Palestine

Kushner’s plan aims to divide Palestinians from their leaders but fails to recognize that the people already resent their corrupt leadership—while failing to place any similar pressure on an Israeli prime minister under indictment.

Israel needs the Palestinian Authority’s security cooperation to avoid another intifada—and without security ties to Israel and the funding that comes with it, the PA could cease to exist.

The White House’s fantasy proposal is bound to fail.

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European leaders should not lend support to a Trump administration plan that dangles economic carrots to Palestinians while entrenching the Israeli occupation.

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The White House’s economic plan for Gaza and the West Bank should invite skepticism.

An Israeli-Palestinian truce ended the fighting but didn’t address the issues driving it.

David Shulman’s diaries of resisting the Israeli occupation show the limits of activism in the face of rampant dispossession and despair.

Netanyahu is not the only one who opposes basic Palestinian rights. Almost all Israeli leaders reject the fundamental tenets of sovereignty that would make a Palestinian state genuine and viable.

Brooklyn-born militant Meir Kahane's ideas are becoming dangerously acceptable in Israel.

Former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni discusses the upcoming Israeli election and why she bowed out.

By advocating clean and courteous politics, a retired general is giving Netanyahu a run for his money.

The late Palestinian leader was legendary for forsaking promising opportunities, caving to extremists, and failing to appreciate the challenges of negotiating against a stronger opponent. Britain’s prime minister has perfected his diplomatic style.

Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has tried to keep the Islamist group in check, but the situation in Gaza is as unstable as ever.

A political alliance between Israel’s left wing and Arab parties could topple Benjamin Netanyahu.

The population the government refers to as "Arab-Israeli" is increasingly embracing the term "Palestinian."

The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate is selling church land that’s ending up in the hands of Israeli settler groups. Its Palestinian Christian congregants are furious.

Funds to Palestinian security agencies that cooperate with Israel are also in jeopardy.

While the White House rubber-stamps Benjamin Netanyahu’s every move, the online rental company is cracking down on Israel’s illegal settlements.