Jordan’s king backs Palestinian leader

Published on November 21, 2011

King Abdullah of Jordan made a rare trip to the West Bank on Monday to display support for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who is seeking to make peace with his Islamist rivals Hamas, and push for a resumption of peace talks with Israel.

Saying “Amen” to Life

By Rabbi Debra Orenstein
Published on February 15, 2007

Some things -- in fact, some of the most important things in life -- cannot be fully understood before they are assented to. While you can select a partner wisely, you can never know what marriage will be like before you say, "I do."

A meaningful peace plan

By Judea Pearl
Published on February 8, 2007

We are constantly being told that the ball of peace lies entirely in Israel's court, because Palestinians have no control over their destiny and Israel's economy is so much stronger. It ain't necessarily so.

A Palestinian Verdict: Terror Worked

By Khaled Abu Toameh
Published on August 25, 2005

The question on the Palestinian street now is who will successfully claim credit for expelling Israel from Gaza and northern Samaria - Hamas, an organization that carries out terrorist attacks, or Fatah, the official Palestinian ruling party?

Whatever the answer turns out to be, one thing is certain. Both factions are presenting Israel's withdrawal of settlers and troops from Gaza and the northern West Bank as a Palestinian military victory.

Grim Faces, Tense Words at Summit

By Ron Kampeas
Published on April 14, 2005

The meeting Monday between Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and President Bush at Bush's vast Texas ranch was to have affirmed the special U.S.-Israel relationship and paved the way forward in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process -- a triumphant summit between two friends, farmers and statesmen.

Accord Was to Ensure Jewish Majority

By Yossi Beilin
Published on September 11, 2003

The Oslo agreement was the first agreement ever signed between the Israeli government and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), intended to put an end to the national struggle that is the heart of the larger Arab-Israeli conflict.

The Olso agreement was the natural continuation of the framework agreements signed at the 1978 Camp David summit between Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, which also provided the basis for the 1991 Madrid Conference.

Your Letters

Published on May 15, 2003

Just read your review of Queen Noor's book ("Regally Blonde," May 9). That really needed to be said.

Can the Road Map Be a Path to Peace?

By M.J. Rosenberg
Published on April 17, 2003

Question: How is the Middle East road map, which President Bush will submit to Israelis and Palestinians next month, be helpful to the United States and Israel?

Community Briefs

By Journal Staff
Published on April 25, 2002

Community Briefs

Muslim-Jewish Discord Debated

By Tom Tugend
Published on May 31, 2001

Two of the keenest American academic minds on the politics of the Middle East -- one Jewish, the other Arab -- debated the present and future of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Monday evening, and reached agreement on at least three points.