Oslo Accords

Britain's Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (Brexit Minister) Dominic Raab gives a speech in the main hall on the second day of the Conservative Party Conference 2018 at the International Convention Center in Birmingham, on October 1, 2018. (Paul ELLIS/AFP)

November 15, 2018, 1:58 pm

Prominent UK politician with Jewish roots resigns as Brexit minister

Dominic Raab began his career assisting a former Palestinian negotiator of Oslo talks and is now considered a favorite to replace Theresa May as PM in the future

By Dmitry Zaks

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas (2nd-R) speaks during a meeting with the Palestinian Central Council in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on October 28, 2018. (ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)

October 29, 2018, 11:40 pm

Top Palestinian body calls for revoking recognition of Israel, nixing agreements

Decision by Palestinian Central Council is not binding, but Abbas has vowed not to sidestep it, as he has done in the past

By Michael Bachner

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks to Palestine TV, the official PA television station. (Screenshot: Facebook)

October 24, 2018, 3:14 pm

Abbas: PLO to review agreements with Israel, could abrogate many of them

PA president says Ramallah could also cancel deals with the US because of its opening of embassy in Jerusalem, other sanctions

By Adam Rasgon

Screen capture of an interview with Ruth Matar, founder of the Women for Israel’s Tomorrow movement which became known as the 'Women in Green.'

October 23, 2018, 8:07 am

Ruth Matar, co-founder of group opposing Oslo Accords land concessions, dies

Holocaust survivor set up protest movement known as the ‘Women in Green,’ which sought to counter stereotypes about those opposed to two-state solution

By JTA

Interpol headquarters in Lyon, France (CC BY-SA Massimiliano Mariani/Wikipedia)

September 26, 2018, 6:39 pm

For second time, Interpol member state arrests fugitive at Palestinians’ behest

Senior Ramallah official says the PA is not pursuing the extradition of Israelis through the international policing group

By Adam Rasgon

Ronald Lauder in Leipzig, Germany, Aug. 30, 2010 (Sean Gallup/Getty Images, via JTA)

September 18, 2018, 3:44 pm

Abbas says mogul Lauder floated backchannel to Netanyahu

Palestinian leader tells former MKs he agreed to the idea, but it never went anywhere; PA official says Abbas conditioned such talks on a settlement freeze

By Adam Rasgon

David Keyes speaks to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he opens the weekly cabinet meeting at his Jerusalem office, July 23, 2018. (Gali Tibbon/Pool via AP)

September 13, 2018, 1:58 pm

Breaching the language barrier: 8 things to know for September 13

Accusations against the PM’s English-language flack, an American Jew told she doesn’t belong, army information reserved only for Hebrew reporters and ‘Fear’ in translation

By Joshua Davidovich

Bill Clinton looks on as Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat shake hands during the signing of the Oslo Accords, September 13, 1993. On the far right, current Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas (photo credit: courtesy GPO)

September 13, 2018, 5:21 am

25 years after Oslo, HBO shows behind scenes account, with final Peres interview

Using newly discovered diary material, filmmakers Mor Loushy and Daniel Sivan present a human portrayal of the peace-that-wasn’t between the Israelis and Palestinians

By Danielle Ziri

The American Colony Hotel (photo credit: Magister/Wikipedia Commons)

September 12, 2018, 11:10 pm

Palestinian protesters break up Jerusalem conference on Oslo Accords

Demonstrators invade conference room, scatter papers, break glasses, seize microphone, speak against normalization of ties with Israel

By Sue Surkes

US President Donald Trump (right) alongside his son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner during a meeting at the White House, February 23, 2017. (AFP Photo/Saul Loeb)

September 12, 2018, 12:21 pm

On Oslo anniversary, Trump’s US struggles with role as Mideast peace mediator

Though it is still touting the upcoming reveal of its peace plan, the administration is further away than ever from its traditional position in the process

By Francesco FONTEMAGGI

A crane is used at the construction site in the West Bank settlement of Amichai on September 7, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / THOMAS COEX)

September 10, 2018, 7:39 pm

25 years on, some Israeli right-wingers ready to declare Oslo accords dead

With settlers strengthening their hold on the West Bank and no prospects of peace on the horizon, one resident says the 1993 accord ‘is buried deep in its grave’

By Stephen WEIZMAN

US President Barack Obama (right) meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, November 9, 2015. (AP/Andrew Harnik)

July 23, 2018, 5:19 am

Obama’s peace envoy: Israel is carrying out ‘reversed Oslo’ in West Bank

Instead of gradually transferring power to PA, Jewish state is handing it to settlers, says former US State Department representative for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations

By Jacob Magid

July 15, 2018, 1:36 pm

Dave Harden

Gaza 2.0

A better economy is not enough, but it may stop the current cycle of violence, destruction, and despair

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas gestures during a Palestinian National Council meeting in Ramallah, April 30, 2018. (ABBAS MOMANI/AFP)

May 2, 2018, 1:13 pm

Palestinians said set to withdraw recognition of Israel

Sources tell pan-Arab daily that the PLO will seek to pause all agreements until Jerusalem recognizes a state of Palestine

By Stuart Winer

March 16, 2018, 1:04 pm

Jerold S. Auerbach

That’s a novel idea, trading land for peace

When you claim Israel’s targeted killings ignore your peace plan, you’re forgetting the efforts of 25 years