Middle East

Israel-Hamas War: Teaching and learning about the conflict - opinion

The iCenter is predicated on the belief that good education challenges people to broaden their scope of vision, venture beyond their 'silo,' and actively seek to engage with ideas that challenge.

Smoke rises following an Israeli strike during a military operation in Gaza City, October 7, 2025.

Next Israeli cyber unicorn: It’ll be agentic, not dashboard-driven - opinion

Palestinians relax on the beach in Gaza City. October 5, 2025

Gaza has risen against its Hamas tormentors - opinion

 Demonstrators hold signs against what they describe as international silence over sexual violence perpetrated against Israeli women during the attack by Hamas on southern Israel on October 7, at a protest in Jerusalem, November 27, 2023.

Two years since the October 7 massacre and the trauma is far from over - opinion


Lip service and honey trap: Israel should co-opt moderate Palestinians for peacebuilding - opinion

I have repeatedly found Palestinians who look with longing at Israeli Arab citizens and wish to be like the Arabs of the Jewish state's Abu Ghosh and Kafr Qasim.

Israel and Palestine flags on geopolitical Map.

Commemorating October 7, celebrating Sukkot: A complicated 'time of happiness' - opinion

As we commemorate October 7, 2023, we can spiritually invite into our sukkah those who were murdered and those who were injured; those who were taken hostage and and those who still are being held.

THE WEEKLY protest at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv takes place on Saturday night. In some respects, joy in this season may be an act of resistance, the writers affirm.

Even if Hamas lays down arms, multifront war on Israel will persist - opinion

As hostage talks move forward under a US-backed plan for Gaza’s day-after, a coordinated wave of boycotts, disinvitations, and street intimidation continues to target Israel and Jewish communities.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators carry a banner during a protest against the arrival of an Israeli cruise ship in the port of Piraeus near Athens, Greece, June 12, 2025.

Vladimir Putin, Benjamin Netanyahu speak on Gaza war, Iran nuclear program

Both leaders spoke on US President Donald Trump's 20-point proposal to end the war in the Gaza Strip.

 Benjamin Netanyahu, Vladimir Putin

Houthi figures may have connections to Al-Qaeda, other terror groups, UAE media reveals - analysis

Al-Hassan al-Marani is named as “the Houthi man weaving a network of militia connections in terrorism." He oversaw the release of al-Qaeda members after subjecting them to military programs.

Protesters, mainly Houthi supporters, demonstrate to show support to Palestinians in Gaza at Sabeen Square in Sanaa, Yemen August 29, 2025.

Iran, France see progress in prisoner exchange deal

France has repeatedly accused Iran of holding two French nationals arbitrarily, keeping them in conditions akin to torture in Tehran's Evin prison

 A woman walks past posters with the portraits of Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris, two French citizens held in Iran, on the day of support rallies to mark their three-year detention and to demand their release, in front of the National Assembly in Paris, France, May 7, 2025.

Populism puts Abraham Accords at risk: Not just in Israel, but globally - opinion

The biggest threat to the Abraham Accords comes from rising populism in Israel and around the world.

BAHRAIN’S FOREIGN Minister Abdullatif Al Zayani, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed pose after the signing of the Abraham Accords, at the White House, September 15, 2020.

IDF withdrawal, future raids in Gaza key to success of deal with Hamas - analysis

Israel needs to be asking itself the long-term question: What danger will Hamas still present to Israel over a more extended period of time?

A Palestinian Hamas militant helps fix the headband of another as they stand guard as people gather on the day of the handover of hostages, including four held in Gaza since the deadly October 7 2023 attack, to members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) as part of a ceasefire and

Is Israel losing the Jews in the diaspora? - opinion

If Israel is the nation-state of the entire Jewish people, the report said, the government of Israel must consider the potential consequences of its decisions and actions for Diaspora Jewry.

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu deliver remarks at the White House.

Alternative plans exist other than the two-state solution - opinion

There are many former Israeli prime ministers, Palestinian advocates, and American presidents and officials who lack the imagination necessary to consider alternative plans to the two-state solution.

THEN-US ambassador to Israel David Friedman speaks during a visit to Efrat, in Gush Etzion, in 2020. He has proposed Israeli annexation of Judea and Samaria as the biblical and practical path to peace, the writer states.

Trump's 20-point plan more delusional than Oslo Accords - opinion

After two years of war on several fronts, many Israelis want to believe that US President Trump's plan will produce peace.

YITZHAK RABIN and Yasser Arafat, under the gaze of then-US president Bill Clinton, sign a peace protocol on the White House lawn in 1993.