GlobalPost — Israel and the Palestinian territories

Is Mahmoud Abbas really ready to quit this time?

Matt Beynon Rees — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:27:43 +0000

Worn out has-been or drama queen? Interpretations of the Palestinian president's threat to quit vary greatly.

On Location: Tel Aviv

Sara Sorcher — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:36:31 +0000

Israel's enemy within: A rising militancy from the Jewish settlements

Matt McAllester — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:21:11 +0000

Part 1: Jewish terror from the Biblical lands of Israel

Israel's enemy within: A community on the edge

Matt McAllester — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:17:53 +0000

Part 2: The West Bank settlement of Kfar Tapuach, home to many followers of Meir Kahane

Israel's enemy within: Palestinian militants gird for battle

Matt McAllester — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:15:13 +0000

Part 3: Tensions rise between Palestinians and Israeli settlers in the West Bank.

Israel's enemy within: The "Hilltop Youth"

Matt McAllester — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:10:18 +0000

Part 4: Teenage Jewish boys claim West Bank hilltops as their own and prepare to defend them.

The four quarters of Jerusalem

Sara Sorcher and Jessica Griffin — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:22:19 +0000

A desert wilderness beckons ... in Palestine

Catrina Stewart — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:39:29 +0000

West Bank tourism is in its infancy, but it boasts many attractions.

Israel's new weapon: water

Matt Beynon Rees — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:52:54 +0000

Yet another report accuses Israel of human rights abuses, this time for denying Palestinians water.

Bittersweet: Palestinian home cooking

Matt McAllester — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:04:37 +0000

The best Palestinian food can only be found at home — or at Tanoreen in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.

The olive harvest war

Sara Sorcher — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:14:47 +0000

Opinion: It's getting chilly between Turkey and Israel

HDS Greenway — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:10:10 +0000

As Turkey gets friendlier with Syria and Iraq, relations with Israel take a back seat.

All rise for the Palestinian anthem

Matt Beynon Rees — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:55:06 +0000

A parody of a nationalistic Palestinian song ridicules the intractable dispute between Hamas and Fatah leaders.

The olive grove wars

Sara Sorcher — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:55:16 +0000

The olive harvest has arrived and with it violence between the Palestinian farmers and Israeli settlers in what is, essentially, a dispute over land.

Analysis: US unhappy over proposed Hamas-Fatah deal

Matt Benyon Rees — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:48:19 +0000

The planned agreement goes some way toward validating Hamas control of the Gaza Strip.

War crimes the result of "mistakes": former Israeli official

Joe Lauria — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:30:10 +0000

Retired brigadier general admitted that Israel committed war crimes, though said it didn't do so intentionally.

Let's do the time warp again

Matt Beynon Rees — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:14:51 +0000

A brouhaha over who can pray at the Temple Mount recalls a similar disagreement ... that became known as the second intifada.

West Bank brewery celebrates success with Oktoberfest

Frederick Deknatel — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:18:35 +0000

Despite the best efforts of Israeli border guards, Taybeh exports its beer to Germany, Japan and beyond.

What Israeli women wear, and why

Jessica Griffin and Sara Sorcher — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:08:49 +0000

Israeli call out to Jews angers those in US

Matt Beynon Rees — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:54:42 +0000

Fears that Jew numbers will soon decline are behind an ad campaign that raised hackles of the American Jewish community.

Hummus wars

Sara Sorcher — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:25:59 +0000

Bittersweet Ramadan in Palestinian refugee camp

Sara Sorcher — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:39:41 +0000

Palestinian refugees preparing for the Iftar, a meal to break the Ramadan fast, say that despite the hardships, the holiday brings them closer together.

Opinion: Netanyahu builds on Obama's weakness

HDS Greenway — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:44:59 +0000

Obama's hesitation on Israeli settlements could put the US in danger.

Suffering 101

Matt Beynon Rees — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:14:35 +0000

Palestinians and Israelis take an eternal debate into the classroom, leaving the UN stuck in the middle.

Just like the (good?) old days

Matt Beynon Rees — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:55:20 +0000

With US diplomats roaming the streets of Jerusalem, talking to all sides, it's like the intifada never happened.

Can Palestinians step up to self-government?

Matt Beynon Rees — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:10:09 +0000

Tax breaks, smaller government, a rationalized legal system? No, this is a long way from New Jersey.

Israel grapples with a new kind of violence

Matt Beynon Rees — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:02:14 +0000

Good, old-fashioned murder catches off-guard a country always prepared for war

Israel: less corrupt than Somalia

Matt Beynon Rees — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:17:00 +0000

Seems even those holding the keys to the Holy Land need reminding that thou shall not steal.

Meet the economic gangsters

Mark Scheffler — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:03:52 +0000

Economic gangsters come in all shapes and sizes — they're Asian dictators and Somali pirates.

The aptly-named Ariel Sharon Park

Matt Beynon Rees — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:02:07 +0000

Opinion: Israel’s biggest garbage dump is being redeveloped — and renamed.

What, and who, really killed Arafat?

Matt Beynon Rees — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:09:49 +0000

Unlikely it was AIDS, as Israelis would have us believe. Old age is a distinct possibility. But poison?

Global music: Inbar Bakal

Jonathan Curiel — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:53:13 +0000

On the melding of cultures and other groovy matters.