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Israeli–Palestinian peace process

Biden in a crowd

President Biden’s visit to Israel focuses on regional security 

Conflict & Justice

​​​​​​​The top agenda item for Biden is regional security. Scheduled meetings with Israeli officials focus on strengthening the regional relationships that Israel has forged with some of its Muslim neighbors. 

signing ceremony

Palestinians worry about the impact of the Abraham Accords. They say it’s time to elect new leaders.

Global Politics
Palestinian residents of the village of Fasayil in the Jordan Valley sit together for an afternoon tea break.

Israeli plans for annexation weigh heavily on Jordan Valley residents

Global Politics
The separation wall, Baka al-Gharbiyeh

Israel’s Arab citizens contemplate their future under the Trump peace plan

Borders
Palestinians watch a television broadcasting the announcement of Middle East peace plan by US President Donald Trump, in the southern Gaza Strip on Jan. 28, 2020.

Trump unveiled his Middle East peace plan. This Palestinian analyst says it’s a ‘scam.’

Conflict & Justice
Children play with a wheelbarrow.

Legal recognition of West Bank settlements could ‘kill off’ hope of two-state solution, says former US ambassador

Politics

Former US ambassador to Israel, Dan Shapiro, spoke with Marco Werman about the US’ decision to recognize Israeli settlements in the West Bank as legal. He explains the ramifications this decision could have for peace in the region.

jared kushner and company

Kushner, in Jerusalem to push peace plan, faces new political hurdle

Foreign policy

Jared Kushner and US Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a visit to the region to drum up support for an economic conference in Bahrain next month.

White House senior advisor Jared Kushner smiles while listening to US President Donald Trump talk as the president meets with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 25, 2019.

Jared Kushner’s peace plan that nobody loves

Foreign policy

Jared Kushner has been working on a peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians — a “deal of the century” is how President Donald Trump has referred to it. Almost no one is impressed. And it’s not clear if the plan will even see the light of day.

A Palestinian worker carries a bag containing items sent by mail

Eight years late, 10 tons of mail finally makes it to the West Bank

The 10.5 tons of mail had been held in Jordan since 2010 because Israel would not permit direct transfer to the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, Palestinian officials said.