List of Palestine articles
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Israeli children accompany their father during Israel's parliamentary election at a polling station in Rosh Haayin on Sept. 17, 2019. Why Israel’s Political System Is Broken and How It Can Be Fixed
Do-over elections and political paralysis are undermining faith in the system.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks to the media following a closed-door briefing on Iran at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on May 21, 2019. How America’s First Jewish President Could Be Tougher on Israel Than His Predecessors
Bernie Sanders, if he wins the White House, could be the first U.S. leader in more than 40 years to declare Jewish settlements illegal.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting with journalists in the Palestinian Authority headquarters in Ramallah on July 3, 2019. The Oslo Accords Are Dead. Should the Palestinian Authority Live On?
Trump’s peace plan killed any hope of a negotiated settlement. Rather than empty rhetoric, Palestinian leaders owe their people a new approach—even if it means disbanding the PA.
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Sections of the U.S.-Mexico border wall Our Top Weekend Reads
Funding for Trump’s border wall, populism in Ireland, and a repurposed Middle East peace plan.
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White-House-Palestinian-statement-markup-021320 Why Does the White House Object to a ‘Sovereign’ Palestinian State?
The United States seeks to rewrite the history of international peace efforts in the Middle East.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Trump Pressures Palestinians and Allies Over Peace Plan
The White House blocks a U.N. resolution and threatens to withhold aid to the Palestinians.
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A portion of the 1979 Drobles plan map. Trump’s Middle East Peace Plan Isn’t New. It Plagiarized a 40-Year-Old Israeli Initiative.
The White House likes to pretend it’s breaking with tradition. In fact, it’s recycling old maps and ideas.
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A Palestinian protester Tunisia Sacks U.N. Ambassador for Opposing Trump’s Peace Plan
The country’s newly elected president seeks to maintain good relations with Washington as opposition to the Israeli-Palestinian scheme builds.
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U.S. President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson hold a meeting at U.N. Headquarters in New York on Sept. 24, 2019. Boris Johnson Bows to Trump on the Middle East
Eager to curry favor and win a new trade deal, the British leader seems ready to follow the United States’ lead on the Israelis and Palestinians.
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A Palestinian farmer The Big Missing Piece of the Kushner Plan: Water
One reason the Palestinians swiftly rejected the flawed U.S. peace plan was that it does nothing to address their claims for water rights.
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Palestinian demonstrators burn portraits of U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with the slogan in Arabic "Down with the Deal of the Century" during a protest in Gaza's Jabalia refugee camp on Jan. 31. The Trump-Netanyahu Alliance Is Endangering Americans and Israelis
The corrupt bond between Israel’s prime minister and the U.S. president might help them win elections, but it doesn’t keep their citizens safe.
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A passenger receives a temperature check before taking a flight bound for Wuhan, China, at Haneda airport on Jan. 31, 2020, in Tokyo, Japan. Our Top Weekend Reads
Wuhan virus continues to spread, Trump's Middle East peace plan is unveiled, and calls for Scottish independence grow.
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Palestinian demonstrators burn portraits of U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a protest against Trump’s proposed peace plan in Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp on Jan. 31. Trump’s Peace Plan Is Palestinians’ Worst Nightmare
Arab states might accept Trump’s one-sided initiative, but an increasingly vocal new generation of Palestinians won’t allow regional leaders to sign away their right to a sovereign homeland.
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U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participate in a joint statement in the East Room of the White House. Trump’s Peace Plan Aims to Make Israeli Occupation Permanent
The administration's goal is not peace but the normalization of Israel’s military rule over millions of Palestinians.
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A Palestinian demonstrator points a toy gun at a cartoon drawing depicting U.S. President Donald Trump during a protest against his Middle East peace plan on Jan. 27. We Know Peace Plans—This Isn’t One of Them
Here’s why Trump’s latest gambit probably won’t settle the Israeli-Palestinian dispute.