Israel palestinian negotiations

Arab proposal for Gaza in works, but Jordan can't take more Palestinians, minister says

The Arab plan for Gaza will be "cheaper and faster" than Trump's plan, Jordan's King Abdullah argued.

PALESTINIANS MAKE their way between southern and northern Gaza on Sunday after Israeli forces withdrew from the Netzarim Corridor.
 Uzi Dayan

Uzi Dayan: Civilian control of Gaza, direct talks with Hamas could've gotten better, faster deal

Senior Hamas official Mousa Abu Marzook. (Illustrative)

Hamas official says hostage deal talks have 'great chance of succeeding' - report

 Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and his defense team, including Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, meet US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and his team on May 20 in Tel Aviv.

'No deal is imminent': US officials cast doubt on possibility of negotiation success


Hamas's intransigence is preventing the war from ending - editorial

It’s not Israel that is holding up a deal that would bring some of the hostages back home; it’s Hamas.

 People walk past a wall displaying posters of hostages, in Tel Aviv, Israel, August 18, 2024

PIJ releases hostage video as Israel sends new proposal to hostage negotiator

An Egyptian security delegation is trying in coordination with Qatar and the US to reactivate talks to reach a truce in Gaza and release hostages, Egypt's state-affiliated Al-Qahera News said.

 Alexander (Sasha) Trupanov, kidnapped and held hostage by Hamas on October 7, 2023

The Palestinian war plan and the two-state peace delusion - opinion

The Palestinian population has been raised on anti-Israel and anti-Jewish/antisemitic propaganda. Their ultimate goal? The eradication of the Jewish state.

 Palestinians gather to receive aid outside an UNRWA warehouse in Gaza City on March 18, 2024.

How to conduct hostage negotiations - opinion

The keys to successful negotiations that may bring the hostages home to their loving families are outlined by an expert.

 GAL HIRSCH, the government’s liaison on the issue of the hostages, arrives for a meeting earlier this month with families of those held in Gaza, and with hostages since released.

Qatar emir calls on UN to force Israel into talks to end Hamas war

Qatar, where several political leaders of Hamas are based, has been leading negotiations between it and Israel.

 Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani

There is a possible path to peace - opinion

Now, just as before, fostering positive relationships is vital. And if there is trust between conflicting leaders and public support for change, chances for success are far greater. 

 YASSER ARAFAT reaches to shake hands with Yitzhak Rabin, as Bill Clinton stands between them, after the signing of the Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles, at the White House on September 13, 1993.

Palestinian rejectionism, glorification of terrorism is stopping peace - opinion

Such actions prove that the core issue isn’t occupation, but Palestinian rejectionism and terrorism against the indigenous people of the land – the Jews

 YANKELE HILLEL, a survivor of the 1929 Hebron massacre, places a stone on a grave amid a long row of small headstones for the victims, at a cemetery in the city, August 2009, marking 80 years since the massacre.

Palestinian President Abbas' holocaust comment is not new - analysis

The New York Times and Fox News may forget his comments soon, but Israelis will remember it, maybe not the exact words, but the overriding sentiment. 

 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends a news conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, in Berlin, Germany, August 16, 2022.

Israel, PA partner to transport water to Palestinian farmers in the Jordan Valley

The 30 km. pipeline, approved after four years of planning, will carry 2.5–3.5 million cubic meters a year to farmers in the Jordan Valley • "Water is a precious resource – but not as rare as trust"

A view of the Jordan Valley near Jericho

Israel asks countries to defund Palestinians one day, then the opposite the next day - analysis

The material issue is that Hamas has repeatedly used UNRWA facilities to launch rockets at Israel, and teaches antisemitism and anti-Israel incitement in its schools.

 Israeli and Palestinian demonstrators demonstrate against the cutting of water supply for Palestinians villages, in the southern area of the West bank town of Hebron, on October 2, 2021.

Israel, Hamas reach ‘understandings’ on prisoner swap - report

Last week, Hamas said that the issue of the prisoners remains at the top of its priorities and it will not rest until they are all released from Israeli prisons.

Israelis Hadar Goldin, Oron Shaul, Avera Mengistu and Hisham Al-Sayed being held by Hamas in Gaza