Jerusalem Report

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. Premium
A PALESTINIAN protests outside Jerusalem. The international community and some Israelis and Palestinians are once again talking about the two-state solution.PremiumPremium

Origins of the two-state solution: Q&A with legal expert, former ambassador Alan Baker

A Hamas member is seen alongside firearms.PremiumPremium

Bury past proposals: A future solution for Palestinians needs a new paradigm - analysis

An Israeli flag flies on a highway in the South Hebron Hills of the West Bank on August 4, 2025.PremiumPremium

Palestinians caught between corrupt leaders, Israeli settlements as hope for statehood crumbles


Fragile calm masks a deepening crisis in the West Bank - analysis

Economic woes, political pressures and corruption in Israel and among Palestinians could ultimately lead to a one-state solution.

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Voices in favor of a binational state for Israelis and Palestinians are 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.Premium

It's time for Israelis and Palestinians to stop fighting, start healing - analysis

Despite everything that has happened between us over these past two years, we Palestinians and Israelis must open our hearts and minds and allow our wounds the chance to heal.

An illustrative image of a sign reading "Make peace, not war."Premium

Solidarity as spectacle: When ‘Free Palestine’ became a fashion statement - analysis

Palestinian solidarity has become a currency of Western virtue, traded in postures.

Accepting her award at the Emmys in September 2025, actress Hannah Einbinder concluded her speech with the now-familiar refrain ‘Go Birds, f*** ICE, and free Palestine.’ Premium

Keir Starmer’s Palestinian state recognition: Sacrificing principle to domestic politics - opinion

Faced with domestic pressures, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer sacrificed principle for appeasement in recognizing a Palestinian state.

Britain’s Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper.Premium

Why the world believes Israeli settlements are illegal - explainer

The ICJ adopted the view that the Israeli presence in the West Bank – and east Jerusalem – is unlawful and that Israel is obligated to bring the occupation of the territory to an end. 

A truck carries a mobile home to a new settlement being established near Karnei Shomron in the West Bank on September 25, 2025. Premium

Palestinian statehood must start with reform, demilitarization, recognition of Israel - analysis

Granting statehood before a stable, non-corrupt, non-jihadist Palestinian leadership is in place would reward movements committed to Israel’s destruction.

Palestinians walk past rubble as they return to their neighborhood, following Israeli forces' withdrawal from the area, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip October 11, 2025.Premium

Two years after Oct. 7, Kibbutz Be’eri is beginning to rebuild

Two years after that terror-filled day, the kibbutz, which sits less than four kilometers (three miles) from Gaza, is rebuilding and rehabilitating itself – slowly.

 Kibbutz Be’eri member Danny Majzner’s tattoo bears the date of the October 7 massacre.

How Hamas has survived Israel’s military campaign in Gaza - analysis

After two years of war and some impressive achievements, military defeat of Hamas in Gaza remains elusive.

An illustrative image of destroyed infrastructure in Gaza.

Eli Sharabi’s 491 days as a Hamas hostage: The darkest moments revealed

Former Israeli hostage Eli Sharabi talks to The Jerusalem Report about the 491 days he spent as a hostage in Gaza and how ‘everything’ has changed.

Eli Sharabi, an Israeli who was held hostage in Gaza for 491 days.

How Hamas’s hostage tactic checkmated Israel’s war strategy - analysis

To be successful in preventing future strategic hostage-taking, Israel needs to revise legal, military, political, and diplomatic practices.

Israelis are seen protesting calling for the government to save the hostages in Gaza.