Dec 28 Watch 3:46 Kerry on Israel: Friends need to tell each other hard truths By PBS News Hour Secretary of State John Kerry in a farewell speech blamed Israel’s settler movement and its “most right-wing government ever” for rejecting a two-state solution, explaining why the U.S. decided not to veto a UN resolution. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu… Continue watching
Dec 28 Watch 8:07 What does Kerry’s speech mean for U.S.-Israel relations? By PBS News Hour With Secretary of State John Kerry’s tough, parting words on Israel and the recent UN Security Council resolution vote, former State Department officials James Jeffrey and Ilan Goldberg join Hari Sreenivasan to examine the state of relations between the two… Continue watching
Dec 26 Watch 3:20 News Wrap: Israel suspends ties with 12 countries that supported UN condemnation By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, more fallout from Friday’s U.N. Security Council vote condemning Israeli settlement building. Israel confirmed it has suspended working ties with 12 nations that backed the resolution. Also, President-elect Trump tweeted his own criticism of the… Continue watching
Dec 23 Watch 6:48 Why didn’t the U.S. veto the UN’s rebuke of Israel? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 23 Watch 12:18 Shields and Brooks on Trump’s unprecedented transition By PBS News Hour President-elect Donald Trump made headlines this week for his reference to a possible arms race and his involvement in U.S. foreign policy prior to taking office. Judy Woodruff speaks with syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David… Continue watching
Dec 23 U.S. abstains as UN votes to condemn Israel settlements By Bradley Klapper, Josef Federman and Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press In a striking rupture with past practice, the U.S. allowed the U.N. Security Council to condemn Israeli settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem as a "flagrant violation" of international law. Continue reading
Dec 23 Official: Israel turned to Trump to head off UN resolution By Josef Federman, Associated Press Under heavy Israeli pressure, Egypt called off a planned vote in the Security Council hours before it was to take place. In the diplomatic activity ahead of the postponement, both Netanyahu and Trump issued nearly identical statements urging the U.S. Continue reading
Dec 15 Watch 4:04 Epic destruction leaves Aleppo an empty shell at siege’s end By PBS News Hour The brutal fighting in Aleppo, Syria, seems to be over. But even this morning, President Assad's artillery couldn't resist one last go at killing those still trapped. Evacuations of civilians and fighters began Thursday, the devastation of four years of… Continue watching
Dec 07 U.S., western nations demand immediate cease-fire in Aleppo By Josh Lederman, Associated Press In a joint statement, the leaders of Britain, Germany, Italy, France, Canada and the U.S. demanded that Syria's government address the humanitarian crisis by allowing United Nations aid in to eastern Aleppo. They said the U.N. should investigate reports of… Continue reading
Nov 29 Watch 4:20 Relentless bombing kills dozens in Aleppo; residents are starved for aid By PBS News Hour In rebel-held Aleppo, the violent fight against the Islamic State is escalating, with 50 people killed and another 150 injured on Tuesday. Though Secretary of State John Kerry has been pushing for a cease-fire in the city, administration officials suspect… Continue watching