death

The United States called for 'full accountability' from the IDF over the death of an elderly Palestinian-American who died of cardiac distress after he was briefly detained by army soldiers.

 US State Department spokesman Ned Price speaks during daily press briefing at the State Department in Washington, DC, US, February 22, 2021

‘Israeli apartheid’ top human rights issue of 2021 - HRW

The NGO's report on Israel’s conduct ranked higher than those on topics including sexual violence in India, extrajudicial killings in the Philippines, digital sex crimes in South Korea and more

Pro-Palestine protesters hold a banner, as they demonstrate outside Downing Street in London, Britain, June 12, 2021.

Palestinian cast back out of play about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

“Abraham’s Land,” the musical about the Israel-Palestinian conflict originally produced in 1991, has been revived for a new generation – but several Palestinians from original the cast backed out.

 Bobbi Ktula, Hersh Powers, Lila Bahng, Hugh MacDonald and Mira Gross-Keck in the stage musical "Abraham's Land."