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Palestine
last night on late night
May 17, 2021
John Oliver Has No Problem Accusing Israel of ‘War Crimes’ “There is a massive imbalance when it comes to the two sides’ weaponry and capabilities.”
By Devon Ivie
foreign interests
Sept. 16, 2020
Trump’s ‘Peace’ Deal Doesn’t Make Mideast Conflict Any Less Likely The Abraham Accords serve Trump and Netanyahu’s political interests, but abandoning Palestinians and amplifying pressure on Iran are both risky steps.
By Jonah Shepp
foreign interests
Aug. 13, 2020
UAE Strikes Peace Deal With Israel, Sells Out Palestinians In exchange for a promise that Israel won’t immediately illegally annex the Jordan Valley, Abu Dhabi normalized relations with the Jewish state.
By Eric Levitz
middle east
Jan. 29, 2020
Kushner Can Solve Israel-Palestine Conflict Because He’s ‘Read 25 Books on It’ That’s a lot of reading for the Trump administration, though not quite enough for his 80-page plan to make it past peer review.
By Matt Stieb
middle east
Jan. 29, 2020
Kushner: Palestine May ‘Screw Up’ Peace Plan Like Every Deal ‘They’ve Ever Had’ “They’re going to screw up another opportunity like they’ve screwed up every other opportunity that they’ve ever had in their existence.”
By Matt Stieb
Trump’s Middle East Plan Is About Exerting Power, Not Achieving Peace The conflict is now shaped by the worldview of Trump and his allies — and a two-state solution may be off the table for good.
By Heather Hurlburt
eurovision 2019
May 18, 2019
The Netherlands Win Eurovision 2019, While Madonna Generates Controversy Madonna’s performance angered both sides of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
By Bethy Squires
Democrats’ Split Over Ilhan Omar’s Israel Comments: What You Need to Know After much debate, Democrats will vote Thursday on a resolution to condemn hate in all forms.
By Adam K. Raymond
Ilhan Omar Has a Less Bigoted Position on Israel Than Almost All Other Democrats Making tone-deaf remarks about dual allegiances is bad. Supporting de facto apartheid rule in the West Bank is much, much worse.
By Eric Levitz
foreign interests
Nov. 15, 2018
Netanyahu Is No Longer Hawkish Enough for His Own Government After agreeing to a cease-fire in Gaza, the prime minister is cast as a capitulating peacenik by his allies. Still, he’ll probably be reelected.
By Jonah Shepp
Lana Del Rey Postpones Israel and Palestine Performances “It’s important to me to perform in both Palestine and Israel and treat all my fans equally.”
By Dee Lockett
Trump Administration to Cut Off Aid to Palestinian Refugee Program Jared Kushner wants to create peace between Israel and the Palestinians by forcing one side to submit.
By Benjamin Hart
Israel and Palestine Just Slid Further Away From the Possibility of Peace Trump’s embassy move is an illustration of how far gone the situation in Israel and Palestine is.
By Heather Hurlburt
Natalie Portman and the Crisis of Liberal Zionism Israel is choosing Zionism over democracy. Now, American Jews must decide if they’re willing to support that choice.
By Eric Levitz
Mike Pence’s Middle East Trip Has Degenerated Into a Glorified Photo Op Pence said he was going to the Middle East to promote peace and help persecuted Christians. Now he’s just taking pictures.
By Ed Kilgore
canceled shows
Dec. 24, 2017
Lorde Cancels Tel Aviv Show: ‘I Didn’t Make the Right Call on This One’ The singer was encouraged to take part in an artistic boycott of the country after announcing her concert last week.
By Halle Kiefer
ISIS Threatens Attacks on U.S. Soil After Trump’s Jerusalem Decision “We will do more ops in your land,” the terror group said on social media Thursday.
By Adam K. Raymond
Israel Strikes Gaza in Response to Rocket Fire Trump bucked precedent — and the entire international community — by naming Jerusalem the capital of Israel. Riots and rockets ensued.
By Eric Levitz
Trump Arrives in Israel, Seeking the ‘Ultimate Deal’ “We just got back from the Middle East,” Trump informed the Israelis.
By Eric Levitz
Bernie Sanders’s Surprising Platform Priority The senator’s push for greater deference to Palestinian interests reflects his party’s growing generational divide over the Jewish State.
By Eric Levitz
Herzog: We Must Not Be Seen As ‘Arab Lovers’ The comment from Israel’s opposition leader illustrates the profound obstacles to peace in the region.
By Eric Levitz
united nations
Sept. 30, 2015
Abbas Issues Warning to Israel in U.N. Speech “We cannot continue to be bound by these signed agreements with Israel and Israel must assume fully all its responsibility as an occupying power.”
By Jaime Fuller
united nations
June 22, 2015
U.N. Accuses Israel and Palestinian Militants of Possible War Crimes in Gaza “The extent of the devastation and human suffering in Gaza was unprecedented and will impact generations to come.”
By Jaime Fuller
middle east
Mar. 12, 2015
Why the West Bank Security Agreement Could Collapse, and Why It Matters “It’s just a further escalation, which increases the possibility for real confrontation.”
By Jesse Singal
war in the middle east
Oct. 24, 2014
Palestinian-American Teenager Killed by IDF in West Bank He was the second U.S. citizen casualty in the region this week.
By Katie Zavadski
hummus wars
Sept. 28, 2014
By Joe Coscarelli
war in the middle east
Sept. 26, 2014
Palestinian Leader Accuses Israel of Genocide Remember, this is the one Israel doesn’t totally hate.
By Katie Zavadski
international intrigue
Sept. 24, 2014
By Katie Zavadski
war in the middle east
Aug. 8, 2014
By Joe Coscarelli
war in the middle east
Aug. 4, 2014
By Joe Coscarelli
war in the middle east
July 31, 2014
By Joe Coscarelli
war in the middle east
July 31, 2014
U.N. to Israel: ‘Nothing Is More Shameful Than Attacking Sleeping Children’ Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said “all available evidence points to Israeli artillery as the cause” of Wednesday’s attack on a shelter.
By Joe Coscarelli
war in the middle east
July 30, 2014
By Joe Coscarelli
war in the middle east
July 30, 2014
Israel Kills at Least 20 in Early Morning Attack on U.N. School Shelter “Where am I supposed to go?” says one of the 200,000 displaced Palestinians.
By Joe Coscarelli
the national interest
July 29, 2014
By Jonathan Chait
war in the middle east
July 24, 2014
By Joe Coscarelli
kerry kronicles
July 23, 2014
By Katie Zavadski
war in the middle east
July 22, 2014
By Joe Coscarelli
NBC Reporter Ayman Mohyeldin Is Back in Gaza “Proud of NBC’s continued commitment to cover the #Palestinian side of the story,” he tweeted.
By Joe Coscarelli
war in the middle east
July 20, 2014
By Caroline Bankoff
war in the middle east
July 18, 2014
Dozens Already Dead in Gaza: A Rough Timeline At least 27 Palestinians and one Israeli soldier have been killed.
By Joe Coscarelli
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