Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Pittsburgh college students visit the Temple Mount. Photo courtesy of Hillel JUC
May 25, 2023, 7:34 pm
Pittsburgh college students gain perspectives on conflict during Middle East trip
Visits to Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Ramallah offer 'instructive yet challenging' path toward nuance
By Adam Reinherz
Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., March 21, 2022. (Kevin LaMarque/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
December 5, 2022, 2:52 pm
Blinken: US will judge Israeli government on its policies, not its politicians
Blinken said the Biden administration would continue to unequivocally oppose any acts that undermine the prospects of a two-state solution, including settlement expansion.
By Ron Kampeas
"A Torn Emergence," by Jess Daninhirsch
June 3, 2022, 6:01 pm
A generation of young Jews see Israel differently, but educators are responding
There's a generational divide in attitudes toward Israel and Palestine. For educators, the goal is creating values-based conversations and getting students to appreciate subtlety.
By Adam Reinherz
Kenneth Stern with a copy of his book "The Conflict over the Conflict." Photo by Emily Stern.
July 21, 2020, 12:44 pm
Conflict over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: A conversation with Ken Stern
Stern's newly published book "The Conflict over the Conflict" ends with a blueprint for having better conversations about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
By Kayla Steinberg
Daniel Gordis. Photo from The Times of Israel
July 9, 2020, 11:22 am
End the Jewish State? Let’s try some honesty, first
To read Peter Beinart’s piece is to slog through an array of misrepresentations and omissions, and to feel dismissed because we know he hopes we don’t know enough to catch him
By Daniel Gordis
Screenshot of Black Lives Matter march in Washington, D.C., July 2020. Marchers chanted: "Israel, we know you, you murder children, too"
July 2, 2020, 5:42 pm
BLM demonstrators in DC chant ‘Israel, we know you, you murder children, too’
Chants also alternated between “Black lives matter!” and “Palestinian lives matter!”
By Marcy Oster
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Defense Minister Benny Gantz at a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem, June 28, 2020. (JTA/Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
July 1, 2020, 11:58 am
4 reasons why Israel’s West Bank annexation plans aren’t happening on July 1
"Missing the July 1 date is symbolic of how fraught the process has become."
By Gabe Friedman
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