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


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

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

Supreme Court orders government to permit Gazan women treatment in Israel

"Using a patient in desperate need of life-saving medical treatment as a 'pressure lever' is not compatible with the values of the State of Israel."

Israeli Supreme Court

Five times SodaStream bubbled over in the headlines

“The Israeli government did the moral and honorable thing to grant work permits to our employees, who can now provide for their families and also prove that coexistence is possible.”

Sodastream plant, August 8, 2018.