Peace process

US, Israel deny report of agreement on foreign forces for Hezbollah disarmament

There is still no agreement between Lebanon and Israel regarding the countries that could deploy troops in Lebanon after the conclusion of UNIFIL's operations.

AUGUST 13, 2026|ByIDAN KWELLER

Israeli soldiers are seen near the Israeli border with Lebanon, northern Israel, May 17, 2026.

Hamas terrorists celebrating during a rally in the northern Gaza Strip.

Hamas’s waiting game buys terror group time as Israel rejects Gaza plan, Palestinian analysts claim

"Hamas was hoping for Israeli rejection to delay disarmament," a Palestinian source claims; "Netanyahu's government is not a partner for peace, but only for war," PA official tells the 'Post.'

AUGUST 10, 2026|ByDANA BEN-SHIMON

Freed Palestinian prisoners released by Israel as part of a hostages-prisoners swap and a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel, gesture, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 13, 2025

Palestinian rejectionism, not poverty, remains the main obstacle for peace with Israel - opinion

The United Nations Partition Plan of 1947 offered a two-state solution with clear borders, and the Arab states and Palestinian leadership rejected it and launched a war instead.

AUGUST 9, 2026|ByALIZA PILICHOWSKI

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of male and female dormitories at Bogazici University, in Istanbul, Turkey, February 13, 2026.

Turkey accuses Netanyahu of undermining Gaza peace efforts

Turkey accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of sabotaging mediation efforts and pursuing policies that undermine regional stability after Israel's latest strikes in Gaza.

AUGUST 3, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Only Jewish-Arab cooperation, peace with Palestinians will let Israel be a democracy - opinion

The key to victory is through Jewish-Arab political cooperation.

JANUARY 21, 2026ByGERSHON BASKIN

Ra'am party head MK Mansour Abbas leads a faction meeting, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on November 24, 2025.

Israeli-Palestinian peace is just one election away – and it could happen in 2026 - opinion

In 2026, the State of Israel will go to elections to elect a new government. In 2026, the Palestinians will also go to elections to elect a new government.

JANUARY 14, 2026ByGERSHON BASKIN

A man casts his vote in the Israeli general elections, at a polling station in Jerusalem, on November 1, 2022.

Ousting Hamas is not enough: New reality of Gaza must change - opinion

The new reality of Gaza has to change. It is not enough for Hamas to no longer control Gaza.

JANUARY 7, 2026ByGERSHON BASKIN

Palestinians walk past the rubble of residential buildings destroyed during the war, in the northern Gaza Strip, January 6, 2026.

After Oct. 7, young Israelis are the hardest to lecture about peace with Palestinians - opinion

The experience of being an Israeli soldier in Gaza over the past two years leaves little room for considering alternative thinking.

DECEMBER 31, 2025ByGERSHON BASKIN

IDF troops operate behind the Yellow Line in Gaza, November 20, 2025.

Donbas control, land swaps: Putin outlines potential Ukraine peace terms to Russian businessmen

"Vladimir Putin asserted that the Russian side is still ready to make the concessions that he made in Anchorage. In other words, that 'Donbas is ours,'" Kommersant reported.

DECEMBER 26, 2025ByREUTERS, CORINNE BAUM, JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Kazbek Kokov, head of the North Caucasus region of Kabardino-Balkaria, in Moscow, Russia December 16, 2025.

The Palestinian partner: Could this new political party's vision be a path to peace? - opinion

The path to peace must be based on the belief that on the land between the river and the sea there are two peoples who are deeply connected to the same land.

DECEMBER 24, 2025ByGERSHON BASKIN