Solidarity tent.
As 1,300 prisoners went on strike for improved conditions, a wave of solidarity protests spread across the Palestinian Territories.
Inside Banksy’s Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem.
Ayman Abuzuluf (supplied)
Banksy’s Walled Off Hotel invites us to consider the value of tourism as a political tool.
Amir Cohen/Reuters
Donald Trump is only the most recent in a long line of US presidents who have overestimated their ability to manage the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
In leaving open the option of a single-state solution, Donald Trump recently broke with two decades of international diplomacy.
Reuters/Kevin Lamarque
What would single and two-state solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian question look like?
Benjamin Netanyahu’s objective is to shore up Australia’s support.
Amos Ben Gershom/EPA
Israel has only a handful of friends on the international stage. Australia is one of them.
Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu is making a historic visit to Australia.
Reuters/pool
Rather than boycotting the Israeli leader’s visit, we should instead demand that he put forward some concrete proposals for a meaningful peace process.
EPA/Michael Reynolds
As with so many other areas of policy, Trump vacillates from one pole to another on Israel.
US president Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet in Washington.
Reuters/Carlos Barria
In its valid claims to be regarded as a country that respects the rule of law, Israel is now at risk of demeaning that reputation.
EPA/Abir Sultan
Successive Israeli governments have relied on a false distinction to get away with discriminatory, oppressive policies.
Thwarted: Netanyahu, Obama and Abbas.
EPA/Omar Rashidi
A Middle East in meltdown forced the Obama administration to give up crucial leverage.
A memorial to the Kafr Qasim victims.
Zero0000 via Wikimedia Commons
The 49 Palestinian Israelis murdered by soldiers in 1956 deserve to be officially remembered.
Peace in our time? Arafat, Peres and Rabin collect their shared Nobel Prize.
EPA/Erik Johansen
By turns hawkish and dovish, Peres’ complicated legacy runs far deeper than the Oslo Accords.
Shimon Peres during his visit to Terezin in the Czech Republic in 2011.
Michal Kalasek/Shutterstock
One of Israel’s greatest political figures, Shimon Peres left an indelible mark on the Middle East.
EAP/Yoan Valat
Walls to prevent the movement of people have rarely worked.
Very little of what Barack Obama promised to achieve in foreign affairs has come to pass.
Reuters/Jim Bourg
Barack Obama assumed office in January 2009 amid public euphoria and high expectations of greater racial harmony and reduced gun violence at home and a more stable and peaceful international order.
A protest in Tel Aviv backs the soldier who “executed” an unarmed Palestinian.
EPA/Jim Hollander
Israeli politicians have become obsessed with their country’s global image – and they’re shoring it up by cracking down on the debate at home.
Anti-Semitic graffiti at the University of California.
AMCHA Initiative Video - The University of California: A Hostile Environment
A recent example from the University of California shows that it is possible to clamp down on anti-Semitism without curtailing freedom of speech.
Israel’s land seizure of 154 hectares in the Jordan Valley will displace Palestinian communities.
Reuters/Mohamad Torokman
Settlements are illegal on occupied territory. They undermine the widely acknowledged right of Palestine to statehood. Yet Israel violates international law with near impunity.
US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter leaves Israel with business undone. July 21, 2015.
Carolyn Kaster/REUTERS
Demographic changes have made the idea of a two-state solution obsolete. The Israeli population is becoming more religious and more conservative. That makes the army more difficult to command.
Reuters
Syria and IS may have dominated the news this year, but the Middle East has plenty of other problems on its hands.