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Jul 16, 2025, 7:53 AM

The Arab World’s Dirty Little Secret: Palestine!

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The two-state solution has long been treated as the holy grail of Middle East peace. The idea is simple enough: divide the land between Israelis and Palestinians, draw up borders, and let each people govern themselves. But for all...

Jason Spertus Newman

Jul 15, 2025, 12:35 AM

The Forgotten Two-State Solution

Sketch Map of Palestine, Transjordan & Northern Sinai (Survey of Palestine, Jaffa, 1932). Courtesy of the Eran Laor Map Collection, National Library of Israel (Public Domain).

With a ceasefire holding between Israel and Iran, and talks of expanding the Abraham Accords looming, a UN conference cosponsored by France and Saudi Arabia calling for a two-state “solution” between Israel and the Palestinians has been rescheduled for...

Jul 14, 2025, 11:19 PM

Recognizing facts would help the Palestinians enormously

The main obstacle to Palestinian prosperity and Palestinian statehood isn’t Israel. It isn’t even the Israeli extreme right or the extremist settlers. It is the Palestinians’ own inability to distinguish fact from fiction, and only they can overcome that...

Jul 13, 2025, 11:19 PM

From the River to the Sea, and Somewhere in Between

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If I moved to Florida, I’d be a Floridian. If I moved again to Texas, I’d be a Texan. But I was born in California, and for better or worse, that’s still how I see myself. Our identity is...

Yardena Schwartz

Jul 9, 2025, 9:45 PM

Hope from Hebron, or Another Mirage?

The Tomb of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs in Hebron. Photo by Yardena Schwartz

Ever since October 7, 2023, the idea of peace between Israelis and Palestinians has felt like a fantasy. Which is why even the faintest sign of progress can seem like a lifeline. So when news broke this weekend of...

Jul 8, 2025, 3:43 PM

‘Security First’ Peace Plan Offers Path Forward

When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently sat down with U.S. President Donald Trump, he presented a vision for Israeli-Palestinian relations that many dismissed outright: a Palestinian entity with broad self-governance, but under continued Israeli control of security. To some,...

Jul 3, 2025, 9:38 AM

Palestine is a Lie: It’s Time to Face the Truth

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Let’s talk about occupation — not the one you’ve been spoon-fed by hashtags and angry mobs, but the real one. Because if we’re being honest, there is an occupation in Israel today. And it’s not the one you think. The...

Jun 25, 2025, 6:42 PM

The Need for New Leaders

The biggest danger facing us all – Israelis and Palestinians – is that after the war in Iran, Prime Minister Netanyahu might be, once again, be electable. I believe and hope that in the coming weeks and months, the...

Jun 25, 2025, 6:22 PM

Peace can be Israel’s trump card

As the dust settles on Israel's 12-day war with Iran, I want to start by saluting Israel's heroes in the air, on the ground, in the emergency services and many more; by admiring the brilliant, bold and daring military...

Jun 25, 2025, 2:37 PM

On Thursday June 12th, over 100 Israeli peace activists flew on a chartered flight from Ben-Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv to Charles De Gaule airport in Paris to participate in the Paris Call for the Two-State Solution, Regional Peace...

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