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Palestinians and Israelis don't want two states: Why is Macron pushing it? - opinion

France and Saudi Arabia can’t be blamed for wanting to stay relevant in the international diplomatic arena and using archaic ideas to try to claim some of the spotlight.

SAUDI FOREIGN Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan meets French Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot in Riyadh in April. France and Saudi Arabia are desperately trying to stay relevant in an international dispute where they’re no longer involved, the writer argues.
US firmly reject France's attempt to recognize Palestinian state at UN.

US firmly rejects France's attempt to recognize Palestinian state at UN

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech at Bar-Ilan University in 2009, accepting the goal of establishing a Palestinian state. Says the writer: Netanyahu agreed to accept another enemy state, but made such agreement contingent on verifiable Palestinian demilitarization.

A demilitarized Palestinian state is a dangerous illusion - opinion

 FILMMAKER YUVAL ABRAHAM talks about ‘No Other Land’ with moderator Idit Avrahami at Cinema Spiegel in Jerusalem in February.

‘No Other Land’: The Israeli-Palestinian documentary at the Oscars


Blinken: Gaza hostage deal on the brink - we await final word from Hamas

Blinken said the State Department assesses that Hamas has recruited almost as many new terrorists as it lost, a recipe for "perpetual war."

 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, December 5, 2024 (illustration).

Palestine Action claims to abduct sculpture of Israeli president from University of Manchester

"Weizmann secured the Balfour Declaration, a British pledge written 107 years ago, which began the ethnic cleansing of Palestine by signing the land away," the group claimed.

Palestine Action claimed on Saturday that members of the pro-Palestinian group abducted a statue of former Israeli President Chaim Weizmann from the University of Manchester.

Why the son of the Hamas co-founder stands firmly with Israel - editorial

Yousef’s message is a clarion call for clarity and action. As he rightly pointed out, ignoring these threats only postpones an inevitable confrontation. 

 Museb Hassan Yousef, also known as the Green Prince, seen at the Jerusalem Post Annual Conference in New York on June 3, 2024

America’s undue influence on the Middle East must change - analysis

The Vice-Chairman of the PLO Committee for Interaction with the Israeli Society and former spokesperson for the PA’s Ministry of Interior and Internal Security gives his opinion on the role of the US

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden meets PA head Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem, last year. Halt all meetings between US representatives and PA officials, the writer demands.

Singapore made Israeli embassy remove ‘inappropriate’ Palestine social media post

The post reportedly commented on the lack of mention of "Palestine" in the Koran.

An Iranian cleric reads the Koran in the shrine of Abdol-Azim, during the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran, March 25, 2024

A ‘Tiny House’ at Berlin’s film festival offered a safe space to talk about the Israel-Hamas war

The project is an extension of an educational initiative started by Hoffmann with German-Palestinian Jouanna Hassoun to discuss issues related to the Mideast conflict.

Ahmad Dakhnous, left, and Shai Hoffman together brokered small-group conversations about the Israel-Hamas war outside the Berlinale film festival in Berlin, Feb. 18, 2024

Economic interdependence complicates Israeli-Palestinian separation, say experts

Despite political conflicts, Israelis and Palestinians remain economically intertwined, posing challenges to full separation.

Activists, including Israelis and Palestinians, take part in a demonstration in support of peace near Jericho

Israeli rock climbing team banned from international competition amid security concerns

The NKBV ban is not the first time an Israeli athletics team has been barred from international competition due to Israel’s current political situation since October 7th.

Rock climbing [illustrative] 370

Now is the time to recognize Palestinian statehood - opinion

This madness must stop, and nothing will stop it unless Israel and the Palestinians agree on a two-state solution.

 BILL CLINTON, Yitzhak Rabin, and Yasser Arafat, after the signing of the Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles at the White House in 1993: What’s troubling is the resignation that any renewed peace negotiation will be futile because everything that’s been tried before didn’t work, the writer laments

In call with Netanyahu, Biden pledges support for 2 state solution - White House

This US will continue taking action to defend itself from the Houthis, White House National Security Spokesman John Kirby said Friday. 

 'ON THE Left,' there are people who want to see Biden crack down harder on Israel. That's why people on the Right are calling for Israel to stop relying on the US. Both sides are playing a dangerous game,' says the writer.

Palestinian statehood best way to marginalize Iran - Blinken says

Speaking to reporters after meeting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Blinken said Middle East is currently facing two different paths.

 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shakes hands as he departs for Tel Aviv, during his week-long trip aimed at calming tensions across the Middle East, in Manama, Bahrain, January 10, 2024.