Israeli-Palestinian relations

Lessons from Hostages Forum: Making a Jewish movement for peace, equality - opinion

For too long, too many religious Jews have been asked to choose between loving our people and fulfilling our values.

|ByESTHER SPERBER
MEMBERS OF the Hostages and Missing Families Forum hold a vigil in London for the one-year anniversary of the October 7 massacre, on October 7, 2024,
Palestinian and Israeli flags overlook Dome of Rock and Western Wall

Why Israeli-Palestinian peacebuilding voices are being drowned out - opinion

We must amplify the powerful transformative work of Palestinians and Israelis working to move the conversation from confrontation to solution.

|ByMICHAEL M. COHEN
Ra'am party head MK Mansour Abbas leads a faction meeting, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on November 24, 2025.

Only Jewish-Arab cooperation, peace with Palestinians will let Israel be a democracy - opinion

The key to victory is through Jewish-Arab political cooperation.

|ByGERSHON BASKIN
The scene after a suicide attack at the Park Hotel in Netanya during a Passover Seder in 2002, in which 30 civilians were killed: Oslo optimism felt like a dangerous delusion, says the writer.

Oslo’s legacy and the growing gap between Israel, Diaspora - opinion

Many American Jews, remain frozen in the amber of 1990s Oslo optimism. Living far from the bombs, insulated by distance and liberal universalism.

|ByALIZA PILICHOWSKI

Harvard’s antisemitism report sits on three lies - opinion

The report offers a long, fascinating, but not-fully-relevant historical overview of Harvard’s Jew-hatred.

MAY 14, 2025ByGIL TROY
Graduating students hold a sign reading "There Are No Universities Left in Gaza" during the 373rd Commencement Exercises at Harvard University, May 2024.

Depression or determination? Choosing between two clashing narratives about Israel - opinion

KNOW COMMENT: Israelis are determined to withstand ugly narratives of delegitimization that are crashing like tidal waves, and the resultant international dictates meant to weaken the Jewish state.

MAY 2, 2025ByDAVID M. WEINBERG
CAPTION: PAYING TRIBUTE through music at a graveside at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem on Remembrance Day this week: Israelis prefer to mark this complex time in appreciation of Israel’s survival and achievements, and with the prayer that brotherhood will see the country through, the wri

Reform movement files complaint after violent protest at Israeli-Palestinian Remembrance Day event

The local Likud party branch in Ra'anana organized a demonstration against the Remembrance Day event.

APRIL 30, 2025ByDARCIE GRUNBLATT
Palestinians and Israelis attend a joint ceremony for families of Israeli and Palestinian victims on Israeli Remembrance Day, organized by "Combatants for Peace" and the "Israeli-Palestinian Bereaved Families for Peace" in Tel Aviv on April 24, 2023.

'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.