WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will press Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas Wednesday to end payments to families of Palestinians imprisoned in Israeli jails, according to U.S. officials, one of several actions Washington believes could lead to resumed peace talks with…

By Matthew Lee, Associated Press

Israel’s Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon vocally criticized U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s recent peace initiative between Israel and the Palestinian Territories.

By Andy Swab

Following talks in Washington between President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Gwen Ifill speaks with policy experts Robert Danin and Robert Malley about the state of U.S.-Israel relations and the prospects for peace negotiations in the Middle…

Members of an influential pro-Israel lobbying group gathered in Washington this week, as the Israeli prime minister had private meetings with President Obama. Jeffrey Brown reports on the strained relationship between the U.S. and Israel over plans to build more…