Framework for peace

The Middle East’s ‘peace architecture’ may be giving rise to an anti-Israel bloc - opinion

Instead of building peace, we are building a system in which Israel's enemies keep their weapons while Israel's friends gain the power to tell Israel when it may use its own.

World leaders gather during a charter announcement for US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace, in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2026
 U.S. President Donald Trump (L) greets President of Lebanon Joseph Aoun as he arrives at the White House on July 21, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Historic Trump-Aoun meeting showcases White House's new Middle East priorities - analysis

Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter and Lebanese Ambassador to the US Nada Hamadeh.

An Israeli-Lebanese framework agreement with many pitfalls - opinion

MAHANEH YEHUDA last month: I dream of visiting the stalls of the shuk in Tehran instead of Iran firing missiles at the shuk in Jerusalem, says the writer.

If Palestinians could give up their lust for terror, Israel could know peace - opinion


Exclusive: For first time, Democrats to condemn BDS, recognize Palestinian right to self govern

Democrats would declare that Palestinians "should be free to govern themselves in their own viable state, in peace and in dignity."

DATE IMPORTED: April 15, 2016 Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (L) listens to Senator Bernie Sanders speak during a Democratic debate hosted by CNN and New York One at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York April 14, 2016.

Israel slams EU backing of international peace conference

Foreign Ministry: Peace with the Palestinians will be achieved only through two-way, direct negotiations.

French President Francois Hollande (C), United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (C-L), French Foreign minister Jean-Marc Ayrault (C-R), US Secretary of State John Kerry (4th R), European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Federica Mogherini (3rd R) and officials pose for a group pho

Arab League head cancels visit to Ramallah

PM: Changes need to be made before adopting Arab peace plan.

A general view of the Arab foreign minister's meeting at the Arab League in Cairo, Egypt, January 10, 2016

Diplomacy: First politics, then the world

It is pure politics that compelled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to bring Avigdor Liberman on as defense minister. But it will make regional peace even harder to achieve.

Avigdor Liberman reviews an honour guard during a welcoming ceremony at the Defence Ministry in Tel Aviv, Israel May 31, 2016

Know comment: The day after Abbas

Netanyahu should leverage this turning point to re-frame the parameters of how Israel can live astride the very problematic Palestinian national movement.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks with journalists at his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah

The political algorithms of the Arab-Israeli conflict

By its acceptance of the legitimacy of Palestinian national claims, Israel has, perversely, laid the foundations for the assault on its own legitimacy.

A jewish man passes a banner which reads ‘Peace Now’ during a pro-Israel demonstration held in Amsterdam several years ago.

Why Bernie Sanders is the best candidate for Israel

The Jerusalem Post

Where hawks and doves fly together

Past peace process negotiators have lamented that, while pursuing an elusive conflict-ending treaty, too little attention was paid to grass roots activities. But it is not too late.

A MAN holds up a flag during a peace rally in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square

Israel think tank seeks to revive Arab Peace Initiative to push forward peace process

“We seek to revive the initiative in public [discourse] and with government officials since Israel has not officially replied to the offer and is not interested in paying the price.”

Arab leaders meet at an Arab League meeting

Encountering Peace: Sooner or later

Israel and many of its neighbors today share a common cause in limiting Iran’s power and influence, preventing the expansion and infiltration of Islamic State (IS), and in fighting terrorism.

Jordanian military helicopter flies over an armored vehicle near the Karameh border crossing on the Jordanian-Iraqi border