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Israeli President Isaac Herzog is seen meeting with Arab women at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on June 25, 2023.

Arab-Israel org. accuses Civil Service Commission of discriminating against Arab-Israelis

CARRYING THE coffins of two of the five men murdered the day before in Yafa an-Naseriyye, June 9.

52 deaths in 3 months: Gov't must fight bloodshed in Israeli Arab society

By HANADI SHAER

A delegation of 100 Druze leaders from Syria visits northern Israel for the first time since 1973 on March 14, 2025. Israeli Druze proudly wave their own national flag alongside the Israeli flag in festivals and ceremonies, the writer points out.

Reviving the Druze state: The implications for Druze diaspora, Palestinians

Within days of the brutal October 7 attack, Itach-Ma’aki, together with the ‘Have You Seen the Horizon Lately?’ organization and local partners, established a joint emergency center in Rahat – Jewish and Arab men and women who worked together, to assist families in need, say the writers.

A shared future starts now: Why 2025 must be the year of change

By Hanan Alsanah , Ela Alon

AN ANTI-ISRAEL protest takes place outside a Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Chelsea, in Manchester, in February. A Henry Jackson Society poll shows that one-third of British Muslims want implementation of Sharia law in the UK.

The UK’s inaction on Islamist radicalism Is a crisis for Israel and the West

By CATHERINE PEREZ-SHAKDAM

PARTICIPANTS IN an emergency Arab summit to discuss Palestinian developments pose for a group photo, last week in Cairo. The Arab plan does not mention the need for Hamas to lay down its weapons and relinquish control over the Gaza Strip, much to the dismay of the US and Israel, says the writer.

An Arab shift on Gaza and Hamas

ARAB LEADERS pose for a photo ahead of an Arab League summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, last year.

Cairo summit: The Egyptian plan for Gaza and the roadblocks ahead

By Giorgia Valente/The Media Line

Members of the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, and mourners attend the funeral of Al-Qassam fighters who were killed during the war between Israel and Hamas in the Al-Shati camp, in Gaza City, February 28, 2025.

Eyal Zamir steps in as IDF chief, US and Hamas hold talks to free hostages

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty meets with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa at the Al Tahrir palace to discuss details of the Gaza reconstruction plan, ahead of the emergency Arab summit organised by Egypt this week, in Cairo, Egypt March 3, 2025..

Egypt unveils plan to reshape Gaza at Arab summit, sidelining Hamas

By REUTERS

Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa attends a meeting with former rebel faction chiefs, in Damascus, Syria, December 24, 2024

Syrian leader to visit Jordan on Wednesday, say Jordanian sources

By REUTERS

Hamas's Al-Qassam Brigades seen in Khan Yunis, Gaza, February 20, 2025

Gaza plan requires Hamas removal, no forced relocation, Saudi officials say

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

FOREIGN MINISTERS and other delegates participating in a meeting on the future of Syria pose for a group photo, in Riyadh, earlier this month. Saudi Arabia has assumed a prominent role under the leadership of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, say the writers.

Riyadh is the Arab world's new real leader

By ELIE PODEH , ONN WINCKLER

EGYPT’S PRESIDENT Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Jordan’s King Abdullah at a summit on the Gaza war, last month in Cairo: Given the repercussions for key actors including Egypt and Jordan, the potential of an international peace conference after the war should be explored, the writer maintains.

Arab leaders talk big on Palestine—but where’s the real support?

By JPOST EDITORIAL

RESIDENTS OF Aleppo, Syria, line up to receive bread on Tuesday.

Only one nation can help Syria recover: The Arabs

By AMOTZ ASA-EL

PROTESTS IN support of Palestinians in Gaza near Israel’s embassy in Amman, Jordan, earlier this week. Rejectionism’s persistence convinces some of its truth, explains the writer, adding that ‘White-hot fury and willingness to suffer imply a morally justified cause.’

Antisemitism surged in Arab-Muslim world following outbreak of Israel-Hamas War

By Mathilda Heller

Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward eulogizes former Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee during Bradlee's funeral service at the Washington Cathedral October 29, 2014.

What have Arab leaders, Joe Biden's team really said about Israel-Hamas war?

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

POSTERS DEPICTING Yahya Sinwar (right) and Hassan Nasrallah hang from a building near Begin Boulevard in Jerusalem as part of an ‘Ahdut Achshav’ campaign for unity among Israelis, earlier this year. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has played directly into Sinwar’s hands, posits the writer.

‘He’s still alive' vs. 'died courageously': The battle for Sinwar's death narrative begins

PHILADELPHI CORRIDOR view, between southern Gaza Strip and Egypt, seen July 15.

Why do citizens in authoritarian Arab countries hate Israeli Jews?

By MOHAMED SAAD KHIRALLA