ZEKE MILLER and JILL COLVIN / The Associated PressJan 2, 2018
The president tweets that the U.S. pays "the Palestinians HUNDRED OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS a year and get[s] no appreciation or respect." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Ilan Ben Zion / The Associated PressDec 27, 2017
The proposal is likely to meet heavy resistance from Palestinians, neighboring Arab countries and the international community. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
The Associated PressDec 24, 2017
Guatemala becomes the first nation to follow the lead of President Trump in ordering the change. Its president, Jimmy Morales, has not announced a time frame for the move. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Karin Laub and Ilan Ben Zion / The Associated PressDec 8, 2017
Strife breaks out in a number of countries, and a Gaza man is killed by Israeli gunfire, the first death of a protester since the U.S. change regarding Israel's capital. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 22, 2017
Can Donald Trump bring peace to the Middle East? Author Yoav Litvin and Tom Dine, former head of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, examine the possibility. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )
BLANKSep 17, 2016
Smiling, chatting, diversely clad. It’s a depiction of relations between Muslims and Jews that Americans are rarely shown. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigJun 14, 2016
Ron Huldai, mayor of Tel Aviv, reacted with enormous sadness to last week’s terrorist attack on the Sarona Market area of his city, committed by a teenager from the occupied Palestinian West Bank, killing four. But he then went on to put the attack in context. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Sandy Tolan / TruthdigMar 8, 2016
The good doctor’s foreign policy gaffes made for some great political satire, but his ignorance on the Middle East made him a frightening presidential candidate. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
By Juan Cole / Informed CommentJan 9, 2016
Israeli education officials have excluded Dorit Rabinyan's book "Borderlife," about a love affair between an Israeli woman and a Palestinian man, from high schools' exam curriculum. The lifestyle site TimeOut Tel Aviv responded by making a tender video showing Jews and Arabs kissing. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigOct 8, 2015
A series of attacks by Arabs on Israelis in recent days has raised fears of a new uprising as Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli soldiers along the West Bank. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Peter Z. Scheer / TruthdigJul 9, 2014
Israel continued its attacks on the Gaza Strip on Tuesday as militant Palestinian rockets landed in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Of the twenty-three people killed, all were Palestinian. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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