Israeli-Palestinian conflict

‘We must speak to the Zionist lobby’: Mahmoud Abbas urges Palestinian Americans to engage with AIPAC

The call is significant at a time that some on the left and among pro-Palestinian groups have called for disengagement with the pro-Israel lobby.

Actors playing Israelis and Palestinians in a stage musical

A 30-year-old play about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is restaged for 2021 — but its Palestinian collaborators are no longer involved

“Abraham’s Land,” first performed in 1991, tries to use empathy to see both sides of the conflict. But cast and crew say its creator didn’t listen to them.

Steven Spielberg’s film company acquires rights to novel about Israeli-Palestinian conflict

“Apeirogon,” by the bestselling Irish author Colum McCann, will be published on Feb. 25.

Politics

Palestinian and Israeli discovered a shared past when they met as Washington interns

Israel

Netanyahu: Sunni Arab states ‘moving faster’ than the Palestinians on peace

Israel

Madonna uses Eurovision stage for political statement on Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Ideas

The Republican Party has its own Israel problem

Israel

UN deems Israeli probe of Palestinian amputee protester’s death ‘insufficient’

Israel

What the Israelis and Palestinians make of Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem

Israel

At Jerusalem market, shrugs greet Trump’s recognition of Israeli capital

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