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Only 17% of Israelis, 21% of Palestinians believe peaceful coexistence is possible, poll finds

Among Jewish Israelis, 16% said peaceful coexistence was possible, and 64% said it was not. Among Arab Israelis, 23% said it was possible, and 26% said it was not.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Jews who support the re-establishment of Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip march near the Israeli border with Gaza, in southern Israel, July 19, 2026
Britain's Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband speaks at the House of Commons in London, Britain, September 8, 2026.

Ed Miliband: The 'proud British Jew' who turned his back on Britain's Jews - comment

Governments cannot simultaneously tell Jews that they are not responsible for Israel while adopting rhetoric that helps activists collapse the distinction between the two.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
Israeli minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich attends a press conference announcing his plans to approve more than 3,000 housing units in the E1 settlement project between Jerusalem and Ma’ale Adumim, August 14, 2025.

Court approves tender for new homes to be built in E1, legal challenge remains open

The Jerusalem District Court allowed a tender for over 1,000 homes in the E1 area to proceed, but did not issue a verdict on whether the construction plans are legal.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar hold a press conference at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, September 8, 2026

FM Sa'ar: Israel to close UK consulate in east Jerusalem, expel reps. from CMCC over sanctions

Israel bans entry of 12 British officials and MPs, including Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana • FM's countermeasures also include termination of British training of PA security forces in Ramallah

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN

Settler violence in the West Bank endangers Muslims and Jews

Since Oct. 7, more than 100 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have been killed, mostly by soldiers but also by settlers.

NOVEMBER 4, 2023BySAM STEIN/JTA
Palestinians inspect the damage after last night raid of Israeli security forces, in the West Bank city of Jenin, October 30, 2023.

PA President Mahmoud Abbas MIA as Hamas wages war against Israel

As Hamas launches attacks on Israel, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas keeps a low profile, leading to speculations about his political motives.

OCTOBER 10, 2023ByMOHAMMED AL-KASSIM/THE MEDIA LINE
Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 78th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 21, 2023.

West Bank's Area C 'integral to State of Palestine' - PA prime minister

PA Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh warned his cabinet that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government was working to "annex" Area C.

OCTOBER 3, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
A Jewish settler walks past Israeli settlement construction sites around Givat Zeev and Ramat Givat Zeev in the West Bank, near Jerusalem June 30, 2020.

Eli terrorists' homes mapped in West Bank, Erez crossing remains closed - IDF

It was also decided on Tuesday morning that the Erez crossing at the Israel-Gaza Strip border would remain closed to Gazans throughout Tuesday. 

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli security forces on September 18, 2023 map the homes of the three terrorists responsible for the deadly Eli gas station attack in June 2023.

Settlers aim for 1 million Israelis living in West Bank's Samaria by 2050

Should this plan come to fruition there would be at least 25 cities in Samaria by 2050, compared to Samaria’s one settler city of Ariel.

AUGUST 23, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
A construction site of a new residential neighborhood at the mixed religious-secular Jewish settlement in the West Bank Kfar Adumim, March 9, 2023.

Did the IDF operation in Jenin 'cut the grass' in West Bank terror?

MILITARY AFFAIRS: Discussions with many Israeli sources with knowledge on the situation, reveal that there are still some fundamental disagreements about the impact of the operation.

JULY 21, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
AN IDF jeep on the outskirts of Jenin earlier this month, at the beginning of one of its biggest military operations in the Palestinian territory in years.

Settler leader: Huwara attack fueled US anger at Israeli judicial reform

Violence in the West Bank and the judicial reform crisis has pushed the Biden administration away from closer relations with Israel.

JULY 12, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Palestinian demonstrators clash with Israeli security forces during a protest in the village of Kfar Qaddum, near the West Bank city of Nablus, October 7, 2022.

Netanyahu, Biden strike blow to already weak Abbas, PA - analysis

If Israel and the US want to retain it as a legitimate diplomatic partner then it has to do more to legitimately strengthen it.

JULY 11, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Gunmen attend a funeral of two Palestinians, who were killed during an Israeli raid, in Nablus in the West Bank July 7,2023.

State confirms plans to return Israelis to destroyed Homesh settlement

Israelis will officially be allowed to return to the Homesh settlement in the West Bank.

JULY 7, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Israeli soldiers block the entrance to Homesh in the West Bank on May 28, 2022.

Israel: PA has allowed Iran to gain a West Bank foothold

Israel’s Ambassador to the UN stated that the Palestinian Authority was responsible for the escalation of violence of in the West Bank.

JULY 7, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Gunmen attend a funeral of two Palestinians, who were killed during an Israeli raid, in Nablus in the West Bank July 7,2023.