Israeli-Palestinian relations

Israeli, Palestinian civil society meet in France as two-state solution dims

The meeting, attended by foreign ministers and senior officials from dozens of countries, marks one year since the UN-backed New York Declaration, which set out a roadmap toward Palestinian statehood

|ByREUTERS
ILLUSTRATIVE: A woman walks near the State of Palestine Pavilion at the UN Climate Change Conference COP28 in Dubai, last in December 2023.
ONE OF THE sailors of the Gaza aid flotillas intercepted by Israel is seen speaking in France, in May 2026.

The 'influencerization' of activism: How virality is replacing real-world organizing - opinion

Activism is now increasingly judged by whether it travels online, not by whether it changes institutions or improves lives. The algorithm does not reward effectiveness. It rewards emotional immediacy

|ByHALLEL ABRAMOWITZ-SILVERMAN, ADAM SCOTT BELLOS
VIEW OF Independence Hall, the site of the signing of Israel’s Declaration of Independence. The document promises that democratic Israel would uphold full social and political equality of all its citizens, the writer says.

Why Israel cannot be secure or democratic without justice for all - opinion

A country that is inherently immoral because of the inequality of its citizens based on national-religious identity and rejects the aspiration of seeking maximal justice cannot survive forever.

|ByGERSHON BASKIN
IDF Soldiers arrive at the Temple Mount during the Six Day War in June of 1967. A few months later, the Arab League met, declaring, ‘No peace with Israel, no recognition of Israel, no negotiations with it.’

May 1964: The day the myth of the ‘occupation’ was born - opinion

The PLO was established three years before the Six Day War, before Israel controlled Judea and Samaria and Gaza. The "occupation" didn't exist yet. So what was the PLO seeking to liberate?

|BySHIMON REFAELI

'October 7 pulled us further from a two-state solution,’ Israeli, British experts tell UK committee

The committee heard from Yesh Atid MK Shelly Tal Meron, the legal director of UK Lawyers for Israel, Natasha Hausdorff, and British journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti.

APRIL 23, 2025ByMATHILDA HELLER
Palestinian and Israeli flags overlook Dome of Rock and Western Wall

Oslo Accords official admits failure, retains hope for Israeli-Palestinian peace - interview

French President Emmanuel Macron’s envoy Ofer Bronchtein speaks to JPost's Editor-in-Chief Zvika Klein on the Oslo accords, antisemitism in Europe, and his hopes for peace.

MARCH 24, 2025ByZVIKA KLEIN, REUVEN REMEZ
Oslo Accords

Did leftists in the Gaza border area affect the political elite's decision-making? - opinion

The people of Israel deserve to know how the decision-makers were influenced by this atmosphere.

MARCH 18, 2025ByYISRAEL MEDAD
INFOGRAPHIC: Details on October 7 revealed in the IDF investigations

A shared future starts now: Why 2025 must be the year of change - opinion

A shared society, based on equality, justice, and mutual respect, will lead us out of the crisis toward a future of peace.

MARCH 18, 2025ByHANAN ALSANAH, ELA ALON
Within days of the brutal October 7 attack, Itach-Ma’aki, together with the ‘Have You Seen the Horizon Lately?’ organization and local partners, established a joint emergency center in Rahat – Jewish and Arab men and women who worked together, to assist families in need, say the writers.

Israel's Gaza policy should focus on vital interests, not regime change - opinion

It is recommended that Israel’s policy in Gaza should concentrate on our vital security interests; it is doubtful whether a regime change in Gaza is one of them.

MARCH 18, 2025ByROBBIE SABEL
HAMAS MEMBERS in Gaza.

Hilltop youth torch vehicles, vandalize garage in West Bank villages

A group of Israeli settlers torched five cars and destroyed a garage in Umm Safah, an Arab village near Ramallah.

MARCH 15, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A man looks at destroyed vehicles, as Palestinians assess damage at the scene after what they said was an Israeli settler attack, at their village of Um Safa near Ramallah, in the West Bank, March 11, 2025.

Has Israeli society’s resilience weakened after months of war? – opinion

Has public opinion in Israel shifted focus from war victory to hostage return?

MARCH 2, 2025ByEFRAIM INBAR
Israelis watch the release of hostages from Hamas captivity as part of a deal between Israel and Hamas, at Hostage square in Tel Aviv, February 22, 2025.

Israel has compromised for peace – why haven’t the Palestinians? – opinion

The world pushes Israel to decide on Palestinians, but what about Palestinian decisions on Israel?

MARCH 2, 2025ByURI PILICHOWSKI
YASSER ARAFAT reaches to shake hands with Yitzhak Rabin, as Bill Clinton stands between them, after the signing of the Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles, at the White House on September 13, 1993.

ROPES in Morocco: Israelis and Palestinians found hope beyond conflict - opinion

Our eye-opening experiences during the program in Morocco illustrated what can be achieved, thus amplifying our hope for a future in which MENA can become a region of peace and coexistence.

FEBRUARY 25, 2025ByEINAT LEVI
ROPES participants take part in an educational session in Morocco.

Trump’s Gaza plan isn’t meant to work, but that’s the point - comment

On the face of it, Trump’s plan for the US to occupy Gaza is not remotely feasible, but that could all be part of the president’s scheme.

FEBRUARY 5, 2025ByALEX WINSTON
US President Donald Trump (R) meets with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 4, 2025.