I have watched over a lifetime as my father, first expelled from Palestine in 1948, nurtured a dream of returning to the West Bank and building his home there. But the occupation turned that dream into a nightmare
Palestinians with knives don’t scare attorney Lea Tsemel. A new documentary deconstructs the controversial character who will defend anyone who opposes the occupation – even if they resort to the most violent means
A source involved in organizing the conference told Haaretz Qatar will participate in the conference. This comes just days after Palestinians announce they would boycott it
Aisha al-Loulou needed surgery to remove a brain tumor, and chemotherapy, in East Jerusalem. Israel wouldn't allow her parents to go with her
Our message to those attending the Manama meeting: Don't join the Trump administration's efforts to undermine our rights - we will never accept economic bribes instead of freedom
Is Israel’s democracy in danger? It depends who you ask: one of the three major world indexes gives Israel its worst rating ever, another its second-best rating ever. But all agree that civil liberties are under threat
Ashraf Jabari forged close ties with U.S. diplomats but is viewed with deep suspicion by his fellow Palestinians, raising questions about U.S. attempts to cultivate him and other businessmen as alternatives to the PA
Jared Kushner and Co. deserve some credit for brushing away some of the doublespeak and diplomatic myths that have characterized the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in recent years
By agreeing to host next month’s economic forum, Bahrain gave a boost to Jared Kushner’s peace efforts. Now the main question is: Will the Gulf states actually pull out their checkbooks?
When the U.S. ambassador states 'Israel is on the side of God,' he's voicing in off-base terms the Trump administration's one-sided support for Israel. But an excessively pro-Israel 'ultimate deal' could tip Israeli-Palestinian relations into apocalyptic territory
Two months after soldiers opened fire for no apparent reason at civilians near Bethlehem, killing a 23-year-old, the man wounded in the shooting has a long road to recovery ahead. Don’t even ask about compensation
Haaretz visits the Gaza Strip border area for a tour that, despite obvious difficulties, genuinely tries to present the perspectives of both Israelis and Palestinians
Labour head Jeremy Corbyn offered his support to the demonstrators in a statement: 'We cannot stand by or stay silent at the continuing denial of rights and justice to the Palestinian people'
Against all odds and despite living in a patriarchal society, 14 Palestinian women seized the initiative and fomented a mini-revolution that has brought their village, outside Bethlehem, into the 21st century
Independence Day flags and mourning in Ashkelon and Ashdod, sick Gazans who can’t get home: A tour of the sites of destruction along the Gaza border
A Palestinian whose teenage brother was shot at a checkpoint, after allegedly trying to stab a policeman, was asked to pay $1,360 in order to see him at an Israeli hospital
Israel admits it: The military is in the West Bank to protect settlements. The notion that we want peace is old fake news
A new exhibition features religiously observant Jewish and Palestinian women artists, who are struggling for legitimacy in both societies
The Palestinian Authority is hanging on the brink, and the West Bank could explode into violence
Osama Hajajeh, a Palestinian shepherd boy, is in the hospital with serious gunshot wounds to both his legs. Photos of him being shot while trying to flee Israeli commandos, bound and blindfolded, illustrate just how low the IDF has come. 'He's not a hero. He just wanted to live,' his father says
Two settlers shot and killed a Palestinian who threw stones at cars, and then the army deleted video-taped evidence, according to an investigation by B'Tselem
Israel's youngest voters were four times more likely to go for Netanyahu. But there's hope – in the most unexpected place
Trump helped Netanyahu get re-elected. Now it’s Netanyahu’s turn to help Trump's 2020 re-election campaign - by playing along with the Kushner 'peace plan' and by ramping up tension with Iran
Trump's son-in-law tells group of ambassadors Wednesday that U.S. plan will only be revealed after month of Ramadan ends
Fresh off the president's help securing re-election, Trump and Netanyahu appear more closely aligned than ever. But both that alliance, and relations with their Arab allies, is about to face a series of severe reality tests
America's no longer pretending to be an honest broker. The Arab world's no longer pretending to care about the Palestinians. That leaves France's Macron holding the whole future of the Middle East peace process in his hands
For non-Orthodox U.S. Jews, Netanyahu's victory is unfortunate, even tragic. He's shown us only contempt, and his commitment to endless occupation destroys our efforts to sustain broad U.S. support for the Jewish state
‘I’m not going to lie, the attendance at their events is significantly larger than for ours,’ says Students Supporting Israel president Ofir Dayan about the rival Students for Justice in Palestine
Annexation would be disastrous for the Palestinians. It would also be enormously damaging for Israel. Netanyahu knows that – but he also knows his base has moved rightwards, and that Trump will back him anyway