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Israeli-Arab peace

A man rides a motorbike at the entrance of the Yarmuk camp for Palestinian refugees and their descendants in southern Damascus on May 22, 2025. (LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)
July 2, 2025, 9:19 pm
Israeli peace overtures garner mixed reactions from citizens in Damascus, Beirut
Some Syrians say they’d be open to normalization with Israel, but only in exchange for Golan Heights; Lebanese man vows to continue fighting Jewish state ‘until the end of time’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Palestinians, Israelis and politicians attend a memorial ceremony for those lost in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in Tel Aviv on May 3, 2022, as Israel marks its annual Memorial Day. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
April 29, 2025, 1:27 pm
An alternative Memorial Day ceremony marks its 20th year. Participants say it’s the future
Controversial joint Israeli-Palestinian event honoring the slain on both sides continues to grow, even in the shadow of the October 7 massacre and ongoing war in Gaza
By Nurit Yohanan
From left, Ary Hammerman of White Plains, New York, Ali Salman from Ghajar, in the Golan Heights, and Tina Shammas of Nazareth in the West Bank, pose for a photo after an interview as part a Geneva junket for the Jerusalem Peacebuilders program in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, July 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Jamey Keaten)
July 27, 2024, 6:29 am
Israeli, Palestinian teens meet in Geneva to talk prospects for peace after Oct. 7
Coexistence organizations have been devastated since the Hamas massacre, but teenage delegation of the Jerusalem Peacebuilders Program insists war won’t solve conflict
By Jamey Keaten
A UN peacekeeper from the UNDOF force stands guard on a watch tower at the Quneitra Crossing between Syria and Israel on the Golan Heights, March 8, 2013 (AP/Ariel Schalit)
June 26, 2023, 11:11 am
Dialogue of the deaf: Memos reveal vast gaps that sank ’90s Israel-Syria peace talks
Newly declassified reports by Israeli diplomat on negotiations show Damascus demanded commitment to full Israeli withdrawal from Golan, refused to promise diplomatic ties in return
By ToI Staff
File: Women from the 'Women Wage Peace' movement take part at the final part of a peace journey in Jerusalem on October 8, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 13, 2023, 7:31 pm
Israel said to ban entry to young Palestinian peace activists
Move reportedly comes amid concerns that permits are being misused to find work and visit Temple Mount
By Harry Roper
Israelis and Arabs demonstrate in support of coexistence in Tel Aviv on June 5, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
June 20, 2021, 10:18 pm
Mixed city rioting injects new urgency into peacebuilding push
Saying violence in Lod and elsewhere showed challenges of building shared society, organizers redouble efforts for sustainable long-term fund
By Jake Epstein
Then-presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event, July 14, 2020, in Wilmington, Delaware. (AP/Patrick Semansky)
November 11, 2020, 2:07 pm
Biden can do well in the Mideast, if only because so little is expected of him
Under both Obama and Trump, America seemed capricious and unable to keep its commitments; few are now willing to risk relying on its short attention span
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Emirati men perform a traditional dance in front of flags bearing portraits of Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, February 9, 2016. (AFP/Karim Sahib/ File)
August 14, 2020, 3:50 am
Upending traditional views on peacemaking, Israel-UAE deal truly heralds new era
Netanyahu proves wrong all those who argued normalization with Arab world is impossible without a solution to the Palestinian conflict — without giving anything tangible in return
By Raphael Ahren
A scene from the film 'Abe.' (Courtesy of Blue Fox Entertainment)
May 16, 2020, 3:31 am
Locked down? Open up to… food uniting a Jewish-Palestinian family in ‘Abe’
A young protagonist of mixed heritage uses his newfound skills to make a culinary fusion that may also mend a rift between his diverse relatives
By Gerri Miller
Israeli writer A.B. Yehoshua's new book, 'The Tunnel,' talks about a one-state solution. (Courtesy/ Rafaela Fahn Schoffman)
May 3, 2020, 5:45 am
Peace activist author A.B. Yehoshua now pushes for a one-state solution
In conversation with ToI to mark release of new book, ‘The Tunnel,’ the writer says, ‘We have to integrate the Palestinians into Israel, by the right or the left’
By Anne Joseph
Dana Benvenisti-Gabay, center, sits across delegates from Liberia and Kuwait at an anti-terrorism conference in Morocco, March 2020. (MFA)
March 10, 2020, 6:39 am
Israel uses anti-terror conference in Morocco to rally world against Iran
While Marrakesh summit focused on al-Qaeda, Jerusalem and Gulf states made ‘joint effort’ to stress threats emanating from Hezbollah, Foreign Ministry’s Dana Benvenisti-Gabay says
By Raphael Ahren
Illustrative - Moroccan police stand guard in Jemaa el-Fnaa, the central market plaza in Marrakech, Morocco, November 10, 2016. (Getty Images)
March 6, 2020, 11:32 am
In further sign of detente, Israel attends anti-terrorism conference in Morocco
Summit in Marrakech focuses on global efforts to fight al-Qaeda; follows other Warsaw Process working groups where Israeli and Arab officials joined discussions on security issues
By Raphael Ahren
Foreign Minister Israel Katz and his Bahraini counterpart Khalid bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa (R) pose for a photograph at the State Department in Washington on July 17, 2019. (Courtesy)
December 4, 2019, 1:01 am
White House said pushing Israeli-Arab non-belligerence agreements
US deputy national security adviser Victoria Coates reportedly meets with envoys from UAE, Oman, Morocco, Bahrain to gauge willingness; initiative backed by Israel’s FM Katz
By ToI Staff and Raphael Ahren
From left to right: Imam Hassen Chalghoumi, Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan and Sheikh Abu-Khalil Tamimi in the West Bank on June 13, 2019 (Courtesy Samaria Regional Council)
June 14, 2019, 3:30 pm
No to BDS: French Muslim leaders tour northern West Bank as guests of settlers
Cleric Hassen Chalghoumi, known for his close ties to French Jews, says anti-Israel boycott efforts run contrary to Quranic law
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) talks with Sultan Qaboos bin Said in Oman on October 26, 2018 (Courtesy)
October 28, 2018, 11:12 am
After PM’s Oman visit, Palestinians fret at ‘normalization’ of Arab-Israeli ties
Responding to Netanyahu’s meeting Friday with Sultan Qaboos, Ramallah laments ‘unprecedented haste’ by Arab countries to normalize relations
By AFP and ToI Staff
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