Mar 24 What a 500-year-old latrine teaches us about human migration and the spread of disease By Shehryar Nabi What was once a chute for both human and material waste in Jerusalem has now proven to be a store of new information about Christian migrants to the city, and the pathogens they brought with them. Continue reading
Nov 18 Watch Is incitement to blame for growing Middle East violence? – Part 2 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 18 U.S. official names Americans killed in Jerusalem synagogue attack By Matthew Lee, Associated Press LONDON -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry angrily condemned Tuesday's deadly attack on a Jerusalem synagogue and demanded that the Palestinian leadership take immediate steps to end incitement to violence as Israeli-Palestinian tensions soared. Continue reading
Nov 05 Watch News Wrap: Two vehicles crash into Jerusalem pedestrians By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, tensions flared in Jerusalem, where there were two different incidents of Palestinian drivers driving into crowds of pedestrians, causing injuries and one death. Also, a drone strike overnight in Yemen killed a senior al-Qaida official. Continue watching
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
Aug 03 Watch Israeli army enters new phase, removes bulk of troops from Gaza By PBS News Hour The majority of Israeli ground troops have left Gaza, with the army sighting major gains in destroying the border tunnel network. But the violence continues, as a UN school in Gaza was attacked by Israel, drawing condemnation from the United… Continue watching
Jul 27 Watch As temporary truce breaks down, Israeli police stop car with explosives near Jerusalem By PBS News Hour Israel resumed its attacks in Gaza on Sunday after Hamas rejected a cease-fire offer. Hamas later offered its own temporary truce. Amid the breakdown of the temporary cease-fire, Israeli police say they stopped a car filled with explosives at a… Continue watching
Jul 27 Watch Gaza ‘bombarded’ as signs of cease-fire between Israel and Hamas fade By PBS News Hour International efforts to create a lasting cease-fire between Israel and Hamas appear to have broken down, with more Israeli shelling of Gaza and new Hamas rocket fire into Israel on Sunday. For more about the situation on the ground in… Continue watching
Jul 20 Watch No sign of violence letting up in Gaza after conflict logs deadliest day By PBS News Hour After more than 60 Palestinians and 13 Israeli solders were killed in battle Saturday in what has been the deadliest day in the conflict so far, there are few signs of the violence letting up as urban warfare continues to… Continue watching
Jul 11 Netanyahu: Israel won’t back down on military offensive in Gaza By Geoffrey Lou Guray Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today that government forces will press on with their days-long military offensive in the Gaza Strip, insisting that his country will not back down even as world leaders call for a halt in hostilities. Continue reading