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Amid war, Israeli and Palestinian peacebuilders push for a better future

Amal Tikva, a non-profit organization that works to support peacebuilding between Israelis and Palestinians, united experts, philanthropists, and civil organizations.

 Amal Tikva Co-Founder and CEO, Meredith Rothbart speaks at a conference
 THEN-SAUDI CROWN PRINCE Abdullah (left) chats with his foreign minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal at the end session of an Arab summit held in Beirut, in 2002. The summit unanimously endorsed a Saudi-inspired plan for Middle East peace.

After 20 years on, time for new Arab peace initiative

Regional Cooperation Minister Esawi Frej.

How the Regional Cooperation Ministry can advance Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking - opinion

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarack (right) welcomes Syrian President Bashar Assad in Cairo 2002

Beyond the Arab Peace Initiative - opinion


Miracles occurred for many in the Middle East in 2020, including camels

In the shadow of a global pandemic, we recount eight unusual events as Israel celebrates the Jewish festival of lights.

Israeli National Security Advisor Meir Ben-Shabbat elbow bumps with an Emirati official as he makes his way to board the plane to leave Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates September 1, 2020

Israelis and Palestinians must join forces in creating a new shared vision

Encountering Peace: Walls and fences are not the recipe for peace.

Two paramedics, a Jew wearing a prayer shawl and a Muslim using a prayer mat, pray beside each other near a Magen David Adom (MDA) ambulance in Beersheba, southern Israel, March 24, 2020

Is the Arab-Israel conflict solve-able?

Encountering Peace: Israelis and Palestinians will have to come to terms with each other. But neither side is prepared to do so at this time.

A Palestinian demonstrator uses a sling to hurl stones at Israeli forces during a protest at the Israel-Gaza border fence, in the southern Gaza Strip June 21, 2019

U.S. rabbi speaks of growing relations between Israel and Gulf states

"Of course, there is nervousness. It is a process. Now the good news is that the journey has begun," U.S. Rabbi Marc Schneier said to CNN's Becky Anderson. "And that is a part of the process."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman

Arab message from Warsaw: No PA veto power over Israel contacts - Analysis

What makes the very presence of Arab ministers in Warsaw significant, even if they do not shake hands with Netanyahu in front of whirling cameras, is that the Palestinians asked them not to come.

Iranian communities in Europe hold a rally to protest against Iranian government's human rights violations during a global summit focused on the Middle East and Iran in Warsaw, Poland February 13, 2019

Voices from the Arab Press: The new horizons of our region

Our region is desperate for a new kind of rhetoric and a new kind of political leadership that is unlikely to emerge from the monotony and fear we are immersed in.

US SECRETARY of State Mike Pompeo is welcomed by Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir and other dignitaries in Riyadh earlier this month.

France to U.S.: Release your peace plan or we’ll release ours

If US President Donal Trump does not present his peace plan in the coming weeks, French President Emmanuel Macron will present his own peace plan.

France's President Emmanuel Macron and US President Donald Trump react as they hold a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the 73rd United Nations General Assembly in New York, September 24, 2018

How feasible is the two-state solution today?

The Two-State Index draws heavily, though not exclusively, on input and analysis from the original Geneva Initiative.

July 2018's Two-State Index, an indicator for the viability of a two-state solution in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict

Comment: Was the peace process doomed to failure from the start?

Current diplomatic efforts to prevent war between Israel and Hamas, end the intra-Palestinian divide and forge a comprehensive regional peace appear doomed to failure.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) greets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the Monroe Room of the State Department in Washington September 2, 2010.

As U.S. pushes for Mideast peace, Saudi king reassures allies

The Palestinian ambassador to Riyadh, Basem Al-Agha, told Reuters that King Salman had expressed support for Palestinians in a recent meeting with Abbas.

Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud walks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a reception ceremony in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia November 7, 2017

Israel did not deny Russia interfered with American politics.

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