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When Allah sits at the negotiation table: How to negotiate with Hamas - opinion

When Allah sits at the negotiation table, the cards matter, but interpretation matters more. In faith shaped talks, Western negotiators cannot ignore the religious logic guiding the other side.

Hamas official Khalil Al-Hayya sits at a mourning house for assassinated Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Doha, Qatar, August 2, 2024.
Families of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, build a sukkah outside the PM's residence in Jerusalem, with photographs of the hostages, on October 05, 2025.

Israel prepares for ceasefire agreement to be reached by Thursday, official says

Hamas official Taher al-Nunu in Gaza City in 2009.

Hamas says hostages, prisoner lists exchanged in latest ceasefire negotiations

 Hostage families and supporters rally, calling for the return of the remaining 50 hostages in Hamas captivity, June 28, 2025.

Mossad Chief Barnea meets Qatari PM in Doha, confirms partial hostage deal is 'off the table'


Qatar: Humanitarian issue sticking point, Gaza talks not promising now

Talks involving officials from Qatar, Egypt, Israel and the United States have so far not yielded a deal for a pause in the fighting.

 US SECRETARY of State Antony Blinken and Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani attend a news conference in Doha, earlier this month.

Is Netanyahu making decisions on his own? - comment

It’s time for the war cabinet members to align themselves with the prime minister or denounce him.

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen gesturing at a Likud faction meeting in the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on February 20, 2023.

UK will consider recognizing Palestinian state, says David Cameron

As the war in Gaza continues, British FM pressures Israel to consider proposal for Palestinian state.

 British Foreign Secretary Cameron speaks during an interview in Istanbul.

Palestinian rejectionism, glorification of terrorism is stopping peace - opinion

Such actions prove that the core issue isn’t occupation, but Palestinian rejectionism and terrorism against the indigenous people of the land – the Jews

 YANKELE HILLEL, a survivor of the 1929 Hebron massacre, places a stone on a grave amid a long row of small headstones for the victims, at a cemetery in the city, August 2009, marking 80 years since the massacre.

Palestinian President Abbas' holocaust comment is not new - analysis

The New York Times and Fox News may forget his comments soon, but Israelis will remember it, maybe not the exact words, but the overriding sentiment. 

 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends a news conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, in Berlin, Germany, August 16, 2022.

An alternative approach to Gaza is possible - opinion

The Israeli public is sick and tired of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s policy of maintaining Hamas’s control in Gaza.

A GAZA CITY building housing the offices of the Associated Press and Al Jazeera is hit by Israeli missile strikes on May 15.

Normalization deals can benefit Palestinians - Mladenov to NYT

"Neither Israel nor the Arab countries will want to ruin the treaty, giving other countries leverage in Israel."

NICKOLAY MLADENOV

Saeb Erekat, Palestinian negotiator, dies at 65 from COVID-19

He fought for peace, but never lived to see it

Former US president Bill Clinton meets with former Palestinian president Yassar Arafat and Saeb Erekat

Is the Israel Victory Project still needed?

The role of Israel Victory offers the only path to end Palestinian rejectionism.

EFRAT. IS it time to annex this Gush Etzion community?

Palestinians launch campaign to boycott IDF humanitarian, economic aid

The campaign comes on the heels of PA President Mahmoud Abbas’s May 19 decision to renounce all agreements and understandings with Israel and the US, including security cooperation.

A Palestinian woman steps on a replica of an Israeli flag during an event marking Land Day near the Israel-Gaza border as mass rallies planned to commemorate the event were cancelled amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus, east of Gaza City March 30, 2020