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Middle East analysts spoke about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and how the territory of Gaza factors into the peace process. Among the speakers was a United Nations representative of an…

Anan Ameri, founder and former director of the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, talked about her book, The Scent of Jasmine: Coming of Age in Jerusalem and Damascus,…

The U.N. Security Council met to debate the latest turn in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: a series of fatal skirmishes between Israeli police and Palestinians in East Jerusalem in which Israeli…

President Trump and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas delivered brief statements to the press after meeting in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, part of President Trump’s nine-day trip…

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson briefed reporters aboard Air Force One on the way to Brussels. He answered questions on the president’s meeting with the Pope, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,…

President Trump and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas delivered a joint statement at the White House. President Trump pledged to do whatever he can to bring about Middle East peace.

Senate Foreign Relations Committee member Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) chief representative Maen Rashid Areikat delivered keynote remarks at a national…

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) gave the closing keynote address of the third day at J Street’s 2017 National Conference. a non-profit Jewish advocacy group. He said he condemns the recent…

Panelists spoke at a national conference on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Middle East peace process. This portion of the event included a panel discussion with leaders from…

Lawrence Wright talked about his book, Thirteen Days in September: The Dramatic Story of the Struggle for Peace. He spoke at the 2017 Rancho Mirage Writers Festival in Rancho Mirage,…

Ambassador Nikki Haley spoke to reporters outside of the United Nations Security Council in New York City after a meeting on Middle East security. Ambassador Haley said that despite President…

Israeli Cabinet Minister Tzachi Hanegbi and former Israeli Ambassador Itamar Rabinovich talked about the future of U.S.-Israel relations. The speakers also analyzed the prospects of a two-state…

Rachel Oswald discussed, by video from Capitol Hill, a resolution being debated that day in the House to disapprove the United Nations Security Council’s recent vote to condemn Israeli…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sharply criticized remarks made earlier that day by Secretary of State John Kerry on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Speaking from his office in Jerusalem, Prime Minister…

Secretary of State John Kerry spoke at the State Department on the Middle East peace process. He defended the U.S. decision to abstain from voting on the recently passed United Nations Security Council resolution…

The United Nations Security Council met to consider a resolution condemning construction of Israeli settlements in the West Bank. This came after President-elect Donald Trump called on…

Mark Toner briefed reporters at the State Department and responded to their questions on a variety of issues, including relations between the U.S. and Israel in the wake of the U.N.'s vote on Israeli settlements. The…

Following the United Nations Security Council debate and passage of a resolution condemning Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories of the West Bank, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Samantha…

Headlines from the day’s newspapers were read and telephone lines were open for viewer comments on the topic of the U.S. abstaining from the United Nations Security Council vote the previous day…

Secretary of State John Kerry talked about the situation in the Middle East and challenges facing the new Trump administration, as well as the Obama administration’s legacy in the region. Topics…