Israel and Palestine

Israel’s policy on the future of Gaza, West Bank - opinion

But what is Israel’s long-term policy in the Gaza Strip? There was short-lived enthusiasm both by Netanyahu and the rest of the government about Trump’s Middle East Riviera program in Feb 2025.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the State Comptroller elections at the plenum of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, June 3, 2026.
A member of the PA security forces stands guard in the West Bank, as debate grows over the PA’s future role in postwar Gaza.PremiumPremium

The Palestinian Authority is not Hamas's rival – it's part of the same ecosystem - analysis

Israeli current opposition leader Yair Lapid (L) and former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett stand together in Tel Aviv on May 12, as they hold their inaugural conference of their ‘Together – Under Bennett’s Leadership’ party for the upcoming national election. PremiumPremium

Israel's next election is a battle for the country's soul - opinion

FIFA President Gianni Infantino (C) interacts with the President of the Palestine Football Association Jibril Rajoub as the Vice-President of Israel Football Association Basim Sheikh Suliman (L) looks on during a heated moment in the 76th FIFA Congress in Vancouver, Canada on April 30. PremiumPremium

Red card diplomacy: Palestine’s handshake foul rattles FIFA ahead of 2026 World Cup


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

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.

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.”

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.

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.”

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.

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.

Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres in 1994

Supporting Israeli and Palestinian civil society

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

Demonstrators including Israeli and Palestinian activists take part in a demonstration in support of peace near Jericho last year