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Can Marwan Barghouti, the ‘Palestinian Mandela’, bring peace to Gaza?

Hamas has said that the group would only release all 240 Israeli hostages held in Gaza if Israel agrees to free all Palestinian prisoners. Among those locked up is Marwan Barghouti, sentenced to life imprisonment in 2004 for deadly attacks against Israelis. For many Palestinians, their “Nelson Mandela” is a…

France 24

The revenge of old West Asia

Palestine may no longer be an Arab-Israel problem, but it continues to remain an Israel-Palestine problem

The Hindu

Once pro-Palestinian, Greece is now one of Israel’s closest European allies

The two countries share energy ambitions, defence partnerships and a mistrust of Turkey, analysts say.

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A song of peace silenced long ago, the rockets of war exploding today, and the legacies still to be written

I was given a bird’s eye perch at Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s funeral in 1995. One speaker, a close friend of Rabin, waved high above his head the bloodstained paper bearing the lyrics of the peace song the Israeli leader had sung just before he was assassinated.

Chicago Sun-Times

Biden wants a two-state solution for Israeli-Palestinian peace. Is it still possible?

Biden is calling for a two-state solution for Israeli-Palestinian peace. But the long-discussed framework is increasingly unpopular in the region. Here are some of its challenges — and alternatives.

WEKU

Israel-Hamas war: six key moments for the Gaza Strip

Once again, the Gaza Strip is at the epicentre of violence in the Middle East. This tiny 41km-by-13km band of territory on the Mediterranean, sandwiched between the often hostile neighbours of Israel and Egypt, has faced repeated rounds of violence in recent history – but the current war is the…

The Conversation

Lots of U.S. presidents have pushed for Middle East peace. Progress has been elusive

President Biden is the latest in a long line of presidents to place himself in the middle of a Middle East conflict. U.S. efforts have seen failed starts, wrong turns and dead ends, but some progress.

WEKU

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Beyond Hezbollah: The history of tensions between Lebanon and Israel

As Hezbollah and Israeli forces trade fire, Al Jazeera traces the origins of their ongoing conflict across the decades.

Al Jazeera

Israel-Gaza war: Why is Africa divided on supporting Palestine?

Israel has made deep inroads into a continent traditionally sympathetic to Palestine. But its gains have limits too.

Al Jazeera

What are the roots of the Israel-Palestine conflict?

Recent events are the culmination of a decades-long clash in the disputed region of the Middle East

The Guardian - US

Hamas and its supporters are ‘beyond belief’

The current Israel-Hamas war will harm the Palestinian cause

The Hindu

What is the Palestinian Authority and what is its relationship with Israel?

Set up in the mid-90s as an interim body on the path to Palestinian statehood, the PA faces a crisis of legitimacy

Al Jazeera

From 1947 to 2023: Retracing the complex, tragic Israeli-Palestinian conflict

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict was reignited once again on October 7 after a surprise offensive launched by Hamas against Israel. In retaliation, Israel ordered air strikes and a "complete siege" of the Gaza Strip, the Hamas-run Palestinian enclave. This is a new deadly episode in a conflict that has its roots…

France 24

Israel Suffers Devastating Simchat Torah Attack: Questions Arise On Security And Intelligence

Israel's Worst Homefront Attack in 50 Years Raises Questions About Security and Intelligence Failings

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The Conversation

Hanan Ashrawi and Yossi Beilin on what happened after the Oslo accords handshake – podcast

When Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat shook hands on the White House lawn in September 1993, it was the beginning of a peace process, not a final agreement. In the second part of Inside the Oslo Accords, a special podcast series from The Conversation Weekly, we explore what happened in…

Al Jazeera

What were the Oslo Accords between Israel and the Palestinians?

Three decades after the first Oslo Accord was signed, the peace process it promised has not come about.

The Conversation

Inside the Oslo accords: a new podcast series marks 30 years since Israel-Palestine secret peace negotiations

The photo marking the moment is so enduring because it once seemed so unlikely. President Bill Clinton towered over two other men as he encouraged them to shake hands. Yitzhak Rabin, then Israeli prime minister, and Yasser Arafat, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), were smaller in stature than…

The Conversation

Jan Egeland remembers the secret negotiations that led to the Oslo accords – podcast

To mark the 30th anniversary of the signing of the 1993 Oslo accords between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), The Conversation Weekly is launching a three-part podcast series. Inside the Oslo Accords revisits the history and legacy of this landmark moment in the Israel-Palestine peace process, through interviews…

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30 years after Arafat-Rabin handshake, clear flaws in Oslo Accords doomed peace talks to failure

On Sept. 13, 1993, the world watched as Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat shook hands on the White House lawn. It was a stunning moment. The famous handshake between adversaries marked the beginning of what became known as the Oslo Accords, a framework…

WEKU

How Biden used Camp David to elevate a summit with Japan and South Korea

For 80 years, presidents have brought foreign leaders to the rustic mountain retreat known as Camp David. President Biden worked to tap into that history for talks with Japan and South Korea.

Zenger

The Connection Between Nazism And The Palestinians

In 1921, Herbert Samuel, the British high commissioner of Mandatory Palestine, appointed Haj Amin al-Husseini.

Zenger

See No Fatah, Hear No Fatah

The Palestinian Authority’s ruling faction, Fatah, is boasting that its members have carried out terrorism against Israelis

The Independent UK

A year of fighting between Israel and the Palestinians just escalated. Is this an uprising?

Israel’s latest large-scale military raid into the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank had undeniable similarities with the second Palestinian uprising of the early 2000s

France 24

Palestinian Authority’s Abbas has ‘cut down’ every potential successor

Palestinian human rights lawyer and former diplomat Ghaith al-Omari, a prominent advocate of the two-state solution and negotiations with Israel, gave FRANCE 24 a lengthy interview on a recent visit to Paris. In this second of a two-part series, he lamented the Palestinian Authority’s stagnation under longstanding President Mahmoud Abbas.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Azerbaijan to Open Representative Office in Ramallah

The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, sent a letter to the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, confirming his country's desire to boost bilateral ties and open a representative office soon, according to sources in the Palestinian presidency. The message was delivered by Azeri Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, who was at the…

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