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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 7, 2025, 2:39 PM

8 diplomatic ways to bring peace in the Middle East

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland as he departs to deliver remarks at a Salute to America Celebration at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines on July 3, 2025. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

Right now, unconventional diplomacy just might accomplish what decades of a traditional approach did not - if President Trump follows through

Jul 6, 2025, 3:09 PM

The Hebron Sheikhs’ Peace Proposal Deserves Israel’s Attention

Sheikh Wadee’ al-Jaabari in Jerusalem, July 3. Photo: Courtesy of Wadee' al-Jaabari

For more than forty years, I’ve been active in the American Jewish community as an advocate for Israel. I’ve seen peace proposals come and go, often recycled with new language but little change in substance. But the initiative recently...

Yahya A. Sharif

Jul 4, 2025, 10:37 AM

World peace through the true religion: A Jewish perspective on global unity

In an age torn by religious conflict and ideological division, a powerful idea emerges: religion, often seen as a source of division, holds within it the seeds of profound unity. From the sectarian violence in the Middle East to...

Jul 3, 2025, 12:57 PM

Torah Scholars, Peace and the IDF Draft

One of the most controversial issues in Israeli society and the Jewish world at large is the question about drafting Bnei Yeshiva into the IDF. On one hand, those in favor of the draft claim that soldiers are needed now...

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...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Jun 24, 2025, 8:06 AM

The Ayatollahs’ Dictatorship Must Fall

The time has come: the ayatollahs' dictatorship must fall. A regime that since 1979 has murdered more than 6,000 homosexuals (not to mention those who have been forced to go through gender-affirming hormone therapy against their will to avoid capital...

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