Neve Shalom is the only Israeli village where members of the two communities have chosen to live together. Its neighbors struggle to minimize the impact of the Hamas attack and the war in Gaza on their project.
The death of Yuval Doron Castleman, who soldiers mistook for a Palestinian during an attack on a bus stop in Jerusalem, has opened a debate about the rules of engagement and the mass distribution of weapons permits to civilians
The army is urging civilians to leave part of the city of Khan Yunis, which hosts some 200,000 displaced persons from the north. The Israeli secret services assure that they will kill all Hamas leaders ‘in every location’ even if it ‘takes a few years’
Once you have killed more than 100 people, it doesn’t matter if you have killed a thousand or a million, you enter the category of statesman. You do it according to a strategy, a vision and for an idea, a country
The Israeli government’s continual references to historic anti-Jewish hatred makes it harder to condemn the deaths of thousands of civilians and children in Gaza in response to the Hamas October 7 attack
European countries like Germany, Austria and Hungary maintain a mostly unwavering support for Netanyahu’s government despite criticism from Spain, Ireland, Luxembourg and Belgium
Israeli forces arrested more Palestinians in the West Bank early Tuesday morning than they released as part of the hostage-for-prisoner swap, Palestinian sources say
U.S. Secretary of State said the Biden administration believes it is imperative to discuss the future governance of Gaza if Israel achieves its stated goal of eradicating Hamas
Criticism over the position towards Israel undermines the ability of the US and the EU to project their values and interests in emerging and developing countries
The heads of the intelligence services of Israel, the U.S. and Egypt are seeking in Doha a new extension of the agreement, which the Arab mediators want to turn into a definitive ceasefire. For its part, the Israeli army warns that it is ‘ready to continue fighting’
Inhabitants of the Strip want the temporary truce to become definitive while the families of Israeli hostages have called for ‘the return of all of them, immediately, whatever it takes’
The United States, Qatar and Egypt are hopeful the truce between Israel and Hamas can be extended. Cairo said it had received ‘positive signals’ that the cessation of hostilities could be increased by a ‘day or two’
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and his Belgian counterpart Alexander de Croo criticized Israel for the suffering of Palestinian civilians. Sánchez also called for EU recognition of a Palestinian state
The idea of two states coexisting side by side remains a reference point but its implementation is hampered by the realities on the ground. ‘Everything is reversible,’ says one expert