Oct 01 Netanyahu, Obama are old allies navigating new challenges By Morgan Till President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu briefly met today, renewing their famously frosty, and occasionally tendentious relationship after a seven-month hiatus. The leaders spoke to reporters and listed a raft of pressing issues for discussion: Iran's nuclear… Continue reading
Oct 01 Watch Why the Mideast peace process is at a standstill By PBS News Hour President Obama met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss Israel’s failed peace process, restrictions on Iran’s nuclear program and the Islamic State. Hari Sreenivasan sits down with chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner to find out what was… Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch News Wrap: Kabul suicide attack darkens Afghan presidential inauguration By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 16 Israeli military says mortar from Gaza hit Israel By News Desk BREAKING: Israeli military says mortar fired from Gaza hits southern Israel, first time since war's end.— The Associated Press (@AP) September 16, 2014 According to the Associated Press, the Israeli military says mortar fired from Gaza exploded… Continue reading
Sep 14 Merkel: Germans must take stand against anti-Semitism By Rialda Zukic German Chancellor Angela Merkel took to the Berlin streets Sunday to promote peace and tolerance in the country. Continue reading
Aug 29 'We are all humans' -- young Israelis and Palestinians speak out By Corinne Segal Israel and Hamas announced an open-ended cease-fire this week, bringing a halt to the conflict in Gaza that has rocked the area and killed more than 2,000 people since the end of June. We spoke with Israeli and Palestinian students… Continue reading
Aug 28 Watch News Wrap: Islamic State executes captured Syrian fighters By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, Islamic State militants reportedly executed more that 150 Syrian soldiers taken during recent fighting. Meanwhile, President Obama tamped down expectations for military action in Syria, saying the U.S. priority is to fight Islamic State in… Continue watching
Aug 27 Watch News Wrap: UN investigators accuse Syrian government of additional poison gas attacks By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 26 Watch Why Israel and Hamas are interested in making this cease-fire stick By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 26 Watch Hamas and Israel agree to truce that opens more Gaza border crossings By PBS News Hour Continue watching