Peace process

Israel needs a diplomatic alternative to war with Iran - opinion

Peace usually begins not with trust but with exhaustion. When both sides conclude that war no longer serves their interests, diplomacy becomes thinkable.

APRIL 5, 2026|ByGERSHON BASKIN

Iran and Israel flags on Middle east geopolitical map.

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.

FEBRUARY 8, 2026|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.

JANUARY 21, 2026|ByGERSHON BASKIN

A man casts his vote in the Israeli general elections, at a polling station in Jerusalem, on November 1, 2022.

Israeli-Palestinian peace is just one election away – and it could happen in 2026 - opinion

In 2026, the State of Israel will go to elections to elect a new government. In 2026, the Palestinians will also go to elections to elect a new government.

JANUARY 14, 2026|ByGERSHON BASKIN

What does being pro-Israel really mean?

The J Street slogan “Pro-Israel, Pro-Peace” is not an oxymoron. Or as Sanders recently said, there is no contradiction between being “pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian.”

MARCH 6, 2020ByHILLEL SCHENKER

IRONICALLY, ALTERNATIVES to a two-state solution don’t necessarily provide any sort of protection from the violence against Israel.

Abbas ‘fully supports’ Palestinian officials who meet with Israelis

Abbas praised the “national work” of the Palestinian Committee for Interaction with Israeli Society despite the “difficulties and problems they have been facing.”

FEBRUARY 25, 2020ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a Security Council meeting at the United Nations in New York, U.S., February 11, 2020

Yair Lapid: No ‘unilateral’ annexation of Jordan Valley, settlements

Blue and White's No. 2 told the Palestinians: ‘No’ isn’t a policy

FEBRUARY 10, 2020ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN

The Rebbe and Trump on achieving peace

For a long time, the Trump peace plan was delayed as Israel went through successive elections with no result. One wasn’t sure it if would ever be published.

FEBRUARY 5, 2020BySHMULEY BOTEACH

U.S. President Donald Trump and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu deliver joint remarks on a Middle East peace plan proposal in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., January 28, 2020

For the Trump peace plan to work, Palestinians must give peace a chance

As Abba Eban said after the Geneva Peace Conference with Arab countries in 1973, “Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.”

FEBRUARY 2, 2020ByJPOST EDITORIAL

Palestinian demonstrators burn pictures depicting U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and representations of U.S and Israeli flags during a protest against the U.S. President Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan, in the southern Gaza Strip January 29, 2020.

Trump plan erases ‘land for peace,’ but will Israeli annexation follow?

“The United States will recognize Israeli sovereignty over the territory that my vision provides to be part of the State of Israel,” Donald Trump stated.

FEBRUARY 1, 2020ByTOVAH LAZAROFF