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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'


Beating BDS

In the past the feeling was that the BDS movement was a largely ineffectual fringe group.

A demonstrator wears a shirt reading 'Boycott Israel' [File]

Just say no to ‘Land for Terror’

With so much conflict raging across the Middle East, now is hardly the time to be pushing Israel to make dangerous concessions.

Syrian waves an Islamist flag in celebration after Islamic State militants took over Tabqa air base

Palestinians wants Israel out of FIFA, eyes a three-quarters majority to pass proposal

Palestinian Football Association President has claimed that 'nothing had improved in the way Israel was "persecuting Palestine footballers, athletes and the movement of sporting equipment".

FIFA President Sepp Blatter with Palestinian soccer coaches

National security adviser: US expects next Israeli government to recommit to two states

Rice reiterates US opposition to Israeli settlement activity, seeks commitment to two-state solution.

US national security advisor Susan Rice

Anti-Hamas activists rally outside conference linked to Palestinian Islamist group

Protesters came with banners reading "Make Peace Not War" and "Free Gaza from Hamas" and held a picket line as conference attendees and demonstrators walked by.

Palestinian conference in Berlin draws anti-Hamas protest.

100 Palestinian doctors authorized to work in Israeli hospitals, reversing intifada ban

Physicians are first to be given permits to drive to work inside Israel

Israeli soldiers check cars at a checkpoint near the West Bank City of Jericho

Netanyahu says his past support for Palestinian state 'simply irrelevant'

Begin, Edelstein accuse 'Yediot' of lying to help the Left; Bennett under fire for using alleged "concessions document" to campaign for right-wing votes.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Indyk: Get ready for UNSC resolution proposed not by Palestinians, but int'l community

Former envoy to peace talks hints that US would be part of such a resolution that would “lay out and preserve the principles of a two-state solution in the future.”

Martin Indyk

A true basis for a lasting peace in the Middle East

The Jerusalem Post

Palestinian strawberry growers arrive to Israel for study-tour

Farmers came to Israel on Wednesday for a two-day continuing education program organized by the Civil Administration, to learn about some of the strawberry growth methods being used in Israel.

Palestinian farmers at the Qalansuwa strawberry farm