Aug 25 U.S. cuts aid to Palestinians by more than $200 million By Matthew Lee, Associated Press The Trump administration has decided to cut more than $200 million in bilateral aid to the Palestinians, following a review of the funding for projects in the West Bank and Gaza, the State Department said Friday. Continue reading
Aug 09 Watch 4:47 Israel and Hamas seem to pull back from the brink of war after violence flares Israel and militant group Hamas have agreed to a tentative truce to calm tensions that have risen dramatically in recent days and the last 24 hours. Militants have fired rockets and mortars toward Israeli towns, while Israeli jets pounded targets… Continue watching
Aug 09 Israel launches scores of airstrikes as Gaza fire persists By Ilan Ben Zion, Associated Press JERUSALEM — Israeli warplanes struck dozens of targets in the Gaza Strip and three people were reported killed there, while Palestinian militants from the territory fired scores of rockets into Israel in a fierce burst of violence overnight and into… Continue reading
Aug 05 Watch 25:05 August 5, 2018 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, Aug 5, 40 years since the Love Canal environmental crisis, residents say that chemicals there continue to make them sick. Also, hundreds of toxic sites await cleanup under the Superfund program. Megan Thompson anchors from… Continue watching
Aug 04 Feeling sidelined, Israel's Druze protest Jewish nation bill By Ilan Ben Zion, Associated Press Tens of thousands of members of Israel's Druze minority and their Jewish supporters, some chanting "equality," packed a central Tel Aviv square Saturday night to rally against a contentious new law that critics say sidelines Israel's non-Jewish citizens. Continue reading
Jul 22 Thousands strike and march in Israel in support of surrogacy rights for gay fathers By Molly Enking Members of the LGBTQ community and supporters went on strike across Israel today in protest of an amendment that excludes single fathers and gay male couples from parenting via surrogacy. Continue reading
Jul 22 Israel evacuates Syrian volunteers stranded in frontier area By Aron Heller, Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press The evacuation was the first such Israeli intervention in Syria's lengthy civil war, now in its eighth year. Continue reading
Jul 21 Hamas accepts cease-fire after massive Israeli Gaza strikes By Aron Heller, Associated Press Gaza's militant Hamas rulers said Saturday they had accepted a cease-fire ending a massive Israeli onslaught on militant positions after a soldier was shot dead. Continue reading
Jul 19 Watch 4:40 'This is our country. This is our language': Controversial law deems Israel homeland of the Jewish people A controversial new law enacted overnight by Israel's parliament has again stirred deep emotions about the identity of the nation. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the new law for enshrining the basic principle of Israel's existence -- that it is… Continue watching
Jul 15 Cease-fire holds after day of intense Israel-Hamas fighting By Aron Heller, Associated Press On Saturday, the Israeli military carried out its largest wave of airstrikes in Gaza since the 2014 war, hitting several Hamas military compounds and flattening a number of its training camps. Continue reading