Coexistence

For Jerusalem activist Jehad Abu Sneineh, coexistence starts in the streets - interview

Jerusalem activist Jehad Abu Sneineh shares his journey from the Mount of Olives to grassroots protests for equality and coexistence.

On the Temple Mount.
DR. ALEX Sinclair's kippah, after police cut off the Palestinian flag.

Alex Sinclair: Why I wear my kippah with Israeli and Palestinian flags - opinion

The scene where a ballistic missile fired from Iran hit and caused damage in Beersheba, southern Israel, June 24, 2025

Grapevine, April 2, 2026: The insensitivity of bureaucracy

 SHEIKH MOHAMMED Sharif Odeh and Rabbi David Metzger appear on a billboard near Haifa with a message that reads: 'Though we are different, all religions advance coexistence.'

Why compassion between Jews and Muslims must outlast war - opinion


Israel's road to peace is built on pragmatism, not ideology - opinion

Insisting on promoting ideas that history has proven do not work will never bring peace to the region.

FRENCH UN AMBASSADOR Jérôme Bonnafont speaks about the situation in Gaza at a Security Council meeting last month. He recently said: ‘The real way to defend the Palestinians is to give them a state.’

The birth of an Army of Healers: Jews, Palestinians offering support during war - opinion

The Army of Healers, a growing network of Arab Palestinian and Jewish facilitators trained in trauma-informed methods, has been supporting both Israelis and Palestinians for the past year and a half.

THE ARMY of Healers: Arab Palestinian and Jewish facilitators from Israel unite in their shared humanity.

Don’t give up on peace, or on us - opinion

Achieving peace can fundamentally change the way Israel is seen by the world and the next generation of Jews.

 WOMEN WAGE PEACE and Women of the Sun march together on October 4, 2023. Even amid the war, we are building bridges: holding vigils, leading joint training programs, and walking together toward a future we are too often told is impossible, says the writer.

Hope on every desk: A living peace project in Jaffa - opinion

The goal is to raise at least £12,000 to equip all 13 classrooms with essential learning materials: textbooks, notebooks, whiteboards, and stationery.

An empty classroom

Motherhood as a metaphor: The role of women as facilitators - opinion

Life is extremely imperfect and challenging; the goal of the individual must be to overcome adversity and sorrow to achieve meaning for oneself and for others, whoever they may be.

 An illustrative image of a woman with a musical instrument.

Israeli faith in lasting peace with Palestinians at lowest in over a decade - poll

Israeli faith in lasting peace with Palestinians and the possibility of a two-state solution is at the lowest since 2013, a Pew poll shows.

Palestinian and Israeli flags overlook Dome of Rock and Western Wall

Why USAID matters for Israel’s future and America’s moral leadership - opinion

USAID grantee Tsofen-Tashbik, an Arab-Jewish partnership organization, created opportunities around the shared language of innovation.

 ARABS AND JEWS take part in Inspire Her, an annual women’s event, last year.

How dialogue and olive oil can nurture tolerance and coexistence

Sindyanna of Galilee is a nonprofit organization that promotes cooperation between Jewish and Arab women.

 Nadia Giol at the Visitors Centre

The Nita Lowey funds aimed at Israeli-Palestinian peacebuilding must be reformed - opinion

The Nita Lowey fund should have focused more of its efforts on finding and connecting Palestinian youth at risk of being indoctrinated to hate Jews.

 THEN-US HOUSE Appropriations Committee chair Nita Lowey speaks at a hearing in 2019. The funds named for her should be reformed to bring settler and Palestinian communities in Judea and Samaria together for peace, the writer argues.

Educational Bookshop and the cultural institutions of east Jerusalem

Notwithstanding the current toxic political climate, some arguably naïve and ever-hopeful Jerusalemites haven’t lost faith in the dream of coexistence.

 Ahmad Muna of the Educational Bookshop.