Israel

U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as they deliver a statement at the White House in Washington D.C., U.S., May 3, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RTS14ZPF

After Abbas-Trump meeting: Is Abbas’ optimism justified?

Shibley Telhami

Friday, May 5, 2017

Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal gestures as he announces a new policy document in Doha, Qatar, May 1, 2017. REUTERS/Naseem Zeitoon

Hamas progress with Israel ‘an important starting point’

Beverley Milton-Edwards

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is received on his arrival at the Bole International Airport ahead of the 28th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of State and the Government of the African Union in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, January 29, 2017. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri - RTSXXJC

A U.S. plan for the Abbas-Trump meeting

Hady Amr and Ilan Goldenberg

Tuesday, May 2, 2017

PA President Mahmoud Abbas

The Palestinian president is visiting Washington. A new survey shows Americans divided on the peace process.

Shibley Telhami

Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Demonstrators gather during a rally in support of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails, in the West Bank city of Ramallah April 17, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman - RTS12LU5

Prison politics in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Beverley Milton-Edwards

Monday, May 1, 2017

Hamas Gaza Chief Yehya Al-Sinwar (C) and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh (L) take part in the funeral of senior militant Mazen Fuqaha in Gaza City March 25, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem - RTX32NQR

Is Hamas re-branding to orient towards Egypt?

Beverley Milton-Edwards

Sunday, April 9, 2017

Trump has really put his family name, his brand on this issue. They are serious about getting something done.

Tamara Cofman Wittes Wall Street Journal Thursday, April 6, 2017

Alia Tunisi (L) and Sharon Suval (2nd L), first grade school teachers, talk to their students during reading hour at the Hand in Hand Arab Jewish bilingual school in Jerusalem December 3, 2014. The Hand in Hand school in Jerusalem presents an almost too-perfect scene in a tense and divided city, where Jews and Arabs do daily business but rarely befriend one other. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

Tribes, identity, and individual freedom in Israel

Natan Sachs and Brian Reeves

March 2017

Supporters of the far right Bayit Yehudi party headed by Naftali Bennett celebrate at the party's headquarters in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv January 22, 2013. Hawkish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emerged the bruised winner of Israel's election on Tuesday, claiming victory despite unexpected losses to resurgent centre-left challengers. Netanyahu has traditionally looked to religious, conservative parties for backing and is widely expected to seek out self-made millionaire Bennett, who heads the Jewish Home party and stole much of the limelight during the campaign. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

Privatizing religion: The transformation of Israel’s Religious-Zionist community

March 2017

An ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, Jewish man walks past Israeli soldiers of the Netzah Yehuda Haredi infantry battalion during their swearing-in ceremony in Jerusalem May 26, 2013, marking the end of their basic training in the Israeli Defense Forces. Israel clinched a deal on Wednesday to abolish wholesale exemptions from military service for Jewish seminary students, ending a brief crisis that divided the ruling coalition parties. Picture taken May 26, 2013. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (JERUSALEM - Tags: RELIGION MILITARY POLITICS)

Religion, state, and the Jewish identity crisis in Israel

March 2017