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

Israel must de-escalate violence both domestically and internationally - opinion

The entire world is witness to what is happening in the West Bank, with the escalation of violence and the number of deaths growing by the day.

MARCH 29, 2023ByMOHAMED ALDHUHOORI
CARS ARE gutted following a rampage by settlers in the Palestinian village of Huwara, after terrorists killed two Israeli brothers, last month.

Israeli-Palestinian relations are deeply affected - opinion

The status of Israeli Arabs has been improving amid firm and continuous efforts after decades of stagnation.

MARCH 16, 2023ByJAMAL AMIAR
FINANCE MINISTER and Minister in the Defense Ministry Bezalel Smotrich arrives for a cabinet meeting, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu follows him, at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, last month.

More Palestinians than ever want Israeli sovereignty in Jerusalem - poll

A Palestinian poll indicates shifts in the attitudes of east Jerusalemites toward Israel over the last decade.

MARCH 5, 2023BySAM HALPERN
Wadi al-Joz in east Jerusalem