The new HBO docudrama "Our Boys" — a riveting look at the killings of Israeli and Palestinian teenagers that led to the 2014 Gaza war — premieres Monday night. Co-created by Palestinian and Israeli filmmakers, the 10-part series dramatizes the abduction of three Israeli teens in the West Bank and...
Israeli Troops Search West Bank After Killing of Soldier
JERUSALEM — Israeli troops raided a Palestinian village on Thursday and the military said it was sending reinforcements to the West Bank, hours after the body of a 19-year-old soldier with stab wounds was found near a Jewish settlement. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced the killing as a terror attack...
Israeli Troops Search West Bank After Killing of Soldier
JERUSALEM — Israeli troops raided a Palestinian village on Thursday and the military said it was sending reinforcements to the West Bank, hours after the body of a 19-year-old soldier with stab wounds was found near a Jewish settlement. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced the killing as a terror attack...
Israel Approves Palestinian Housing Construction in West Bank
JERUSALEM — The Israeli Cabinet unanimously approved a proposal to build over 700 housing units for Palestinians in addition to 6,000 Israeli settlement housing units in the West Bank. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government advanced the proposal late Tuesday, according to an Israeli official who spoke on condition of anonymity...
House Approves Resolution Opposing Israel Boycott Movement in Divisive Vote
[aggregation-styles] CNN Politics The House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to approve a non-binding resolution that opposes the boycott movement against Israel, a measure that won broad bipartisan support but faced pushback from some high-profile members. The resolution argues the global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (sometimes short-handed as BDS) movement...
Israeli Crews Demolish Palestinian Homes in East Jerusalem
JERUSALEM — Israeli work crews on Monday began demolishing dozens of Palestinian homes on the outskirts of an east Jerusalem neighborhood, in one of the largest operations of its kind in years. The demolitions capped a years-long legal battle over the buildings, constructed near the invisible line straddling the city...
Netanyahu Makes History as Israel's Longest-Serving Leader
JERUSALEM — As Benjamin Netanyahu becomes Israel's longest-serving prime minister, he is solidifying his place as the country's greatest political survivor and the most dominant force in Israeli politics in his generation. He has persevered through scandals, crises and conflicts, winning election after election even as the country grows more...
Israel Lobby to Take Frosh Congressional Dems to Israel. Some Refuse to Trip
At least 23 out of 59 freshmen Democrats in the House will be traveling on an all-expenses-paid trip to Israel in August. But 14 won’t be attending the Israel lobby funded trip, 2 are ‘checking their schedules,’ and the rest have not divulged their plans. See list below: As is...
Is U.S. News Media Covering Up Casualties Inflicted by Israel?
Author Alison Weir remembers supporting Israel as a young person growing up in a military family. "I was sympathetic to Israel," she said. "I had seen (the movie) 'Exodus' with Paul Newman and was aware of the Nazi atrocities." At the time, Weir paid little attention to the country's spiraling...
Moon Sightings, Politics Play a Part in Muslim Holiday
BEIRUT — Muslims across the Middle East and beyond began Tuesday marking the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr, one of the most celebrated holidays for the world's 1.5 billion Muslims, amid confusion about the start of the three-day holiday fed partly by political differences. The holiday marks the end of...