Commentary / World Nov 11, 2021
A Palestinian ultimatum aimed at shaking the status quo
by Daoud Kuttab
Israeli and the U.S. only want to address the “quality-of-life” issues facing the 5 million Palestinians living under occupation without working to remove the cause of those issues.
World May 17, 2021
After years of quiet, Israeli-Palestinian conflict exploded. Why now?
by Patrick Kingsley
A little-noticed police action in Jerusalem last month was one of several incidents that led to the current crisis.
Commentary / World May 10, 2021
The A-word (apartheid) gives Palestinians a new path to normalcy
by Hussein Ibish
The new HRW report relies on international legal definitions of apartheid and draws a direct connection between Israeli policies towards Palestinians in the West Bank and inside Israel.
Commentary / World Jan 31, 2020
The world's hypocrisy about Israel's occupation of the West Bank
by Eli Lake
Jewish settlements are not the primary obstacle to peace with the Palestinians.
World / Politics Jan 31, 2020
Jared Kushner says he hopes Israel waits on sovereignty steps in West Bank till after polls
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner said Washington wants Israel to wait until after its March 2 election before making any moves toward settlement annexation in the West Bank, following the announcement of a U.S. peace plan. Kushner, an architect of the peace proposal hailed ...
World Jun 23, 2019
Jared Kushner's $50 billion 'peace to prosperity' plan faces broad Arab rejection
U.S. President Donald Trump's economic vision as part of the wider plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been met with contempt, repudiation and exasperation in the Arab world, even as some in the Persian Gulf called for it to be given a chance. The ...
World / Politics Apr 8, 2019
Netanyahu plays pre-election Trump card, vowing to annex settlements
Palestinians voiced alarm while Israelis weighed the gravity on Sunday of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's sudden election promise to annex Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank. Some Israeli commentators saw the right-wing leader's pledge on Saturday, as Tuesday's national ballot approaches, as mainly a ...
Business Nov 20, 2018
Short-term rental company Airbnb Inc. said it will remove listings in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, enclaves that most world powers consider illegal for taking up land where Palestinians seek statehood. "We concluded that we should remove listings in Israeli settlements in the ...
World / Crime & Legal Sep 17, 2018
Palestinian stabs U.S.-Israeli citizen to death at West Bank mall, is captured
A Palestinian fatally stabbed an American-born Jewish settler in the occupied West Bank on Sunday then was himself shot and seized by armed civilians who gave chase. The victim, Ari Fuld, 45, was well-known among settlers as a pro-Israel advocate. According to his Twitter account, ...
World / Politics Jan 1, 2018
Likud party calls for de-facto annexation of Israeli West Bank settlements
Reuters Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party unanimously urged legislators in a nonbinding resolution on Sunday to effectively annex Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, land that Palestinians want for a future state. By enacting civilian law over settlements, the move could streamline procedures for ...
Commentary / World Jul 25, 2017
How a 1929 dispute frames the Temple Mount conflict
by Noah Feldman
The holy site has been the symbolic flashpoint of the broader Israeli-Arab struggle since at least 1929.