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Israeli-Palestinian peace talks

Members of Standing Together protest for equal financial security for all residents of Israel outside the Knesset on May 14, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 14, 2026, 3:54 pm
As two-state hopes fade, more US Jews are open to a one-state future for the Middle East
Nearly half of Jewish Americans under 35 now support a binational state, a poll finds, reviving an idea long considered anti-Zionist – though many say they’re emotionally attached to Israel
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a ceremony in Ma'ale Adumim, in the West Bank, September 11, 2025, as Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich looks on. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
January 29, 2026, 11:42 pm
The missing Palestinian question: Facing pivotal election, few talking about West Bank’s future
As first national vote since Oct. 7 nears, neither leading candidate for PM is offering an overarching vision for Israeli-Palestinian relations or pledging big moves in West Bank
By Ben Sales
'Tomorrow is Yesterday,' by Hussein Agha, center (photo by Brett Walker), and Robert Malley (Kelley Norcia Photography)
December 31, 2025, 3:46 am
Two long-time negotiators dissect what’s at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
In new book ‘Tomorrow is Yesterday,’ Jewish US diplomat Robert Malley and veteran Palestinian negotiator Hussein Agha team up to look at the hard truths behind the stalled two-state solution
By Rich Tenorio
József Molnár's 'Abraham's Journey from Ur to Canaan,' from 1850 (Public Domain)
October 14, 2025, 11:39 am
Why the story of Abraham is being invoked in the push for Mideast peace
As the central forefather of the Jewish and Muslim faiths, the biblical figure has become the template for integrating the Jewish state into the war-scarred region
By Peter Smith
Israeli Ambassador to France Joshua Zarka. (Courtesy)
August 22, 2025, 2:51 pm
‘A terrible mistake’: Israeli envoy warns France over Palestinian state recognition
Ambassador Joshua Zarka says Macron’s ‘very dangerous’ decision is influenced by concerns over domestic Arab population, hurts peace process and risks sidelining Paris in Middle East
By Nava Freiberg
Sheikh Wadee’ al-Jaabari in Jerusalem, July 3, 2025. (Courtesy of Wadee' al-Jaabari)
July 10, 2025, 3:44 pm
This Palestinian sheikh has a plan for peace with Israel — but few think it can work
Renewed proposal for an emirate that recognizes the Jewish state was positively received by Economy Minister Nir Barkat this week, but most deem idea of circumventing PA unfeasible
By Deborah Danan
Former prime minister Ehud Olmert holds up the map he presented to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in 2008 for a two-state solution in a BBC documentary that aired in February, 2025. (Screencapture/ BBC)
February 24, 2025, 12:28 pm
Olmert reveals for first time map of Palestinian state he offered Abbas
Former PM shows documentary-makers diagram that inspired legend of Palestinian leader’s hastily sketched copy presented to officials in Ramallah in failed peace bid
By ToI Staff
Author Michael Horowitz's new book is 'Hope and Despair.' (Courtesy)
October 11, 2024, 4:43 pm
A Middle East expert envisioned two paths for Israel. Then October 7 happened
French-Israeli geopolitical scholar Michael Horowitz had nearly finished his book, ‘Hope and Despair,’ when Hamas massacred 1,200 people in Israel. He’s still cautiously optimistic
By Rich Tenorio
Mo Husseini's article on the Israel-Hamas war was widely shared on social media by Jewish readers. At rear is an image from the essay. (Courtesy Mo Husseini/ via JTA)
May 10, 2024, 4:40 pm
A Palestinian-American’s call for compromise strikes a chord on social media
Profanity-laden overview by Mo Husseini — a distant relative of the infamous Mufti of Jerusalem — spares neither side, enticing the ‘silent majority’ with commonsensical optimism
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Saudi Foreign Affairs minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan arrives at the Bureau International des Exposition (BIE) to discuss Riyadh's bid to host Expo 2030 World Expo in Issy-Les-Moulineaux, on June 20, 2023. (JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)
September 19, 2023, 10:16 am
Only way to solve conflict is independent Palestinian state, says top Saudi diplomat
Comment by Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan at UN event comes amid US-brokered efforts for Israeli-Saudi normalization, in which Riyadh is demanding concessions to Palestinians
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen seen during an interview at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, June 12, 2023. (Yossi Aloni/ Flash90)
September 14, 2023, 6:02 am
30 years after Oslo, FM Cohen rejects international dictates on Palestinian issue
Foreign minister meets with Norwegian counterpart on anniversary of landmark accords, says normalization is the path forward in the region
By Julia Frankel
Then-US President Bill Clinton looks on as the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat shake hands during the signing of the Oslo Accords, September 13, 1993. (GPO)
September 14, 2023, 3:48 am
Why the Oslo peace process failed – and what it means for future negotiators
30 years ago, the Israelis and Palestinians signed an agreement many thought was set in stone. Now, as it lies battered and seemingly done for, here are the lessons we can draw
By Aaron David Miller
(L-R) Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, US President Bill Clinton, and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat, at the Oslo Accords signing ceremony on September 13, 1993. (Wikipedia)
August 30, 2023, 1:58 pm
‘Difficult deal’: Declassified protocols show Oslo Accords okayed with marked wariness
30 years later, key cabinet quotes reveal Rabin, Peres feared Palestinians wouldn’t forgo terror, weren’t giving enough for Israeli concessions; Rabin foreshadowed own assassination
By Michael Bachner
US President Bill Clinton, center, Prime Minister Ehud Barak, left, and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat walk on the grounds of Camp David, Maryland, at the start of the Middle East summit on July 11, 2000. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)
June 19, 2023, 11:19 am
Israel agreed to give up sovereignty in part of Jerusalem Old City in 2000 — document
Newly declassified response to Clinton proposal under PM Ehud Barak shows Jerusalem was willing to accept Palestinian sovereignty in much of Temple Mount as basis for peace talks
By ToI Staff
China's President Xi Jinping and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attend a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 14, 2023. (Jade GAO / POOL / AFP)
June 15, 2023, 8:06 pm
Having given up on the US, Palestinians look to China to mediate peace with Israel
PA minister Ahmad Majdalani tells ToI that Beijing can use billions in trade as leverage to coax Jerusalem to come to the table as Washington’s influence on the global stage wanes
By Jacob Magid
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