Jul 23 Watch Kerry resumes attempts to broker Mideast cease-fire, both sides mourn losses By PBS News Hour Secretary of State John Kerry met with with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in hopes of working toward an end to hostilities. Hundreds of Palestinians fled strikes in a southern… Continue watching
Jul 15 Watch Hopes for Mideast cease-fire dashed as Israel resumes airstrikes on Gaza By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 07 Watch Mideast tensions escalate in cycle of retribution for teen killings By PBS News Hour Hamas fired dozens of rockets into Israel in revenge for the killing of six of its members in overnight airstrikes. Meanwhile, three Israeli suspects in last week’s killing of a Palestinian teenager confessed. Judy Woodruff gets an update from Josef… Continue watching
Jul 04 Watch Israeli, Palestinian authorities appeal for calm as deaths of teens fans fire of vigilantism By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 04 Watch Palestinians clash with Israeli forces at funeral of slain teenager By PBS News Hour Lindsey Hilsum of Independent Television News reports from East Jerusalem on the funeral of a murdered Palestinian teenager, Mohammad Abu Khdair, where hundreds of Palestinians clashed with Israeli police. Family members say the victim was slain in retribution for the… Continue watching
Jun 08 Pope Francis holds Middle East peace prayer summit By Kayla Ruble Pope Francis hosted the presidents of Israel and Palestine to the Vatican for a prayer summit on Sunday evening in a move meant to inspire a renewed interests in peace talks from both sides. Continue reading
May 26 Watch Pope Francis performs ‘balancing act’ of agendas on Middle East visit By PBS News Hour Juggling the political and religious rivalries between Israel and the Palestinians during his trip to the Middle East, Pope Francis called on Mahmoud Abbas and Shimon Peres to join him at the Vatican for prayer and reflection. Jeffrey Brown gets… Continue watching
May 26 Watch Pope Francis invites Israeli, Palestinian leaders for prayer at the Vatican By PBS News Hour In charged acts of political symbolism, Pope Francis stopped at some of the holiest sites for Jews and Muslims during a trip to the Middle East. Pope Francis called for renewed peace talks, and became the first pontiff to refer… Continue watching
May 26 Pope completes spiritual pilgrimage in Holy Land calling for unity and peace By Ellen Rolfes While the pope's spokesman said that Francis had "no political agenda or proposals to make" during his trip to Israel, Francis' presence in the Holy Land, in Palestinian territory and Jerusalem, was filled with political implications. Continue reading
Apr 27 Abbas calls Holocaust ‘most heinous crime’ on Israel’s remembrance day By Kayla Ruble Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Sunday the Nazi Holocaust was “the most heinous crime to have occurred against humanity in the modern era."… Continue reading