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West Bank

April 1, 2026

Global

Trump’s Gaza Plans Are Profoundly Unserious

Hussein Ibish

February 10, 2026

A beach is covered with crude tents for people to live in.

Global

Yitzhak Rabin Knew What Netanyahu Doesn’t

Dennis Ross

November 4, 2025

Black and white photograph of Yitzhak Rabin holding a cigarette

Global

Why J. D. Vance Just Called an Israeli Parliament Vote ‘Stupid’ and an ‘Insult’

Yair Rosenberg

October 24, 2025

J.D. Vance sits in front of an American flag with small American and Israeli flags in front of him.

Ideas

One Era Ends in Gaza, and Another Begins

Graeme Wood

October 13, 2025

Family

The Cruel Calculus of Palestinian Grief

Reem Kassis

October 11, 2025

A collage showing, from left to right, old photographs of a husband and wife, of a young woman with dark hair, and of a child in a kitchen with an old woman.

Global

Hamas’s Worst Option, Except for All the Others

Hussein Ibish

October 1, 2025

A street scene in Gaza shows billowing black smoke, a UN banner and people walking amid tents.

Global

The Real Reason to Recognize Palestine

Yair Rosenberg

September 30, 2025

Global

Will Israel Destroy Trump’s Greatest Foreign-Policy Achievement?

Yair Rosenberg

September 11, 2025

Two black-and-white photographs next to each other—on the left, destruction in the West Bank, and on the right, an official holding up the signed Abraham Accords

Ideas

The West Bank Is Sliding Toward a Crisis

Jon Finer

August 22, 2025

a color photograph of pallbearers carrying the body of Odeh Muhammad al-Hathalin

Global

Western Nations Are Taking a Key Step Toward a Two-State Solution

Hussein Ibish

August 20, 2025

A demonstrator surrounded by smoke holds a Palestinian flag

Ideas

Israel and Gaza, Held Hostage by Fundamentalism

Bono

August 11, 2025

Global

The Two Extremists Driving Israel’s Policy

Gershom Gorenberg

May 30, 2025

A photo-illustration showing Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir

Culture

When Young People Stop Imagining a Future

Hannah Giorgis

April 11, 2025

Muhammad Abed Elrahman (left) and Saleh Bakri in “The Teacher”

Global

The Case for Palestinian Pragmatism

Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

March 15, 2025

A photo collage stitching together two photos, one of a person waving a Palestinian flag and the other of a person waving an Israeli flag

Culture

There’s Nothing Else Like Netflix’s Mo

Hannah Giorgis

March 12, 2025

Yusra and Mo lay down on the floor together, their heads on two pillows.

Culture

The Unlikely Friendship Behind an Oscar Favorite

Gal Beckerman

February 28, 2025

Global

What Trump Is Really After in the Middle East

Hussein Ibish

February 27, 2025

A Palestinian village neighbors an Israeli settlement in the West Bank.

Global

A Gaza Deal Closed, but No Closure

Gershom Gorenberg

January 16, 2025

Global

The Cost of Lawlessness on the West Bank

Gershom Gorenberg

December 19, 2024

A man faces three armed Israeli soldiers on a road.

Global

The Real Reason Trump Picked Mike Huckabee as Ambassador to Israel

Yair Rosenberg

November 14, 2024

Ideas

My Hope for Palestine

Samer Sinijlawi

December 2024 Issue

Israeli and Palestinian flags on flagpoles that bend and cross over each other to form the shape of a house with a roof

Politics

Muslim American Support for Trump Is an Act of Self-Sabotage

Hussein Ibish

October 30, 2024

A black-and-white photo of a woman wearing an "Arab Americans for Trump" shirt

Global

What Settler Violence Is Doing to Israel

Assaf Gavron

September 7, 2024

A Palestinian man checks the destruction following an Israeli raid on Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, on August 6, 2024.

Global

Israel’s Disaster Foretold

Gershom Gorenberg

August 6, 2024

Picture of the wall surrounding a West Bank settlement

Global

Finding Justice in Palestine

Ziad Asali

April 17, 2024

A pigeon on the roof of a home in the West Bank

Ideas

Pressuring Israel Works

Graeme Wood

January 11, 2024

An Israeli protection fence in Al-Ram, near Ramallah

Ideas

Annexation, Apartheid, and Me

Hirsh Goodman

July 3, 2020

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Smirking Past the Gallows

Trump’s Gaza Plans Are Profoundly Unserious

Yitzhak Rabin Knew What Netanyahu Doesn’t

Why J. D. Vance Just Called an Israeli Parliament Vote ‘Stupid’ and an ‘Insult’

One Era Ends in Gaza, and Another Begins

The Cruel Calculus of Palestinian Grief

Hamas’s Worst Option, Except for All the Others

The Real Reason to Recognize Palestine

Will Israel Destroy Trump’s Greatest Foreign-Policy Achievement?

The West Bank Is Sliding Toward a Crisis

Western Nations Are Taking a Key Step Toward a Two-State Solution

Israel and Gaza, Held Hostage by Fundamentalism

The Two Extremists Driving Israel’s Policy

When Young People Stop Imagining a Future

The Case for Palestinian Pragmatism

There’s Nothing Else Like Netflix’s Mo

The Unlikely Friendship Behind an Oscar Favorite

What Trump Is Really After in the Middle East

A Gaza Deal Closed, but No Closure

The Cost of Lawlessness on the West Bank

The Real Reason Trump Picked Mike Huckabee as Ambassador to Israel

My Hope for Palestine

Muslim American Support for Trump Is an Act of Self-Sabotage

What Settler Violence Is Doing to Israel

Israel’s Disaster Foretold

Finding Justice in Palestine

Pressuring Israel Works

Annexation, Apartheid, and Me