Jodi Rudoren
Tuesday, June 23, 2015 - 06:50
A United Nations Commission of Inquiry on last summer’s war in the Gaza Strip — taking pains to be evenhanded — found that both Israel and Palestinian militants were responsible for violations of international law that could amount to war crimes. But each side interpreted the commission’s long-awaited report according to its own version of the Middle East conflict.
Thursday, July 31, 2014 - 06:34
After years in which Israel’s prevailing approach to the Gaza Strip was a simple “quiet for quiet” demand, there is growing momentum around a new formula, “reconstruction for demilitarization.”
Tuesday, July 15, 2014 - 07:42
Hostilities between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip continued Tuesday, despite Israel’s initial embrace of an Egyptian cease-fire proposal, which the Islamist Hamas movement appeared to reject.
Thursday, July 3, 2014 - 11:49
The Israeli military mobilized troops around the Gaza Strip on Thursday after Palestinian militants there fired some 30 rockets at southern Israel over 24 hours.
Monday, June 23, 2014 - 07:08
he Israeli military said Monday that it had struck Syrian Army targets in response to an attack in the Golan Heights the day before that killed an Arab-Israeli teenager and wounded two others.
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 - 13:32
JERUSALEM — After halting peace talks with the Palestinians last week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has asked his cabinet to bring forward alternative approaches to the intractable conflict, which are likely to include annexing parts of the West Bank or withdrawing from some settlements and shoring up others.
Friday, April 25, 2014 - 12:42
JERUSALEM — The Israeli government decided on Thursday to suspend American-brokered peace talks with the Palestinians because of the agreement the Palestinians announced on Wednesday between two rival factions, one of which refuses to recognize Israel’s right to exist.
Thursday, April 24, 2014 - 10:57
JERUSALEM — The faltering Middle East peace process was thrown into further jeopardy on Wednesday, with Israel and the United States harshly condemning a new deal announced by feuding Palestinian factions, including the militant group Hamas, to repair their seven-year rift.
Monday, April 7, 2014 - 07:07
“It behooves the promoter of the process, the Americans, to take seriously the idea that there is such a thing as a bad process that does more to damage two states than to advance it.”
Monday, April 7, 2014 - 07:05
Such finger-pointing was not just between the parties to the talks. It also broke out within Israel’s cabinet, where there are deep divisions on the Palestinian question.