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Editor's notes: Your ideas for solving the Israeli Palestinian conflict

Whether it’s a two-state solution with new governance models, a regional confederation, or grassroots initiatives, these ideas remind us that creativity and courage are not in short supply.

A MODEL of a ‘United Nations of Jerusalem’ invites us to envision a binational entity where Israelis and Palestinians share voting rights while maintaining distinct national identities.
 SAUDI ARABIA’S Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Jeddah, last year.

Why Israel should embrace the US-Saudi deal and pursue a two-state solution - opinion

 Slovenia's national flag flutters next to Nova Ljubljanska Banka (NLB) building in Ljubljana

Slovenia to recognize Palestinian state by mid-June

 Bezalel Smotrich

Finance Minister Smotrich urges PM Benjamin Netanyahu to kick Turkey out of hostage deal talks


Despite immediate crises, we must not forget the future - opinion

Winning wars may be easier than achieving peace, but we must not lose sight of our long-term goals.

 IDF SOLDIERS operate near what the military described as a Hamas command tunnel running partly under UNRWA headquarters, in the Gaza Strip, in February. In spite of the remarkable achievements of the IDF in Gaza, the war lingers on with no clear end in sight, the writer laments.

The two-state obsession: It’s about constraining Israel - opinion

A two-state solution would weaken Israel and open it up to isolation and condemnation. Israel cannot allow itself to be neutered.

Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah,March 2024

Support for US-Israel peace deal drops if Hamas is included - poll

US public opinion on US-facilitated Israel-PA peace deal shifted negatively after learning of PA unity government plans with terrorist organization Hamas.

 '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.

Saudis could recognize Israel if Palestinian issue resolved - foreign minister

Prince Faisal said securing regional peace through the creation of a Palestinian state was "something we have been indeed working on with the US administration."

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (Left) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Right)

Meet the EU envoy hoping to revive the Israeli-Palestinian peace process

DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: “We all have an obligation as non-desperate people who try to do good things to show that there is something to live for,” he said.

SVEN KOOPMANS, the European Union’s special representative for the Middle East peace process, poses overlooking east Jerusalem this week.

Israel at 75: What peace process? - opinion

Although much ink, paper, and film has been used up in covering this series of consistently unsuccessful efforts, the peace process still spends long periods below the political horizon.

 China’s President Xi Jinping and PA President Mahmoud Abbas attend a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, June 14.

Israelis prefer practicality in promoting peace with Palestinians - opinion

The Mitvim Institute's 2022 Foreign Policy Index published that Israelis have reservations about comprehensive solutions to resolve the Israel-Palestine conflict.

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Trump wanted to scrap peace plan unless Abbas approved - Kushner

Trump only wanted to proceed with Abbas’s approval even though Kushner explained that the logic of the deal was “heads you win, tails they lose.”

 Jared Kushner attends the funeral for Ivana Trump, socialite and first wife of former US President Donald Trump, in New York City, US, July 20, 2022.

Israeli, Palestinian women call to revive peace talks

Hundreds meet by Dead Sea to call on political leaders to work toward peace

 Hundreds of Israeli and Palestinian women held a meeting at the Dead Sea on Friday

Israel-Indonesia normalization discussed by US Sec. of State Blinken

Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country, was one of the countries the Trump administration tried to bring into the Abraham Accords fold.

PARTICIPANTS RAISE an Indonesian flag at a training center in Rumpin, Indonesia, last June.

Multilateralism is the key to peace - opinion

The Madrid Conference was the multilateral event that launched the Israeli-Arab peace process of the 1990s.

 OFFICIALS ATTEND the Madrid+15 Conference in January 2007, one of the events that have taken place over the years to renew peace efforts between Arab states and Israel and commemorate the Madrid Peace Conference.