Israel and palestine peace talks

Amid war, Israeli and Palestinian peacebuilders push for a better future

Amal Tikva, a non-profit organization that works to support peacebuilding between Israelis and Palestinians, united experts, philanthropists, and civil organizations.

 Amal Tikva Co-Founder and CEO, Meredith Rothbart speaks at a conference
 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and PA head Mahmoud Abbas shake hands at the funeral of Shimon Peres on Mount Herzl, in Jerusalem, in 2016.

Norway says exploring how to revive Israel-Palestinian diplomatic channel

 PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting of the PA leadership, in Ramallah. No president should be in office for so long and certainly without a mandate from the people, says the writer.

Clarity of intentions, actions of consequence is what is required - opinion

 Palestinian Authority and Israeli flags (illustrative)

New gov't has no intention of dealing with the Palestinian issue - opinion


Editor's Notes: Time to stop the reruns

"Why is Israel even waiting for another peace plan to be presented by another administration in Washington?"

Israelis watching the IAF Independence Day show on the Tel Aviv beach

The Olso Agreement was assassinated with Rabin

We will never know whether Rabin could have succeeded, but his assassination removed from the field a major player who could have made a difference.

Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres in 1994

Comment: Was the peace process doomed to failure from the start?

Current diplomatic efforts to prevent war between Israel and Hamas, end the intra-Palestinian divide and forge a comprehensive regional peace appear doomed to failure.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) greets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the Monroe Room of the State Department in Washington September 2, 2010.

Dealing with Hamas

Have we not learned anything from our past experience? Why is Israel negotiating – albeit indirectly – with a terrorist organization that controls Gaza?

Hamas Chief Ismail Haniyeh looks on as he attends the funeral of Palestinian Hamas militants who were killed in Israeli tank fire, at a mosque in Gaza City July 26, 2018

Column One: Trump, Netanyahu and the post-Oslo era

If the peace process ends, Netanyahu will present his own plan.

US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland

Report: Hamas believes war with Israel will break out in the coming days

The report claims a potential war would involve Israeli combat units across ground, naval and air forces.

A Palestinian boy plays at a house that witnesses said was destroyed during Operation Protective Edge in the east of Gaza City

Welcoming the American initiative

Bringing everyone to the negotiating table has become the new goal, not reaching an agreement.

US President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence arrive for Trump to deliver remarks recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel at the White House in Washington, US December 6, 2017

After US rebuke, Palestinian Authority could face deluge

At risk of losing American aid, the Palestinian leadership must make some tough decisions.

A Palestinian woman takes part in a protest against possible reductions of the services and aid offered by United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), in front of UNRWA headquarters in Gaza City August 16, 2015.

There is nothing new under the sun

Nobody outside can force anyone in this sensitive region to be right.

Security personnel walk in front of the barrier with the West Bank near Havat Ella, 20 km. southwest of Hebron.

Abbas says Palestinians to seek full United Nations membership

“The US has chosen not to be a mediator for the peace process. We reject it as mediator. The US is with Israel and supports and backs it.”

The United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, US