Israeli–Palestinian conflict

Israel demolishes UNRWA's Jerusalem HQ, but fails to explain why it had to go - comment

Without context, the move to demolish UNRWA’s east Jerusalem headquarters looks like just another incident of Israeli hard-heartedness - an attack on a UN body that wants only to help.

|ByHERB KEINON
A sign that reads "Entering the area is prohibited!" is hung on fencing at the Jerusalem headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), in east Jerusalem, January 20, 2026
Israelis clash with police during a protest against the decision of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to fire head of Shin Bat Ronen Bar, in Jerusalem, March 20, 2025.

Most Israelis say social division bigger threat to country than Iranian nuclear threat - poll

While 59% of Jewish respondents viewed polarization as the greatest threat, only 39% of Arab participants said the same, possibly due to higher Arab sympathy with Palestinians.

|ByLEO FEIERBERG BETTER
Packs of Ben & Jerry's ice cream, a brand of Unilever, for sale at a Walmart store in Valley Stream, New York, US, November 6, 2025.

Ben & Jerry's board chair refuses to resign as Unilever pressure intensifies

Ben & Jerry's chair Anuradha Mittal rejects Unilever calls to remove her, calling an audit politically driven as the feud deepens ahead of Magnum’s market debut.

|ByREUTERS
US Senator Lindsey Graham speaks outside the White House, in Washington, DC, US, February 28, 2025.

Lindsey Graham to Post: Annexation would cost Israel US support; two-states the 'only' solution

“Being pro-Israel means telling hard truths,” Graham said. “The only path that keeps Israel Jewish and democratic is a two-state framework, when the conditions are real."

|ByZVIKA KLEIN

Palestinians slam Biden administration for not stopping Israeli ‘crimes’

Relations between the PA and the US were strained during Trump's administration, and Biden has been trying to improve the situation.

MAY 13, 2023ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
US President Joe Biden shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Presidential Compound, in Bethlehem, in the West Bank July 15, 2022

Bernie Sanders helps Rashida Tlaib host 'Nakba' event as rockets rain on Israel

House speaker canceled event that called Israel a catastrophe, but Tlaib bypassed him

MAY 11, 2023ByLAHAV HARKOV
US Rep Rashida Tlaib and Democratic 2020 US presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders exit the stage following a campaign rally for Sanders in Detroit, Michigan, US October 27, 2019

Hamas must pay a heavy price for its recent audacious terrorist attacks - opinion

Israel also needs to keep its eye on the ball regarding the escalating confrontation with Iran, specifically halting Iranian nuclear progression and Iranian attempts to establish itself in Syria.

APRIL 23, 2023ByMEIR BEN SHABBAT
HAMAS GAZA chief Yehya Al-Sinwar speaks at a rally for al-Quds Day (Jerusalem Day), in Gaza, earlier this month. Hamas leaders should fear targeted assassinations by Israel, says the writer.

Letters to the Editor April 19, 2023: Survivors’ testimony

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

APRIL 19, 2023ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters

Nasrallah: Past year has shifted the war against Israel in our favor

Hezbollah Secretary General Nasrallah said that "this year, we saw the axis of resistance strong, capable and cohesive, and we will witness this in the coming weeks also with regard to developments."

APRIL 14, 2023BySHACHAR BERDISHEVSKY/MAARIV
Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah gives a televised speech, in this screengrab taken from Al-Manar TV footage, Lebanon October 18, 2021.

Blinken speaks to UAE FM, urges Israeli-Palestinian de-escalation

Blinken also “reiterated the continued US commitment to a two-state solution."

APRIL 9, 2023ByOMRI NAHMIAS
US SECRETARY of State Antony Blinken speaks at the State Department in Washington, last week.

Dugri duo bring a fresh take on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Dugri was initiated by Rosenman after he saw US Rapper Joyner Lucas’ Im Not Racist - a blunt, rap music video that dealt with racism in America, racial slurs and stereotypes.

APRIL 1, 2023ByDAVID BLUMENFELD
URIYA ROSENMAN and Sameh Zakout of ‘Dugri: Straight Talking.’

Ben-Gvir’s ‘militia’ will sabotage de-escalation efforts, Palestinians warn

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs accused Ben-Gvi of “racism” and “malevolence," due to his new national guard force.

MARCH 29, 2023ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
Israeli minister of national Security Itamar Ben Gvir attends a rally of Right-wing Israelis attend a rally in support of the government's planned judicial overhaul, in Jerusalem on March 27, 2023.

For the first time, Democrats sympathize more with Palestinians than with Israel, poll finds

Sympathy for Israelis among Republicans remains strong, with 78% sympathizing more with the Israelis and 11% sympathizing more with Palestinians.

MARCH 17, 2023ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
The flags of Israel and the US

Concept of Palestinian state is employed for sole purpose of destroying Israel - opinion

The "Palestine liberation" movement is not a revolution.

MARCH 5, 2023ByDAVID S. LEVINE
THEN-PLO chairman Yasser Arafat extends his hand to then-prime minister Yitzhak Rabin after they signed the Declaration of Principles at the White House, September 1993. The next year, Arafat reportedly delivered a speech, calling for a ‘jihad.’