Palestinian statehood

'Hamas is finished': Palestinians divided as US-backed Gaza technocratic committee forms

“Hamas is finished,” a Palestinian Authority official told The Jerusalem Post. “They understand that they no longer have legitimacy.”

An Israeli soldier kneels on rubble in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, December 8, 2025.
A United Nations vehicle drive past the destroyed United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East's (UNRWA) headquarters, in Gaza City on January 11, 2026.

US: We'll withhold Gaza, West Bank funds if Palestine obtains UN seat

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas looks on as he visits the Istishari Cancer Center in Ramallah, in the West Bank, May 14, 2025.

Statehood isn’t a slogan – it’s a responsibility the PA still won’t shoulder - opinion

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attends a press conference following a shooting at Bondi Beach, at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, December 14, 2025.

No link between Bondi Beach shooting to Palestinian recognition, Australia's Albanese stresses


'Strange to see intellectuals supporting Hamas': Boris Johnson speaks on Palestinian recognition

Johnson called the West's sympathy with Palestine a "strange paradox" in his recent appearance at a European Jewish Association conference in Krakow.

Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the European Jewish Conference in Krakow, November 2025.

UK mosque suspends imam after acknowledging Jewish history in Israel in Tommy Robinson interview

The imam's Nottingham mosque released a statement apologizing for the imam’s “personal views that are deeply offensive and are wholly inconsistent with the values of our institute.”

Tommy Robinson interviews Imam Umayr Mulla in Jerusalem, October 24, 2025.

Smotrich claims Saudi Arabia denies Israeli tradition and heritage, doubling down on Riyadh row

During Monday's press conference, the finance minister hit out against Saudi Arabia once again, as well as Israelis who he said were "insulted" on the Saudis' behalf.

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, October 27, 2025

Voices from the Arab Press: Gaza's reconstruction dilemma

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

AMID THE Gaza rubble, Oct. 20.

'He does not represent us': Israeli politicians slam Smotrich after Saudi insult

"To our friends in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Middle East, Smotrich does not represent the State of Israel," Opposition head Yair Lapid wrote in Arabic on X/Twitter.

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends a committee meeting on September 14, 2025.

Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna: Opposing the existence of a Jewish state is antisemitic

“I believe that Zionism is self-determination of the Jewish people, and the right for Israel to exist. And I support that," he said during an interview on J, the Jewish News of Northern California.

Rep. Ro Khanna questions witnesses during a roundtable discussion on Supreme Court Ethics conducted by Democrats of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee at the Rayburn House Office Building on June 11, 2024 in Washington

Trump's Gaza plan: Prelude to Saudi normalization? - opinion

Saudi officials have in the past demanded an irreversible pathway to Palestinian statehood as a prerequisite to normalizing relations with Israel.

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump speaks with War Secretary Pete Hegseth as talks take place with Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh in May. Trump appears to be moving additional pieces on the regional chess board, says the writer.

The new two-state solution : A realistic approach for the post-October 7 era - opinion

Israel will offer the Palestinian population there full Israeli citizenship, similar to the successful model of the Arab citizens of Israel.

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump and Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Sharm el-Sheikh last Monday: Led by the US and with massive Gulf investment, the goal is to establish stable, terror- and corruption-free Palestinian institutions, the writer notes.

Recognition of Palestine: A meaningful step toward reality or merely symbolic? - explainer

Does such recognition constitute meaningful progress toward Palestinian statehood under international law, or does it amount to little more than a symbolic gesture in an intractable conflict?

French President Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan.

Origins of the two-state solution: Q&A with legal expert, former ambassador Alan Baker

The Jerusalem Report spoke to Alan Baker about the history and current status of the two-state solution.

A PALESTINIAN protests outside Jerusalem. The international community and some Israelis and Palestinians are once again talking about the two-state solution.