Israeli Palestinian Conflict

Israeli officials consider paying some Gazan war victims to rebuild global legitimacy - exclusive

Officials raised a controversial idea to free Israel from the black and white debate of war crimes without admitting criminal fault, starting the painstaking process of rebuilding Israeli legitimacy.

Palestinians live among the ruins of their destroyed homes after returning to the town of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, February 8, 2026
PALESTINIANS WALK past the rubble of destroyed buildings in Gaza City.

Why dismissing Palestinian reform voices is a strategic mistake - opinion

 A man casts his vote in the Israeli general elections, at a polling station in Jerusalem, on November 1, 2022.

Israeli-Palestinian peace is just one election away – and it could happen in 2026 - 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


Israel is undermining the two-state solution, Denmark's foreign minister says

European Union foreign ministers have urged the United States to reconsider its decision not to allow Palestinian officials to take part in the UN General Assembly in New York.

Denmarks Foreign Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen and EU High Representative of Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas during a Press conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, Saturday August 30, 2025

Israel's road to peace is built on pragmatism, not ideology - opinion

Insisting on promoting ideas that history has proven do not work will never bring peace to the region.

FRENCH UN AMBASSADOR Jérôme Bonnafont speaks about the situation in Gaza at a Security Council meeting last month. He recently said: ‘The real way to defend the Palestinians is to give them a state.’

Israel's image crisis: Can anything be done? - opinion

MIDDLE ISRAEL: No Israeli argument or eloquence will compensate for its current lack of a plan for accommodation with the Palestinian people.

DEMONSTRATORS PROTEST against Israel in front of the US Mission to the United Nations on Tuesday.

The Middle East could become great again should it accept Trump's 'grand bargain' - opinion

Iran’s theocracy has been rocked, Gaza lies in ruins, Syria teeters toward fragmentation, and the once-buzzing Abraham Accords are idling in neutral.

US President Donald Trump gestures before he boards Marine One, to travel to Trump International Golf Links Aberdeen, in Lossiemouth, Scotland, Britain, July 28, 2025.

Process to recognize Palestinian state 'must begin now,' German FM says

"For Germany, the recognition of a Palestinian state comes more at the end of that process. But such a process must begin now," Johann Wadephul stated.

(L-R) Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and France's President Emmanuel Macron at the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) summit in The Hague on June 25, 2025

Why is Europe rewarding Hamas terror with a Palestinian state? - editorial

The only path to peace is to force Hamas to surrender and release all of the hostages, not to reward terror with a state of extremists.

A demonstrator holds a Palestinian flag during an "Act NOW against Genocide in Gaza" protest, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Valletta, Malta, July 29, 2025

UK move to recognize Palestine 'not a reward for Hamas,' minister claims

“This is not a reward for Hamas...We've got to ratchet up pressure on the Israeli government," British Transport Minister Heidi Alexander said.

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander visit a local mechanics business, in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Britain, March 24, 2025

Europe's anti-Israel bias: The EU's problem with Jews and the Jewish state - opinion

One can rationalize the cowardice of the European position, as it is dealing with its own growing Islamist population and the demographic decline of its indigenous citizens.

 Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez addresses the 34th Arab League summit, in Baghdad, Iraq, in May 2025.

Amid the chaos: A Palestinian reflection on Trump's strategic opportunity for the Mideast - opinion

This moment, for all its pain, suffering, and uncertainty, offers a narrow but strategic opportunity. But only if it is seized with clarity and courage. 

 U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands during a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, US, April 7, 2025.

The lie behind the chant: What ‘Free Palestine’ really means - opinion

If one truly cares about the Palestinian people – even if that’s all one cares about – a few questions must be asked: Free from what?

 People hold flags and a banner that reads ‘Stop the genocide in Palestine’ and ‘All hail the struggle of the Palestinian people’ during a demonstration in solidarity with Palestinians, calling for a halt in arms trade and relations with Israel, in Madrid, in May 2025.