Jerusalem Media & Communications Centre

04/11/2025

The second phase of U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to end Israel’s war in Gaza is not moving forward, and most probably will not. Read more from this editorial by Ghassan Khatib
http://www.jmcc.org/en/Article/466/Trump%E2%80%99s-Gaza-Ceasefire-Plan-What%E2%80%99s-Next

14/10/2025

Here are some highlights from our most recent poll

07/10/2025

The latest JMCC poll, conducted in cooperation with the Friedrich Ebert-Stiftung between September 4–8, 2025, marking two years since the events of October 7, shows a decline in public optimism about the war in Gaza and a drop in Hamas’ popularity.
https://www.jmcc.org/en/File/2613cy155964Y2613c/Poll-NO104-Marking-two-years-since-the-events-of-October-7-2023

14/09/2025

"Israeli ministers are not hiding their intentions. Orit Strock, Minister of Settlements and a settler herself, called this period a “miracle” for settlement expansion. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said the goal is to remove the “threat” of a Palestinian state by extending Israeli sovereignty over all of “Judea and Samaria,” the Israeli name for the West Bank. The language is no longer about negotiation; it is about permanent control."

—an editorial by Dr. Ghassan Khatib

Since October 7, 2023, international attention has understandably centered on Israel’s devastating war on Gaza.