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


Middle East peace negotiator: Trump's plan is the most dangerous I've seen

It’s no coincidence that the US has succeeded in the peace process only three times.

US President Donald Trump unveils his Middle East peace plan together with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House on January 28, 2020

Voices from the Arab press: The Enemy's Deal

The Palestinian issue has finally been brought back to life. Reactions to the “Deal of the Century” were unsurprising

A Saudi plays the oud in a shop at the Hilla market, inRiyadh, Saudi Arabia

Duke University to tackle antisemitism on campus following ZOA complaint

‘This will send out a message to the university community that antisemitism won’t be tolerated,’ says the ZOA’s Susan Tuchman.

Duke University

Norwegian parliament tells government to cut funding to PA over textbooks

Ruling coalition in Norwegian parliament angered over references to violence, martyrdom and terror found in Palestinian Authority school textbooks.

Norwegian flags flutter at Karl Johans street in Oslo, Norway May 31, 2017.

Grapevine: Enemies within the tribe

Israelis and Palestinians find it easier to be friends and to cooperate on joint ventures when not in the region

Chef David Biton (right) with Haim Spiegel, Dan Hotels’ food and beverage manager.

Love and conflict resolution

Is the secret to solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict embedded in the 1947-1948 period?

SOME OF the book’s main characters fall in love at Hadassah-University Medical Center (pictured in 2018) in Jerusalem’s Ein Kerem.

Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib share 'Holocaust contest' prize winner cartoon

The two congresswomen posted a Brazilian-Lebanese artist's drawing in response to being barred from entering Israel.

U.S. Rep Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and U.S. Rep Ilhan Omar (D-MN)

The Invisible Palestinian

For PA leaders, individual Palestinians are invisible; they exist only as tiny pieces of the large nationalist agenda.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses Arab journalists in Ramallah on July 3

Books: The spies of 1948 who helped win the war

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

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.

International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda speaks with her deputy, James Stewart, at an ICC hearing in March 2014