Israel and Palestine

WATCH: 'Palestine on British soil': Palestinian embassy in London officially inaugurated

"Today, the Palestinian community in Britain has a home away from home - a piece of Palestine on British soil," said Ambassador Husam Zomlot.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER, MICHAEL STARR
Husam Zomlot, head of the Palestinian mission to the United Kingdom, gestures during a ceremony after Britain announced on Sunday its recognition of a Palestinian state at the mission's headquarters in London, Britain, September 22, 2025.
Palestinians inspect livestock damage after settlers were said to have attacked, stealing 40 sheep in Al-Dhahiriya village, south of Hebron, this past week. We must take responsibility and put an end to it, says the writer.

Israel must confront the wider system enabling settler violence - opinion

If we want to have the peace and security we Israelis deserve, let alone live up to our Jewish values, we must make the painful effort to cease projecting the blame onto a small handful of youth.

|ByARIK ASCHERMAN
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks at the Makor Rishon conference in Jerusalem, October 23, 2025

Smotrich tells Saudis to 'keep riding camels' over Palestinian state, later apologizes

“If Saudi Arabia says normalization in exchange for a Palestinian state, friends, no thank you. Keep riding camels in the sands of the desert in Saudi Arabia," Smotrich said.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF operates in West Bank, September 9, 2025.

Israeli government seeks permanent Gaza control and Jewish majority in West Bank, UN inquiry says

The UN alleged that the Israeli government aims to have permanent control over Gaza and seeks a Jewish majority in the West Bank.

|ByREUTERS

Luxembourg will recognize a Palestinian state with France, UK at UNGA

Prime Minister Luc Frieden and Foreign Minister Xavier Bettel reportedly told a parliamentary commission that they would recognize a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Luxembourg's Prime Minister Luc Frieden poses for a photo with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and Netherlands' Prime Minister Dick Schoof during the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Heads of State and Government summit in The Hague, Netherlands, June 25, 2025.

The Zionist case for Palestinian statehood - opinion

A Palestinian state that lives alongside Israel in peace and security does not “reward’ Hamas for Oct. 7; it definitively repudiates everything that Hamas stands for.

AUGUST 29, 2025ByYEHUDA KURTZER/JTA
Israel and Palestine flags on geopolitical Map.

Paris air controller who shouted 'free Palestine' to El Al pilots suspended, minister confirms

French Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot confirmed on Tuesday that the air traffic controller would be “stripped of all ability to practice until further notice.”

AUGUST 13, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An El Al Boeing 787 Dreamliner; illustrative.

Jews put past trauma in its place and look forward, while Palestinians embrace victimhood - opinion

Israel is well-known as a country that welcomes immigrants from around the world. Israelis could have spent decades wallowing in victimhood, but they never did.

AUGUST 3, 2025ByURI PILICHOWSKI
Warren Buffett was reportedly impressed by Stef Wertheimer’s ability to keep production at normal rates during the Second Lebanon War, the writer notes.

The partition parallel: Can India and Pakistan's two-state solution work in Israel? - opinion

The notion of a one-state solution is not viable, just as a one-state solution for India and Pakistan would have proven disastrous.

MAY 17, 2025ByOLIVIA BRODSKY
India's Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri holds a press briefing following India's Operation Sindoor, in New Delhi, India

Tal Raviv: A citizen’s journey through a national identity crisis

Tal Raviv expressed a clear vision of what Israelis need: They are hungry for a productive way to reach out across divides.

MAY 17, 2025ByEVE YOUNG
Tal Raviv: No hate – but humor.

Despite war and threats, Israeli and Palestinian peace activists stay committed to dialogue

Around 23% said that friends or family members tried to convince them to cease their peace work, and 22% cited military restrictions as a major hindrance.

APRIL 28, 2025ByJOANIE MARGULIES
Activists from the left-wing organizations Combatants for Peace, All That's Left and the Jordan Valley Coalition in the South Hebron Hills

Harvard sanctions pro-Palestinian group after anti-Israel protest

Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity said the university is silencing pro-Palestinian voices.

APRIL 3, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
A graduate displays a Palestinian flag during the 373rd Commencement at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 23, 2024.

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.

The Oslo paradigm can restore Israel’s legitimacy - opinion

'I believe that there is much to be learned from the insights and achievements of the Rabin government some 30 years ago', the author says.

JULY 27, 2024BySTANLEY RINGLER
Prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO head Yasser Arafat sign Oslo 2 maps in the White House on September 28, 1995, as Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, US president Bill Clinton, and Jordan’s King Hussein watch.

Bahrain-Israel Peace is here to stay despite Gaza War, senior Bahraini envoy says

“You cannot keep changing sides every time you don’t like a government that comes into power in a country you have a relationship with,” says Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa.

DECEMBER 15, 2023ByAARON PORIS/THE MEDIA LINE
BAHRAIN’S FOREIGN Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani and then-foreign minister Yair Lapid meet at The Negev Summit, also attended by the US, UAE, Morocco and Egypt, last year. It’s likely the UAE and Bahrain received the OK from Riyadh to sign the Abraham Accords, says the writer.