June 7, 2024

Shooting attack reveals uncomfortable truths about Israel’s options for peace

The Israeli town of Bat Hefer backdropped by the Palestinian city of Tulkarem, situated on the western edge of northern Samaria, Jan. 4, 2024. Photo by Shahar Yaari/Flash90. by Moshe Phillips Nobody in the State Department, or the United Nations, […]
June 1, 2024

“The day after”: What would an actual Palestinian state look like?

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas in Amman, Jordan, on Oct. 13, 2023. Photo by Chuck Kennedy/U.S. State Department. by Eric R. Mandel (JNS) — The Biden administration, as well as almost every […]
April 18, 2024

US vetoes Palestinian bid for full UN membership

Robert Wood, deputy permanent representative of the United States to the United Nations, vetoes the Palestinian bid for admission as a member state of the United Nations at the U.N. Security Council on April 18, 2024. Credit: Manuel Elías/U.N. Photo. […]
April 16, 2024

Christian, Jewish leaders call for Israeli sovereignty over Judea, Samaria

At the National Religious Broadcasters convention on Feb. 22 in Nashville, Ambassador Friedman unveiled his peace plan at a session introducing the group Keep God’s Land. by Andrew Bernard (JNS) — Christian and Jewish leaders gathered in Washington on April […]
February 23, 2024

Ambassador Friedman unveils Israel-Palestinian peace plan at NRB

Ambassador David Friedman unveils his peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians at the National Religious Broadcasters convention on Feb. 22. by Larry Brook (Israel InSight) — With support in Israel for a two-state solution cratering, and a one-state solution […]
February 12, 2024

U.S. obsession with two-state solution is “delusional”

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on a phone call with U.S. officials, including the president, about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s strategy against Hamas on Oct. 11, 2023, in the Oval Office. Credit: Adam Schultz/White House. by Israel Kasnett […]
September 10, 2023

Oslo at 30: What went wrong

Israeli Defense Forces Chief of Staff Yitzhak Rabin with members of the IDF senior command in 1964 — almost 30 years before the signing of the Oslo Accords. Photo by Avraham Vered/Israel Defense Forces and Defense Establishment Archive from the […]
February 7, 2023

Normalization pact means Israel-Sudan peace within reach

Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen meets in Khartoum with General Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan, leader of Sudan’s transitional government, Feb. 2, 2023. Source: Twitter/Sudan Transitional Sovereign Council. by Andrew Jose (JNS) — Israel’s Foreign Minister Eli Cohen met with General Abdel Fattah […]
February 3, 2023

Israel, Sudan lay groundwork for historic peace agreement

Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen meets in Khartoum with Lt. Gen. Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan, leader of Sudan’s transitional government, Feb. 2, 2023. Source: Sudan Transitional Sovereign Council/Twitter. (JNS) — Israel will sign a peace agreement with Sudan later this year in […]
December 29, 2022

Morocco, Israel celebrate two years of normalized relations

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz (right) signs a memorandum of understanding with his counterpart, Moroccan Minister Delegate to the Head of Government in Charge of National Defense Abdellatif Loudiyi, Nov. 24, 2021. Credit: Ariel Hermoni/Israeli Defense Ministry. by Steve Postal […]
December 28, 2022

Netanyahu wants peace with Riyadh. Is that feasible?

Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman at the G20 meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Nov. 20, 2018. Credit: Matias Lynch/Shutterstock. by David Isaac (JNS) — Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu said last week that he hopes to bring […]