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September 22, 2026

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and French President Emmanuel Macron arrive to hold a joint press conference in Jerusalem, Oct. 24, 2023.

Analysis

After France's settlement ban, Israel sees no warming of ties with Macron government

Israeli diplomats say France’s decision to ban imports from West Bank settlements has brought bilateral relations to an unprecedented low point.

Rina Bassist

By Rina Bassist

In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs

Jewish settlement of Kedumim, in the West Bank

Analysis

Europe’s West Bank trade ban fires warning shot at Israel’s economy

Weeks before key Israeli elections, a dozen nations announced new trade restrictions targeting settlements in the West Bank, delivering a sharp rebuke to Israel's government that could presage additional international pressure.

Samuel Wendel

By Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

Chaim Goldberg / AFP via Getty Images

Netanyahu threatens to sue Haaretz for reporting UAE warned Israel of Oct. 7 attack

The Emirati president reportedly warned that a planned attack could cause bloodshed, destabilize the region and threaten the Abraham Accords.

Palestinians hold up the green Hamas flag during a protest by supporters of both the Fatah and Hamas movements, as they rally in support of the Palestinian people following Friday noon prayers in Hebron, occupied West Bank, Nov. 3, 2023.

Majority of Palestinians lose trust in Hamas and Fatah, new poll finds

A recent poll by a Palestinian survey center found that trust in Palestinian factions has declined, amid stalled efforts to implement the Gaza peace plan and escalating settler violence in the West Bank.

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12 countries including France, UK, Canada end trade with West Bank settlements

West Bank settlements

Katz warns PA against 'Oct. 7-style' attack as West Bank violence rises

Israeli soldiers take positions during a military operation in the town of Qalqiya, in the occupied West Bank, Dec. 4, 2025.

Analysis

LORA missile test reveals limits of Germany’s Gaza criticism of Israel

A woman walks past a model of a Lora missile, Israel's long range artillery missile at the Israel defence stall at the international DefExpo 2008 defence fair, in New Delhi on February 16, 2008. India kicked off South Asia's largest defence fair, with hundreds of global weapons firms offering their latest hardware to the country's technology-hungry military. About 450 weapons companies from 30 countries are present at the four-day "DefExpo" in New Delhi, with several big-ticket announcements expected. AFP P

Rina Bassist

By Rina Bassist

In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs

Analysis

As Israeli settler attacks mount, Trump avoids public pressure on Netanyahu

Israeli soldiers arrive in the village of Qusra, south of Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, which has faced escalating Israeli settler violence over the past month, on Aug. 29, 2026.

Elizabeth Hagedorn

By Elizabeth Hagedorn

In Washington, DC, reporting on diplomacy, regional politics, human rights

Beatrice Farhat

Associate Editor (Lebanon)

In Beirut, reporting on regional news, culture, conflict

Daoud Kuttab

Palestine Columnist

In Amman, reporting on Palestinian politics

Rasha Abou Jalal

In Gaza City, reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Abeer Ayyoub

In Istanbul, reporting on Palestine

Naima Morelli

In Rome, reporting on Middle East culture

Fatima AbdulKarim

In Ramallah, reporting on the West Bank

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in London September 8, 2013, to discuss the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. REUTERS/Susan Walsh/Pool (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS) - RTX13D5A

Palestinians Frustrated As Israel Stalls Peace Talks

Palestinian leaders have made several complaints to the media about the lack of progress in the peace talks with Israel.

Egyptian soldiers keep guard on the border between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip September 3, 2013. Egyptian security forces have destroyed some 20 houses along the border with Gaza, local residents said on Tuesday, in what the Palestinian enclave's Islamist Hamas rulers fear is an effort to build a buffer zone to isolate them.
REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) - RTX135NK

Egypt Accuses Islamic Jihad Of Arms Smuggling in Sinai

Egypt's army has for the first time accused the Iranian-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad of armed involvement in the Sinai.

A man signs a "Tamarod" document at Tahrir square in Cairo May 16, 2013. A campaign named "Tamarod", meaning "Rebel", calling for the ouster of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi and for early presidential elections has gathered over two million signatures since its launch nearly two weeks ago in Egypt, organisers said. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTXZP6G

Tamarod's Gaza Campaign Denounced by Fellow Activists

Palestinian activists under the name of Tamarod have distanced themselves from another Tamarod group in Gaza's calls to overthrow the Hamas government.

Oslo Accords Offer Lessons After Twenty-Year 'Interim'

The failures of the Oslo experience should inform the restarted Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.

Palestinians look at Egyptian soldiers on the border between Egypt and southern Gaza Strip September 8, 2013. Egyptian security forces have destroyed at least 20 houses along the border with Gaza, local residents said, in what the Palestinian enclave's Islamist Hamas rulers fear is an effort to build a buffer zone to isolate them. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY) - RTX13CMQ

Sinai Tribal Leader Rejects Gaza Buffer Zone

The head of the Sinai Tribes Union has thrown his support behind Gaza as Egypt's army tightens its blockade on the Hamas-ruled territory.

FILE PHOTO 21NOV97 - FOR RELEASE WITH BC-ISRAEL-ANNIVERSARY-CHRONOLOGY - Prime Minister Golda Meir (R) accompanied by her Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, meets with Israeli soldiers at a base on the Golan Heights after intense fighting during the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Israel was simultaneously attacked by Syria and Egypt on Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement when all of Israel comes to a standstill, and was only able to defeat both countries when the United States provided an emergency major resupply of e

Oslo Accords a Mixed Memory For Israel

On the 20th anniversary of Oslo, there are no celebrations.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (L) speaks to the media after his meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah at the Royal Palace in Amman August 28, 2013. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN - Tags: POLITICS ROYALS) - RTX12Z0D

Abu Mazen Remains Palestine's Teflon Leader

Despite all the criticism leveled at Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, he still polls the highest among Palestinian leaders.

President Clinton brings Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (L) and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat together for an historic handshake after the signing of the Israeli-PLO peace accord at the White House Sept. 13 - RTXEYZ7

Former Premier of Norway Reflects On Oslo Accords 20 Years Later

The latest round of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks could benefit from the compromise, pragmatism and determination that led to Oslo in 1993.

Blogging in Gaza a Casualty of Arab Spring

Gaza's established bloggers lament the decline in traditional blogging as Twitter and Facebook take bigger shares of readership.

A radio broadcaster sits in the sound booth at NISAA FM radio station in the West Bank city of Ramallah July 9, 2012. Looking to spread the good word, NISAA FM radio station took to the airwaves in 2010, set up by and for women. It highlights local success stories about anything from female-led investment groups to refugee camp microfinance projects. Picture taken July 9, 2012. To match story PALESTINIAN-BUSINESS/WOMEN REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman (WEST BANK - Tags: BUSINESS MEDIA) - RTR34TV0

Palestinians Launch Six New Radio Stations

Online community radio continues to thrive in the Palestinian territories.

Palestinians women participate in a demonstration against the growing chaos in the Palestinian territories outside Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' headquarters in Gaza City December 20, 2005. Abbas has vowed to end armed chaos in Gaza and the West Bank. A Palestinian human rights group said that over 200 Palestinians have been killed in feuds and internal violence in 2005 in growing lawlessness. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem - RTR1BCF3

Domestic Violence Against Palestinian Women on Rise in Gaza

Half of Gaza's married women are subjected to some form of domestic violence, but authorities do not want to hear about it.

Palestinian women cross at an Israeli checkpoint in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, during the holy month of Ramadan July 26, 2013. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION SOCIETY) - RTX11ZWA

Israel's Checkpoint Princesses

The Israeli women of Machsom Watch mediate between Palestinians traveling through checkpoints and the Israeli soldiers who operate them.