Middle east peace talks

Unyielding reality: why an Islamic Middle East rejects Israel - opinion

In the Islamic Middle East, doctrinal antisemites have remained faithful to their most primal hatreds.

 IRAN’S LATE SUPREME LEADER Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meets with Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, last month. It doesn’t matter at all to Iran and Hamas if Israel agrees to political and territorial concessions, says the writer.
Palestinian and Israeli flags overlook Dome of Rock and Western Wall

Winds of change in the Middle East: Will the focus shift to West Bank, Gaza? - analysis

 Supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, gather as they carry flags, marking the commemoration of Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon in 2000, in Adaisseh village near the border with Israel, southern Lebanon, May 25, 2022.

Israel is ready for escalation with Hezbollah but doubts Nasrallah's threats

 RUSSIAN PEACEKEEPING troops patrol near the border with Armenia, following a deal to end the military conflict between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh, in 2020.

Armenia says it agrees Karabakh peace talks with Azerbaijan, will discuss border


Some 49% of Israelis want Biden to relaunch talks with the PA

When asked if Biden should advance talks with the Palestinians, 49% said “yes,” 36% said “no,” and 15% had no opinion.

Then US Vice-President Joe Biden (L) meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah March 9, 2016

Israel, Bahrain to sign document launching formal ties

Mnuchin to fly in with US delegation for today’s ceremony

The flags of the U.S., United Arab Emirates, Israel and Bahrain flutter along a road in Netanya

Taliban, Afghan forces clash despite talk of breakthrough in peace deal

"As result of a targeted air strike by Afghan air forces, Mawlavi Sardar Mohammad, a key member of the Taliban military commission was killed along with eight others,"

A member of the Taliban holds a flag in Kabul, Afghanistan June 16, 2018. The writing on the flag reads: 'There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the messenger of Allah'

Peace Deal Nears as US-Taliban Talks Resume

Ninth round of negotiations begin in Doha amid lingering concerns over ISIS and Al-Qa'ida threats

Afghan security forces keep watch at a check point close to the compound of Afghanistan's national intelligence agency in Kabul, Afghanistan.

In Warsaw, Kushner to begin discussing his vision for Middle East peace

Jared Kushner has spoken little on his vision for a lasting peace agreement, but plans to be a public face of the coming effort.

Mahmoud Abbas (L), Jared Kushner (C) and Benjamin Netanyahu (R)

Palestinian leadership has ‘no vision,’ Greenblatt charges

“I have an overloaded wagon of complexities,” Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat said. “I’m doing my best. I’m under occupation.”

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meets with Jason Greenblatt, U.S. President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, March 14, 2017

Palestinians call on China to support Abbas's peace plan

Abbas proposed his peace plan during a speech he delivered at the Security Council on February 20, 2018.

Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan and Palestinian PM Rami Hamdallah, reception ceremony in Ramallah, 2018.

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

Terra Incognita: Western policy makers, stop being obsessed with ‘solutions’ in the Middle East

The key is to accept that some things are not “solvable” and hybrid structures and new paradigms are a good thing.

A tile design with the map of the world

Yael's corner: Through the eyes of a deeper truth

Children studying (illustrative)

Rivlin to AIPAC: Tell Obama administration to renew Israeli-Palestinian peace talks

Rivlin said PA President Abbas, whom he referred to as “my good friend,” did not want to negotiate with Israel on a two-state solution unless there was parity between Israel and the Palestinians.

President Reuven Rivlin visits Border Police officers at a checkpoint near Jerusalem