Israeli–Palestinian conflict

Israel 'took the land' from Palestinians, has 'ceded moral ground,' Obama tells Belfast crowd

In a conversation with journalist Susan McKay, Obama said that the hostility toward Israel after the October 7 massacre was an indication that a "genuine cessation" was needed.

Former US president Barack Obama delivers his speech at the dedication ceremony for the opening of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, Illinois, US, June 18, 2026. Picture taken through the bulletproof glass.
Palestinians hurl rocks at Israeli security forces during clashes in the West Bank town of Hebron October 16, 2000.

On this day: Second Intifada triggered following Ariel Sharon's visit to Temple Mount

Marwan Barghouti is tightly guarded as he leaves a hearing at the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court in 2012.

Ro Khanna calls on Israel to release Marwan Barghouti: 'Palestinians must choose their own leaders'

Israeli political scientist and former member of Knesset Dr. Einat Wilf visits The Jerusalem Post's podcast studio, September 2026.

Einat Wilf exposes the world's pro-Palestinian mass psychosis


‘September 5’ focuses on news, not Jews, in dramatizing 1972 Munich attack on Israeli Olympians

‘September 5’ shows audiences a watershed moment for how we livestream terrorism as a society.

 'September 5' shows a team of ABC News producers struggling with live coverage decisions as tragedy unfolds in front of them during the 1972 Munich Olympic Games.

UN’s diplomatic failure: Why the two-state solution won’t bring peace to Israel – editorial

The UN’s two-state solution rhetoric fails to address Palestinian terrorism and Israel’s security needs.

 Delegates react to the voting results during the United Nations General Assembly vote on a draft resolution that would recognize the Palestinians as qualified to become a full UN member, in New York City, US May 10, 2024.

Knesset advances bill to expel family members of terrorists

With a looming vote, a bill to expel relatives of terrorists faces backlash from legal experts and security officials alike.

 MK Almog Cohen argues with MK Ofer Cassif during a House committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on October 29, 2024.

People like to blame Israel, but there is no justifying Palestinian terrorism - opinion

The Jewish people’s commitment to peace in contrast to the Palestinian occupation with violence doesn’t just exist on paper – it can be seen every day in Israel.

THEN-PALESTINIAN Authority head and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat gestures during a speech in Ramallah, 2004.

This is what pro-Israel Americans need from the next US president - opinion

Americans voting in the elections that care about US support of Israel must be especially wary of how the candidates talk about the Palestinians.

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office at the White House in July. US Jews and non-Jews have every right to prioritize US-Israel ties in deciding for whom to vote in this election, the writer maintains.

Finland's president defends decisions to buy Israeli arms, not recognize Palestinian state

Stubb said the time was not right to recognize a Palestinian state, even though its Nordic neighbors, Sweden, Iceland, and most recently Norway, have done so.

 Finland’s President Alexander Stubb speaks during an interview in Helsinki, Finland September 17, 2024.

Michael Lerner, influential rabbi-activist and founder of Tikkun magazine, dies at 81

Tikkun would go on to publish articles by writers who supported a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict while promoting a liberal agenda that included workers’ rights and feminism.

 Rabbi Michael Lerner speaking at Muhammad Ali's funeral, June 10, 2016.

How historical choices affect Israel's current multi-front war - opinion

An analysis of how historical decisions, like the Gaza disengagement, influence Israel’s current multi-front conflict and what lessons the US can learn.

 THEN-PRIME MINISTER Yitzhak Rabin and then-foreign minister Shimon Peres attend a Labor Party meeting in 1993. Rabin had been kept in the dark by Peres about the talks in Oslo, the writer asserts.

The uniqueness of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - opinion

At the very start of the Zionist enterprise in the 1880s, the two parties to what is now called “the Palestinian-Israeli conflict” developed distinctive and enduring attitudes toward each other.

 PROTESTS IN support of Palestinians in Gaza near Israel’s embassy in Amman, Jordan, earlier this week. Rejectionism’s persistence convinces some of its truth, explains the writer, adding that ‘White-hot fury and willingness to suffer imply a morally justified cause.’

How can we shape the future of Israeli-Palestinian relations? - opinion

Following the harrowing events that unfolded on October 7, Israel needs to find a way to look forward in order to the future challenges the conflict will present.

 Yohanan Tzoreff: Israel has the opportunity to determine the what hte future of the conflict would look like.