Palestinian israeli negotiations

Trump envoys Witkoff and Kushner arrive in Sharm el-Sheikh to join negotiations

US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff arrived in Sharm el-Sheikh as Israel, Hamas, and mediators discuss a potential ceasefire and hostage deal.

: Businessman and former Senior Advisor to the President Doanld Trump Jared Kushner (L) and U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff chat on the tarmac on before First lady Melania Trump and U.S. President Donald Trump on July 13, 2025 in Teterboro, New Jersey.
 A Hamas terrorist in front of hostage posters. (Illustrative)

Final draft of hostage deal presented to Hamas after 'breakthrough,' official says

 MARCO RUBIO, tapped to be the next US secretary of state, is seen as a strong supporter of Israel. He has backed a two-state resolution to the conflict while supporting Israel’s right to portions of the West Bank.

10 dilemmas of a Palestinian state, 10 questions Middle East policymakers forget to ask - opinion

 Families of Americans held hostage by Hamas speak with members of the press after meeting with US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, outside the White House in Washington, US, July 25, 2024.

Israel sends updated Gaza ceasefire, hostage deal proposal to US


Is Abbas serious?

The Palestinian leader’s threats to go to the ICC are misguided, self-deluding and fraught with non-sequiturs.

ICC

What is Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's vision?

With countless cease-fires broken by the Palestinians, the war and attacks upon Israel continue.

Sisi, Mashaal and Netanyahu

Parshat Balak: The secret of the Jewish nation’s survival

The phenomenon of assimilation grew against the backdrop of the disintegration of the family unit.

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men.

Supreme Court: No state damages for accidental killing of 22 Palestinians in Cast Lead

Estates of the victims have not yet asked the state for voluntary damages from the state "beyond the requirement of the law."

Aftermath of Gaza strike

Rescuing FDR, abandoning the ‘St. Louis’

No amount of revisionism can change the fact that the voyage of the St. Louis remains, as former President Bill Clinton has called it, “one of the darkest chapters” in America’s history.

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Does the US condone a terrorist government?

Obama in his West Point speech announcing a $5 billion counter-terrorism fund to help countries “fight emerging terrorist threats," but apparently not Israel.

Palestinian members of Hamas's al-Qassam brigades.

Le gouvernement en danger

L’annexion des implantations au cœur des débats. Partisans et détracteurs s’affrontent

Yair Lapid

Netanyahu to int'l community: Don’t rush to recognize Palestinian unity government

PM says that supporting a government which includes Hamas strengthens terrorism, will not further peace.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu speaks at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem.

Lauder to ‘Post’: World now knows Abbas doesn’t want peace

World Jewish Congress says: "The American government gets it...Abbas couldn't have done more to destroy peace process.”

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The compelling advantage of the two-state format

If Israel is turned into a racist, fundamentalist state which systematically oppresses a disenfranchised Arab underclass, it will not survive, and many of its people will no longer feel motivated to risk their lives defending it.

PALESTINIANS STAND next to a wall in Bethlehem.