Commentary / World Jun 24, 2021
Iranian, Israeli and U.S. hard-liners muddle nuclear deal prospects
by Kuni Miyake
The optimists say the coming few weeks could be critical for both the Biden and Rouhani administrations to revive the nuclear deal.
World / Politics Jun 14, 2021
Israel's Netanyahu ousted as 'change' coalition forms new government
A motley alliance of Israeli parties ended Netanyahu's 12 straight years as prime minister.
World / Politics Jun 3, 2021
Israel's Lapid says he formed new coalition to unseat Netanyahu
Yair Lapid, Israel's opposition leader, said late Wednesday he had succeeded in forming a coalition to end the rule of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the country's longest serving leader. Should it be confirmed by the 120-member Knesset legislature in the coming days, it would end ...
World / Politics May 31, 2021
Israel inches closer to government without Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli nationalist hard-liner Naftali Bennett said Sunday he would join a potential coalition government that could end the rule of the country's longest-serving leader.
World | ANALYSIS May 19, 2021
Biden, boxed in on Israel-Gaza, is only able to urge a cease-fire
by Nick Wadhams
Biden's statement, expressing support for a halt to the deadly warfare but not demanding one outright, showed the limits of U.S. power.
World May 18, 2021
Israel-Gaza conflict rages on despite U.S. and regional diplomacy
Gaza health officials put the Palestinian death toll since hostilities flared up last week at least 212. Ten people have been killed in Israel.
World May 17, 2021
After years of quiet, Israeli-Palestinian conflict exploded. Why now?
by Patrick Kingsley
A little-noticed police action in Jerusalem last month was one of several incidents that led to the current crisis.
World May 17, 2021
Israel strikes on Gaza continue as U.N. chief urges halt to conflict
The Israeli military killed at least 42 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, the worst daily toll in almost a week of deadly clashes.
World May 16, 2021
Israel pounds Gaza, flattening building housing AP and Al Jazeera
by Patrick Kingsley and Vivian Yee
Israel claimed that "military intelligence" agents of Hamas, the Gaza Strip's Islamist rulers, were in the building.
World May 16, 2021
Biden laments recent civilian deaths in call with Israeli leader
U.S. President Joe Biden ramped up efforts to calm Israeli-Palestinian tensions and urged the protection of civilians, including children, after an Israeli airstrike targeted media offices in Gaza. Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of his "grave concern” about the ongoing violence, the White ...
World May 11, 2021
Twenty killed as Israel strikes Gaza after Hamas rocket barrage
The dead included nine children and a senior Hamas commander, while 65 others were wounded, Gaza authorities said.
