Dec 26 Watch 3:20 News Wrap: Israel suspends ties with 12 countries that supported UN condemnation By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, more fallout from Friday’s U.N. Security Council vote condemning Israeli settlement building. Israel confirmed it has suspended working ties with 12 nations that backed the resolution. Also, President-elect Trump tweeted his own criticism of the… Continue watching
Dec 26 Trump's pick for ambassador to Israel sparks debate By Josh Lederman, Associated Press NEW YORK — If President-elect Donald Trump wanted to show he planned to obliterate President Barack Obama's approach to Israel, he might have found his man to deliver that message in David Friedman, his pick for U.S. ambassador. Continue reading
Dec 23 Watch 6:48 Why didn't the U.S. veto the UN's rebuke of Israel? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 23 Watch 12:18 Shields and Brooks on Trump's unprecedented transition By PBS News Hour President-elect Donald Trump made headlines this week for his reference to a possible arms race and his involvement in U.S. foreign policy prior to taking office. Judy Woodruff speaks with syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David… Continue watching
Dec 23 U.S. abstains as UN votes to condemn Israel settlements By Bradley Klapper, Josef Federman and Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press In a striking rupture with past practice, the U.S. allowed the U.N. Security Council to condemn Israeli settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem as a "flagrant violation" of international law. Continue reading
Dec 23 Official: Israel turned to Trump to head off UN resolution By Josef Federman, Associated Press Under heavy Israeli pressure, Egypt called off a planned vote in the Security Council hours before it was to take place. In the diplomatic activity ahead of the postponement, both Netanyahu and Trump issued nearly identical statements urging the U.S. Continue reading
Dec 16 Trump taps Israel envoy, vows moving U.S. embassy to Jerusalem By Julie Pace, Associated Press Donald Trump has announced that he will nominate attorney David Friedman as U.S. ambassador to Israel, who supports Israeli settlements and other changes to U.S. policies in the region. Continue reading
Dec 11 Netanyahu hopes to work with Trump to undo Iran deal By Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump will be a good friend to Israel and hopefully the two countries can work together to dismantle the international nuclear agreement with Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview Sunday. Continue reading
Nov 10 Watch 4:55 News Wrap: Judge rules campaign statements are fair game in Trump University civil suit By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, President-elect Donald Trump still faces legal troubles over his now-defunct Trump University. A federal judge in San Diego refused to issue a blanket ban on using campaign statements as evidence in the civil lawsuit, which… Continue watching
Oct 26 Watch 4:37 News Wrap: Pakistani city shuts down to mourn massacre victims By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, the city of Quetta virtually was closed down as residents mourned the death of 61 victims of Tuesday’s massacre at a police academy. Both an Islamic State affiliate and a Taliban splinter group have claimed… Continue watching