May 13 Israel prepares for opening of U.S. embassy in Jerusalem By Associated Press As Israel marks Jerusalem Day, it is also preparing for the opening and protests of the new location of the U.S. embassy there. Continue reading
May 12 Watch 24:58 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode May 12, 2018 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, May 12, Iraq holds its first national elections since the defeat of the Islamic State, and a unique prison program allows incarcerated mothers to raise newborns while in prison. Also, what’s behind Spotify’s new “hateful… Continue watching
May 12 Israel bombs Gaza tunnel, closes key crossing after attack By Fares Akram and Aron Heller, Associated Press A lengthy closing of the crossing would deliver further devastation to Gaza's already dire humanitarian crisis. Continue reading
May 11 Watch 2:46 News Wrap: Gaza clashes erupt in violence In the news wrap Friday, health officials said one Palestinian was killed in Gaza border clashes and more than 140 were wounded. Thousands of Palestinians protested, some hurling stones and ripping barbed wire from fences. Also, Israel and Iran traded… Continue watching
May 11 What moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem means for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks By Larisa Epatko The U.S. Embassy opens its doors for the first time in Jerusalem on Monday, nearly six months after President Donald Trump's controversial decision to move it. We asked experts what comes next. Continue reading
May 10 Watch 4:15 Israel answers Iranian rockets with airstrikes, raising escalation fears By Jane Ferguson Long-simmering hostility flared to life overnight as Israel blasted Iranian fighters in Syria with their largest air strikes since the 1973 war. The Israeli military said the overnight operation was a response to rockets that they claim Iranian forces fired… Continue watching
May 10 Watch 7:44 Will rising tensions lead Israel and Iran into war? Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Iran crossed a “red line” in Syria after bombing Iranian military infrastructure in that country. Is the Middle East on the verge of a wider war? John Yang gets reaction from Mark Perry of… Continue watching
May 10 Israel hits dozens of Iranian targets in Syria after barrage By Josef Federman, Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press The Israeli military said it attacked nearly all of Iran's military installations in neighboring Syria in response to an Iranian rocket barrage in the occupied Golan Heights, in the most serious military confrontation between the two bitter enemies to date. Continue reading
May 08 Watch 9:20 Ehud Barak: Iran nuclear deal is bad, but Trump’s withdrawal not ‘optimal’ By William Brangham Ehud Barak, former prime minister of Israel, says the fact that the U.S. pulled out doesn’t cancel the Iran nuclear deal, and that it would have been better for President Trump to work with allies to pressure Iran on various… Continue watching
May 07 Watch 5:17 Report: Israeli private security firm tried to discredit Obama officials tied to Iran nuclear deal Nearly three years since the Iran deal was sealed, The Guardian reports that top Obama White House national security officials Ben Rhodes and Colin Kahl were the targets of elaborate efforts to delegitimize the agreement. An Israeli private intelligence firm… Continue watching