Nov 05 Hamas Reacts to Israeli Incursion With Mortar Fire By Admin, PBS News Hour Hamas militants fired rockets into southern Israel Wednesday, hours after Israeli forces killed six gunmen in fighting that threatened a five-month-old truce that has brought some relief to Gaza residents. Continue reading
Sep 17 Israel’s Top Party Voting on Olmert Replacement By Admin, PBS News Hour Israel's governing party, Kadima, is voting on a new leader Wednesday with polls indicating that the country's foreign minister, Tzipi Livni, will be the likely winner. Continue reading
Jun 25 Prime Minister Olmert Avoids Early Elections By Admin, PBS News Hour Prime Minister Ehud Olmert averted a split in Israel's coalition and staved off a key coalition partner's threat to bring down the government, giving him at least a few more months to pursue peace agreements with the Palestinians and Syria. Continue reading
Jan 21 Israel Agrees to Ease Blockade on Gaza Strip By PBS News Hour Israel agreed Monday to allow some power plant fuel, medicine and food into the Gaza Strip, at least temporarily easing a blockade on the Hamas ruled-territory, which was imposed in retaliation for recent rocket attacks on southern Israel. Continue reading
Jan 14 Watch Bush Visit, Arms Deal Put Focus on U.S.-Saudi Relations President Bush made his first trip to Saudi Arabia on Monday in a bid to gain support for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, while the White House announced a $20 billion weapons deal with the powerful Saudi kingdom. Experts examine the state… Continue watching
Sep 21 Rice Visits Mideast as Precursor to Peace Summit By Admin, PBS News Hour Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visited for two days with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ahead of a U.S.-sponsored peace conference tentatively scheduled for November. Continue reading
Jul 20 Israel Frees 250 Palestinian Prisoners in Nod to Moderate Leadership By Admin, PBS News Hour Israel released 256 Palestinian prisoners Friday as part of a plan to help bolster Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in his ongoing power struggle with Hamas militants who now run the Gaza Strip. Continue reading
Jul 04 Watch Experts Discuss Global Democracy Journalists, international policy experts and a former Bush administration official talk about the spread of democracy around the world and in particular President Bush's plans to promote democracy. Continue watching
Jun 27 Former Prime Minister Tony Blair Named Middle East Envoy By Admin, PBS News Hour Just hours after stepping down as British prime minister Wednesday, Tony Blair was tapped by the European Union, Russia, the United States and the United Nations to head international efforts to bring peace to the Middle East. Continue reading
Jun 07 Watch Experts Assess Mideast Progress Four Decades After Six-Day War Forty years ago, Israel entered the Six-Day War, the beginning of the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. Two regional experts give their perspectives on the Middle East then and now. Continue watching