Palestinian state

Abbas holding Palestinians hostage with Western help, Fatah opposition figure says - exclusive

Samer Sinijlawi told The Jerusalem Post that Western Leaders need to stop pushing the idea that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is the moderate choice.

Samer arrested for protesting checkpoints in 1995.
he Helvetia statue in front of a Swiss flag on the Swiss Parliament building (Bundeshaus)

Swiss National Council votes against recognizing Palestinian state

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convenes a weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, January 8, 2023

How Israel can use soft power without compromising security - opinion

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar meets with Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi in first diplomatic visit to Somaliland on January 6, 2026.

Why Somaliland meets the legal test for statehood and Palestine does not - opinion


Give peace a chance? Not until Palestinians reject terror - opinion

Israel cannot risk a Palestinian state until Palestinians prove they can reject terror and embrace democracy.

FRENCH PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud at a high-level meeting on a two-state solution at the United Nations in New York in September.

Israel will lose US support if it annexes West Bank, US Pres. Donald Trump warns in Time interview

When asked about the possibility of Marwan Barghouti being a top candidate to lead a Palestinian state, Trump said that it is his "question of the day," and that he'll "be making a decision."

US President Donald Trump's TIME Magazine cover on the background of Israeli soldiers operating in the West Bank

Most Americans support US recognition of Palestinian state, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows

The poll found 59% of respondents backed US recognition of a Palestinian state, while 33% were opposed, and the rest were unsure or did not answer the question.

 A person waves a Palestine flag at Lafayette Square during a pro-Palestinian demonstration near the White House in Washington, U.S., December 2, 2023. People gathered in solidarity after a temporary cease-fire ended between Israel and Hamas earlier this week.

The new two-state solution : A realistic approach for the post-October 7 era - opinion

Israel will offer the Palestinian population there full Israeli citizenship, similar to the successful model of the Arab citizens of Israel.

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump and Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Sharm el-Sheikh last Monday: Led by the US and with massive Gulf investment, the goal is to establish stable, terror- and corruption-free Palestinian institutions, the writer notes.

Pakistan, Indonesia, and Azerbaijan weigh joining Gaza stabilization force

So far, Indonesia is the only country to publicly offer troops, saying it could deploy 20,000 soldiers under a United Nations mandated peacekeeping mission, something not outlined in Trump’s plan.

US President Donald Trump and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto gesture as they pose for a photo, at a world leaders' summit on ending the Gaza war, amid a US-brokered prisoner-hostage swap and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, October 13, 2025.

As the world backs a Palestinian state, a Jewish future is being cemented in the West Bank

While diplomacy takes place abroad, a very different reality is emerging on the ground in the West Bank, with an increasing number of small settlement farms scattered across the contested territory.

This settlement farm on Route 458, east of Ramallah, is just one of at least 40 to 50 new communities that have sprung up in the area.

'One-state solution': Voices in favor of binational state for Israelis, Palestinians growing

Prominent Israeli voices, on both the Right and the Left of the political spectrum, are in favor – but with vastly different aspirations for what such a unified country would look like.

Israel and Palestine flags on geopolitical Map.

Gaza peace plan: Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Qatar show leverage over Trump - opinion

Trump, of course, readily accepted Israel’s wish to move the US embassy to Jerusalem in his first term – and recognized the annexation of the Golan Heights.

 (L-R) Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, US President Donald Trump, and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

'Change what you teach your kids,' Condoleezza Rice advises Palestinians looking for a state

“Don’t create another generation of Palestinians who believe that somehow the resistance is the way to peace and security,” Rice said.

Former US Secretary of State and Augusta National member Condoleezza Rice looks on during the during the Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, US, April 3, 2022.

Squeezed out in Gaza, PA’s Abbas embraces Israeli peace activists in Ramallah

The activists, as part of the “It’s Time” Coalition representing 60 Israeli peace and reconciliation organizations, called the unusual gathering "historic."

Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine