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September 23, 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.

Latest News

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

Israeli soldiers lead arrested Palestinian youths brought into Israel from the Gaza strip, next to Kibbutz Kfar Azza early March 3, 2008. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (ISRAEL) - RTR1XTHP

Israel Arresting Children To Prevent Third Intifada

Israel is arresting and mistreating Palestinian children to prevent a third intifada, Jillian Kestler-D'amours reports.

Moshe Yaalon the Chief of Staff of the Israeli army stands in front of the Warsaw Ghetto monument, May 18, 2005. Yaalon is in Warsaw for one day working visit. The memorial is a 1948 tribute to the heroic struggle of Warsaw's doomed Jews and the resistance fighters who helped the 450,000 persons packed into the Warsaw Ghetto by the Nazis during World War Two. REUTERS/Katarina Stoltz KS/AA - RTRBLDC

Moshe Ya'alon Will Bring Balance To Israeli Defense Ministry

Ben Caspit retraces the career of Moshe “Bogie” Ya’alon, the expected choice for defense minister in the new Israeli government.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) sits next to Vice Prime Minister Moshe Yaalon during a memorial service for the late Israeli Tourism Minister Rehavam Zeevi at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem November 2, 2011. Zeevi was assassinated 10 years ago by Palestinian militants. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY) - RTR2TIPX

New Israeli Defense Minister No Threat to Netanyahu's Policies

Israel's next defense minister, Moshe Ya’alon, is not expected to challenge Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the Iranian threat or the Palestinians issue, writes Mazal Mualem.

A Palestinian boy arranges traditional cookies in a box to be sold in the West Bank city of Nablus, ahead of Eid al-Adha, October 24, 2012. Muslims across the world are preparing to celebrate Eid al-Adha to mark the end of the haj by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusin (WEST BANK - Tags: RELIGION FOOD) - RTR39IVB

Visiting Nablus Since Last Intifada Shows Renewed City

After 10 years, Shlomi Eldar returns to Nablus and discovers it different from the city he remembers from the second intifada.

A Palestinian woman makes a withdrawal at the Housing Bank for Trade & Finance in the West Bank city of Ramallah January 22, 2013. A central bank in the making, the Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) is a rare bright spot as the economy of the Palestinian territories struggles with Israeli sanctions. Enforcing on Palestinian banks a regimen of conservative lending that has kept bad loans minimal and guaranteed liquidity, the PMA's technocratic prowess is the pinnacle of a Palestinian drive to build institut

No Prospects for Palestinian Currency

With Israeli maintaining control of the Palestinian economy and internal divisions stalling reconciliation, a Palestinian currency seems little more than a dream, writes Omar Shaban.

Gaza runner Bahaa al-Farra stretches during a training session as children mimic him while posing for the camera in Shati refugee camp in Gaza City March 25, 2012. The 19-year-old trains for three hours a day in Gaza's Yarmouk soccer stadium, along the dusty streets and on the beach in well worn trainers that were donated to the Palestine Olympic Committee by wealthy Gulf state, Qatar, as he prepares to race at the London Olympics. Picture taken March 25, 2012. REUTERS/ Mohammed Salem (GAZA - Tags: SPORT

Palestinian Athletes Suffer Under Gaza Blockade

After years of Israeli blockade and repeated military offensives, Gaza's athletic facilities as well as the athletes themselves struggle to function, reports Hazem Balousha.

Israeli border guards detain a Palestinian protestors outside Israel's Ofer prison near Ramallah on February 28, 2013 following protests in support of hunger-striking Palestinians in Israeli prisons. Israel's health ministry said the cause of a Palestinian prisoner's death remains unclear following tests on samples from his body, after Palestinian charges he was tortured in detention. AFP PHOTO/ABBAS MOMANI (Photo credit should read ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images)

Palestinians Find Little Justice In Israeli Military Courts

Palestinians in the West Bank are subject to Israeli military courts, which offer them little chance for justice, writes Jillian Kestler-D'Amours.

Hamas politburo deputy chief Moussa Abu Marzouk speaks during an interview with Reuters in Damascus January 5, 2009. REUTERS /Khaled al-Hariri (SYRIA) - RTR2325K

Is Hamas Considering Recognition Of Israel?

As a step toward international recognition, Hamas is seeking to be removed from the US terrorist organizations list, and for that purpose even considers acknowledging Israel in its 1967 borders, reveals Shlomi Eldar.

A Greek Orthodox priest attends Christmas services at the Saint Porfirios church in Gaza City January 7, 2012. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA - Tags: RELIGION) - RTR2VZBO

Gaza's Orthodox Church Celebrates 1,606 Years

One of the oldest churches in the world, the St. Porphyrius Greek Orthodox church in Gaza, recently celebrated its 1,606th year, writes Asmaa al-Ghoul.

An Israeli soldier fires towards the leg of a Palestinian detained during a protest against the controversial Israeli barrier in the West Bank village of Nilin, in this frame grab from a video taken about three weeks ago and released on July 20, 2008, by Israeli rights group B'Tselem. The video footage of the Israeli soldier firing what appears to be a rubber bullet at point-blank range at a bound and blindfolded Palestinian detainee has led to an army investigation. REUTERS/B'Tselem via Reuters TV (WEST

Israeli Center Keeps Focus On Human Rights

Naela Khalil reports on B’Tselem, an Israeli human rights center that documents Israeli violations in the Palestinian territories.

U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, March 5, 2012. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR2YVND

Obama Should Re-Launch Peace Process

Some are expecting US President Barack Obama to relaunch Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, but this should not mean negotiations just for the sake of negotiations that eventually go nowhere, writes Nassif Hitti.

Palestinian hold posters depicting Venezuela's late president Hugo Chavez during a vigil outside the Venezuelan consulate in the West Bank city of Ramallah March 6, 2013. Chavez supported the Palestinian statehood aspirations. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman (WEST BANK - Tags: OBITUARY POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTR3ENOH

Palestinians Mourn Chavez

Following the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Palestinian groups of all affiliations have offered their condolences for a man who championed their cause, writes Hazem Balousha.