President Barack Obama meets with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, 09 Jun 2010 UN Security Council Calls for Impartial, Credible Investigation of Israeli Boat Raid The United States is consult...
During Biden visit, the Israeli government announced plans for new housing in East Jerusalem, ignoring American calls for a construction freeze Paula Wolfson | Capitol Hill 14 March 2010 US Vice President Joseph Biden gestures as he speaks at Tel Avi...
Growing tensions between Israel and the United States are eroding Israeli support for peace moves with the Palestinians. Jewish Settlement Amid strong U.S. pressure for a freeze on Jewish settlement construction, there is growing skepticism among Is...
Key participants of the Middle East Quartet, which is working to find an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, have been meeting in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el Sheikh. As Edward Yeranian reports for VOA from Cairo, they have given an acc...
U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama carried out a whirlwind tour of Israel and the Palestinian territories, meeting with Israeli and Palestinian leaders and visiting a rocket-battered town in southern Israel. VOA's Jim Teeple has the details fr...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 21 September 2007 Israelis are observing the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur under tight security. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, the holiday coincides with a major Muslim observance, raising tensions in...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 20 June 2007 Expectations are low in the Middle East following a White House Summit between President Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Tuesday. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, last week's...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 02 April 2007 Israel is observing the biblical holiday of Passover under tight security. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, the holiday brings ancient traditions together with the complex realities of a m...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 06 January 2007 It has been a year since former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffered a massive stroke, leaving him in a coma that ended his political career. Israelis are still lamenting his loss and reflecting on...
By Stephanie Ho Washington 02 July 2006 Violence continues to escalate in the latest confrontation between Israel and the Palestinians, as both sides blame each other for the crisis. Israeli and Palestinian representatives repeated their accusations...