Divisions within the party have burst into public view, with the party’s ascendant left viewing the Mideast conflict as a searing racial justice issue that carries echoes of U.S. politics.
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Israeli-Palestinian Strife Widens as Frantic Calls for Calm Go Unheeded
While Israel and Hamas signaled willingness to consider a cease-fire, worries grew about further fracturing in one of the Middle East’s most intractable struggles.
Israeli-Palestinian Strife Widens as Frantic Calls for Calm Go Unheeded
While Israel and Hamas signaled willingness to consider a cease-fire, worries grew about further fracturing in one of the Middle East’s most intractable struggles.
Israel Ground Forces Shell Gaza as Fighting Intensifies
The surge in fighting left Israel in an unprecedented position — fighting Palestinian militants on its southern flank as it sought to head off its worst civil unrest in decades.
In Mixed Israel Cities Proud of Good Relations, a Sudden, Explosive Division
Not even during the intifadas, the mass Palestinian uprisings of the past, did Israel experience such a surge of both Arab and Jewish mob violence.
Lod is the epicenter of Jewish-Arab Violence in Israel
The mixed town of Lod, home to both Jews and Arabs, is the epicenter of the violence that has caught the country by surprise.
Why Jerusalem’s Aqsa Mosque Is an Arab-Israeli Fuse
The mosque sits on a site sacred to Christians, Muslims and Jews, and it is a chronic flash point in the protracted Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Israeli Officials Had a Plan to Prevent Tragedy at Mt. Meron. It Was Ignored.
Years of negligence preceded the stampede that killed 45 people. But patchwork religious oversight and the state’s reluctance to intervene sunk efforts to bring order to the site.
What We Know About the Deadly Stampede in Israel
A stampede during a mountainside religious celebration in Israel on Thursday night left at least 45 people dead and scores more injured. Here is what we know so far.
Israel Mourns After Stampede at Religious Festival Kills 45
As Israelis mourned one of the nation’s deadliest peacetime tragedies, they learned that officials had warned that the venue on Mount Meron, where 45 died, could not handle so many pilgrims.