Current sectionIsrael NewsThe reported deal makes all reconstruction wait on total disarmament, letting Netanyahu tell his base he never left GazaShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribePalestinians gather along on the beach front in Gaza City last week. Credit: Eyad Baba / AFP10:19 PM • August 20 2026 IDTWhen Jared Kushner and the Board of Peace delegation, led by Nickolay Mladenov, met Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem this week, reporting on the outcomes was vague – but provides the clearest reading yet on the future of Gaza. If you're Palestinian, it looks disastrous. But if you're Netanyahu, it looks marvelous.In the NewsThe U.S. Peace Plan Is Grave for Gaza and Great for NetanyahuHigh Court Unanimously Strikes Down Netanyahu Gov't Army Radio ClosureBanner for Peace, Palestinian State Hung in Tel Aviv Mall Swiftly Taken DownAustralia, Don't Be Surprised. Israel Does This to Palestinians All the TimeU.K., Germany, France Urge Israel to Scrap E1 Settlement Plans in West BankRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIShe's the Superstar of the Israeli Left, and She Wants PowerIDF Marks Detained Palestinians With Numbers as Northern West Bank Raids ExpandIsrael Police Say Missing Israeli Mother and Daughter Found in ArgentinaReality Check: As the Election Nears, Haaretz Debunks Israeli Politicians' Biggest LiesThe American Jewish Establishment Is Defending an Israel That No Longer ExistsSo Will It Be a Problem if Miriam Adelson Flies to Israel to Vote?