Palestinian state

Pakistan, Indonesia, and Azerbaijan weigh joining Gaza stabilization force

So far, Indonesia is the only country to publicly offer troops, saying it could deploy 20,000 soldiers under a United Nations mandated peacekeeping mission, something not outlined in Trump’s plan.

|ByTHE MEDIA LINE STAFF
US President Donald Trump and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto gesture as they pose for a photo, at a world leaders' summit on ending the Gaza war, amid a US-brokered prisoner-hostage swap and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, October 13, 2025.
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. PremiumPremium

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.

|ByRUTH MARKS EGLASH
Israel and Palestine flags on geopolitical Map.PremiumPremium

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.

|ByMATTHEW KALMAN
(L-R) Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, US President Donald Trump, and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

Gaza peace plan: Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Qatar show leverage over Trump - opinion

Trump, of course, readily accepted Israel’s wish to move the US embassy to Jerusalem in his first term – and recognized the annexation of the Golan Heights.

|ByPAUL WEBSTER HARE

'Change what you teach your kids,' Condoleezza Rice advises Palestinians looking for a state

“Don’t create another generation of Palestinians who believe that somehow the resistance is the way to peace and security,” Rice said.

OCTOBER 14, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Former US Secretary of State and Augusta National member Condoleezza Rice looks on during the during the Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, US, April 3, 2022.

Squeezed out in Gaza, PA’s Abbas embraces Israeli peace activists in Ramallah

The activists, as part of the “It’s Time” Coalition representing 60 Israeli peace and reconciliation organizations, called the unusual gathering "historic."

OCTOBER 11, 2025BySTEVEN DAVIDSON/JTA
Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine

Majority of Israelis want war to end, Netanyahu to resign, IDI poll finds

The Israel Democracy Institute found that 66% of Israelis surveyed believe that the Israel-Hamas War should be ended by the current hostage deal on the table.

OCTOBER 8, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A memorial ceremony at the Nova festival marking two years since the October 7 massacre when Hamas terrorists infiltrated southern Israel, murdering more than 1200 people. October 07, 2025.

Israel must present its own plan for Gaza, or the world will do it for them - opinion

Israel can either lead or be led. It can shape the outcome of this war and the future of Gaza and of this conflict, or it can wait until everyone else decides for them.

OCTOBER 3, 2025ByYAAKOV KATZ
US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a joint press conference in the State Dining Room at the White House, in Washington, DC, US, September 29, 2025

My Word: Western leaders recognize a Palestine they can’t even find - opinion

Be warned: The declaration of a borderless State of Palestine creates a Palestinian state of mind that has no boundaries or limits.

OCTOBER 3, 2025ByLIAT COLLINS
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appears on a screen as he addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), at the U.N. headquarters in New York, US, September 25, 2025

Seal the deal: How to cease the fire without chaos - editorial

US President Donald Trump's newly proposed Gaza deal has the potential to bring the hostages home and end the war without restoring Hamas rule.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2025ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Smoke rises during an Israeli military operation in Gaza City, as seen from the central Gaza Strip September 27, 2025.

Flotilla says drone activity increases, Hamas leaning towards accepting Trump peace plan

Gazan women say Palestinian men, UNRWA exploiting them • IAF destroys terror targets overnight • Houthis claim responsibility for attack on Dutch-flagged ship

SEPTEMBER 30, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli armored personnel carriers (APC) manoeuvre on Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border, in Israel, September 30, 2025.

Smotrich sets 'red lines' for ceasefire: Hamas withdrawal, no Palestinian state

Finance Minister Smotrich also confirmed that his red lines include the IDF remaining in certain perimeter areas of the Gaza Strip, as well as complete disarmament and withdrawal of Hamas.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends a committee meeting on September 14, 2025.

Accentuating the positive: Mahmoud Abbas's UN address - opinion

Abbas discussed the Palestinian Authority’s reform agenda, which Western officials say can show whether the PA could oversee genuine statehood.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2025ByNEVILLE TELLER
UK PRIME MINISTER Keir Starmer hosts PA head Mahmoud Abbas at 10 Downing Street earlier this month. According to the last major poll of Palestinian opinion, about 81% of all Palestinians want Abbas to resign, notes the writer.

The two-state solution is not antisemitic - opinion

Most Israelis perceive recognition of Palestine as a threat to their state’s existence, but it is far-fetched to conclude that it is antisemitic.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2025BySUSAN HATTIS ROLEF
IT IS FARFETCHED to conclude that leaders like French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer are antisemites, the writer argues.

Palestinian sovereignty and international law: Limits of UN recognition - opinion

Among other things, if current UN member states seek to establish the first Palestinian state, they will have to honor all listed expectations of the Montevideo (1933) and Vienna (1969) conventions.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2025ByLOUIS RENÉ BERES
RIYAD MANSOUR, the Palestinian permanent observer to the UN, speaks after the General Assembly voted to endorse a declaration on a two-state solution earlier this month. Israel has no legal obligation to carve a new enemy state, the writer states.