Middle East News Roundup: Bahrain, Morocco, Syria
It's been another tumultuous week in the Middle East. Another Day of Rage is planned today in Syria, and European governments are meeting to discuss possible sanctions. Meanwhile, human rights...
View ArticleUS and Israel Standoff Over 1967 Borders Continues
Relations between the White House and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remain strained, after a confluence of U.S. policy statements and Israeli response has left the two countries' leaderships...
View ArticleUS Discourages Palestinians' UN Statehood Campaign
On Wednesday, President Obama made clear his opposition to the Palestinian National Authority's bid for statehood through the United Nations Security Council. "Ultimately it is the Israelis and the...
View ArticleTop of the Hour: Israel and Palestinians Trade Prisoners, Morning Headlines
Israeli Sgt. Gilad Shalit was released by Hamas today in exchange for 477 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. Ethan Bronner, Jerusalem bureau chief for The New York Times, reports on the latest.
View ArticleEthan Bronner Reflects on the Changing Middle East
Ethan Bronner is a correspondent for our partner The New York Times. Last February, he announced that he would transition from his role as the paper's Jerusalem Bureau Chief to become a national legal...
View ArticleEgypt Steps Up in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
In the Gaza Strip, clashes between Israel and Palestinian militants continue unabated, despite Israel’s initial embrace of an Egyptian cease-fire proposal, a deal that Hamas rejected.Until yesterday,...
View Article40,000 Palestinians Now Displaced in Gaza
Tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza are seeking shelter since the Israeli ground invasion began on Thursday. But a larger number of Gazans are effectively trapped, unable to seek refuge across...
View ArticleThe Elusive Dream of Peace in Gaza
Already into a deadly week in Gaza and Israel, pressure is mounting in Jerusalem for the negotiation of a cease-fire in the war with Palestinians.“We have certainly made some steps forward but there's...
View ArticleGaza: A Day of Rage & The Search for a Cease-Fire
Eighteen days into this latest conflict, and the number of dead Palestinians now tops 800 and dozens of Israeli's have died. In Gaza and on the West Bank, the authorities are expecting huge protests on...
View ArticleThe Two State Illusion: A New Rift Between The U.S. & Israel
In 2009, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outlined out his vision for a lasting peace between his country and the Palestinians at a news conference with President Obama."Israel remains fully...
View ArticlePalestinian Statehood
Yousef Munayyer, Executive Director of the Jerusalem Fund and the Palestine Center, talks about the latest plans for the Palestinians to seek recognition as a state at the U.N.
View ArticleClinton Presses On With Israel-Hamas Truce Efforts
The U.S. secretary of state continued Wednesday with efforts to wring an elusive truce deal from Israel and Gaza's militant Hamas rulers, after earlier attempts to end more than a week of fighting...
View ArticleMiddle East Peace Talks
Events in Egypt have overshadowed the first-in-five-years peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians, brokered by Secretary of State Kerry. David Sanger, New York Timeschief Washington correspondent...
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