Middle East peace talks

Netanyahu used golf metaphor to turn Trump against Palestinians, book says

In new memoir, former Israeli PM describes efforts to turn US president against Palestinian leader Abbas

Martin Pengelly in New York

15, Oct, 2022 @6:01 AM

In the Path of Abraham: selective memoir of Trump’s Israel policy

Jason Greenblatt chronicles his work with Jared Kushner for Middle East peace, leaving out anything bad for his boss

Lloyd Green

04, Jul, 2022 @6:00 AM

The Human Factor review – gripping account of three decades of Middle East peace talks

Insight, analysis, expertise and the whims of powerful men all inform Dror Moreh’s balanced, far-reaching documentary

Wendy Ide

23, May, 2021 @11:00 AM

Friendly Fire review: Israeli warrior Ami Ayalon makes his plea for peace

The former head of Shin Bet came to realize all-out war against terrorists only deepened an existential mire

Charles Kaiser

13, Mar, 2021 @7:00 AM

Trump's flurry of dodgy deals will not bring the Middle East any peace

The outgoing US president has his eyes on a Saudi Arabia-Israel accord – no matter who gets hurt

Simon Tisdall

20, Dec, 2020 @9:15 AM

Yitzhak Rabin: ‘He never knew it was one of his people who shot him in the back’

Twenty-five years after the death of the Israeli prime minister, those who were there recall the night two bullets altered the destiny of two nations

Jonathan Freedland

31, Oct, 2020 @9:00 AM

Trump’s pre-election diplomatic offensive glosses over awkward realities

The ‘Abraham accords’ merely make public once-furtive friendships between Israel and Gulf monarchies, while bigger problems remain

Julian Borger in Washington

16, Sep, 2020 @8:54 AM

The Observer view on the ‘historic’ Middle East breakthrough | Observer editorial

Last week’s agreement to normalise relations between Israel and the UAE does nothing to solve the Palestine impasse

Observer editorial

16, Aug, 2020 @5:15 AM

UNRWA must not be starved of funds | Letter

Letters: Current and former senior politicians and diplomats call on UN member states for urgent financial support for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees

Letters

20, Jul, 2020 @4:44 PM

Ramadan TV dramas signal shift in Arab-Israeli relations

Two popular Middle Eastern series stir surprise with pro-Israel messages backed by Saudi Arabia

Martin Chulov in Beirut and Michael Safi in Amman

28, Apr, 2020 @4:00 AM

Jared Kushner insists Middle East peace plan is ‘a real effort to break logjam’

Kushner hopes Palestinians ‘read’ peace plan as the Palestinian Authority cut ties with the US and Israel after rejecting plan

Guardian staff and agencies

02, Feb, 2020 @7:55 PM

Outspoken Recep Tayyip Erdoğan challenges both Washington and Moscow

Turkey’s president casts himself as the champion of a militant pan-Islamic revival – and is proving a thorn in the side of enemies and allies alike