Israel peace talks

Palestinian Authority officials accuse US of pushing Abbas aside after Kushner meeting in Cairo

Several officials were left perplexed following the meeting, with them expressing concern over the US's treatment of Hamas and its approach to the Palestinian issue.

|ByDANA BEN-SHIMON
Members of the Palestinian Authority lay a wreath at the tomb of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in Ramallah in 2025.
Representations of the Israeli and Lebanese flags at a memorial near the Israel-Lebanon border, after Israel and Lebanon signed a framework agreement following US-mediated talks, as the town of Metula, Israel, appears in the distance, June 27, 2026; illustrative.

Israel-Lebanon talks 'positive,' source tells 'Post' as first day of Rome negotiations concludes

The last round of talks concluded on July 15 in Rome, during which both parties agreed on the need to disarm and dismantle Hezbollah terrorists, an Israeli official told the Post at the time.

|ByJAMES GENN, IDAN KWELLER
A meeting between Israeli and Lebanese delegations hosted by the United States, after the Trump administration said Israel and Lebanon agreed to implement a ceasefire to end hostilities, at the State Department in Washington, DC, US, June 3, 2026.

Israel, Lebanon resume peace talks amid uncertainty over IDF withdrawal, Hezbollah disarmament

Lebanese and Israeli delegations to meet at the US embassy in Rome, aiming to move the US-brokered deal into the implementation stage.

|ByREUTERS
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun pictured at the Presidential PAlace, Baabda, Lebanon, February 16, 2026.

Lebanon and Syria – are deals possible? - opinion

Even a modest security arrangement could create a platform for more substantive diplomacy over time.

|ByNEVILLE TELLER

Israel minister: Trump tweets rip 'mask of hypocrisy' off Palestinians

The Palestinian Authority is the “peace refusenik," tweeted Communications Minister Ayoub Kara.

JANUARY 3, 2018ByHERB KEINON
Communications Minister Ayoub Kara

US peace plan not finalized, but efforts 'serious,' says Saudi's Jubeir

"We believe the Trump administration is serious about bringing peace between Israelis and Arabs," said Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Jubeir.

DECEMBER 14, 2017ByREUTERS
US President Donald Trump, flanked by White House senior advisor Jared Kushner and Saudi Arabia's Deputy Crown Prince and Minister of Defense Mohammed bin Salman at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Trump peace team believes it can ride out Arab anger

Trump team officials: Israel's presence in Jerusalem is right and just.

DECEMBER 7, 2017ByMICHAEL WILNER
Palestinian protesters burn a poster depicting US President Donald Trump and a representation of a US flag during a protest against Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, in Gaza City

White House: Egypt ready to help Palestinians and assist in peace talks

The official said that during the Cairo meetings Egypt expressed a strong desire to assist the United States’ peace efforts.

OCTOBER 23, 2017ByJTA
US President Donald Trump meets with Egyptian President al-Sisi at the United Nations General Assembly on September 20, 2017.

Israel's rep to UN: Palestinian women become 'chief executive killers'

Danon told the council that the core of the violence in the region and around the world comes from “unrelenting glorification of terror.”

JULY 25, 2017ByDANIELLE ZIRI, JPOST.COM STAFF
A United Nations Security Council meeting at UN headquarters in New York.

Abbas asks US to intervene in Temple Mount crisis

"Israel will be responsible for any consequences to the issue of the metal detectors."

JULY 21, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during their meeting at the presidential headquarters in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, May 23, 2017

PA'S Abbas, Arab MKs welcome Gabbay's Labor leadership win

Labor Party leader Avi Gabbay stressed both security and readiness to negotiate with the Palestinians in his leadership election campaign.

JULY 13, 2017ByBEN LYNFIELD
Avi Gabbay, the new leader of Israel's centre-left Labor party, delivers his victory speech after winning the Labor party primary runoff, at an event in Tel Aviv

Trump enters Mideast cycle of hope and disappointment

The US president might find himself in the same position as all his predecessors in the Middle East. Loathed for trying and loathed for not doing enough.

MAY 14, 2017BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
WHAT DEAL will President Donald Trump try to push when he gets to Israel later this month?

UN official: Israeli-Palestinian water talks important for two-state solution

Palestinians and Israelis agreed Sunday to Joint Water Committee activities after a six-year freeze, hoping to update the area's aging infrastructure.

JANUARY 16, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
MAJ.-GEN. YOAV (POLY) MORDECHAI (left) shakes hands with Palestinian Authority Civil Affairs Minister Hussein al-Sheikh after agreeing to renew activities of the Joint Water Committee.

Bibi: Please Change the Conversation!

DECEMBER 6, 2016ByLEON KUSHNER
The Jerusalem Post