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Trump cuts WHO funding; online threats increase amid pandemic; deportations could be spreading COVID-19

US President Donald Trump has cut funding to the World Health Organization, prompting swift condemnation from international leaders. Cybercrime has increased during the novel coronavirus pandemic. But a group of cybersecurity experts is volunteering to help fend off attacks. And deportations from the US, the country hardest-hit by COVID-19, continue amid the global health crisis. Those proceedings could be spreading the virus farther.

Trump cuts WHO funding; online threats increase amid pandemic; deportations could be spreading COVID-19
The separation wall, Baka al-Gharbiyeh

Israel's Arab citizens contemplate their future under the Trump peace plan

Israel's Arab citizens contemplate their future under the Trump peace plan
The Dome of the Rock is shown in the distance in a wide framed photograph of Jerusalem's Old City.

Jerusalem's 'green' cable car plan is challenged in Israel's top court

Jerusalem's 'green' cable car plan is challenged in Israel's top court
People in athletic clothes warm up together on a sidewalk.

This Palestinian running group in Jerusalem fights for the ‘right to movement’ 

This Palestinian running group in Jerusalem fights for the ‘right to movement’ 
Palestinians watch a television broadcasting the announcement of Middle East peace plan by US President Donald Trump, in the southern Gaza Strip on Jan. 28, 2020.

Trump unveiled his Middle East peace plan. This Palestinian analyst says it's a 'scam.'

Trump unveiled his Middle East peace plan. This Palestinian analyst says it's a 'scam.'
White House senior advisor Jared Kushner smiles while listening to US President Donald Trump talk as the president meets with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 25, 2019.

Jared Kushner's peace plan that nobody loves

Jared Kushner has been working on a peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians — a "deal of the century" is how President Donald Trump has referred to it. Almost no one is impressed. And it's not clear if the plan will even see the light of day.

Jared Kushner's peace plan that nobody loves
A man sits looking at a building in ruins.

Israel-Palestinian truce takes hold as Gazans prepare for holy month

A truce to end a surge of deadly violence in the Gaza Strip and southern Israel took hold Monday, just as Gazans were preparing to begin the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Israel-Palestinian truce takes hold as Gazans prepare for holy month
Gaza boy pushing wheelchair water

Gaza's water crisis is 'a ticking time bomb'

Humanitarian organizations fear the water crisis in Gaza is so acute, it may become uninhabitable by the year 2020.

Gaza's water crisis is 'a ticking time bomb'
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Bill: Jews have 'exclusive right to national self-determination' in Israel

Largely symbolic, the law was enacted just after the 70th anniversary of the birth of the state of Israel. It stipulates "Israel is the historical homeland of the Jewish people and they have an exclusive right to national self-determination in it."

Bill: Jews have 'exclusive right to national self-determination' in Israel
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Among young Palestinians, growing alienation from political leaders

As the daily scene on the border shows, young Palestinians are increasingly beyond reach, put off by a four-year stalemate in peace talks with Israel and little progress toward healing internal rifts.

Among young Palestinians, growing alienation from political leaders
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Palestinian officials rebuke Trump threat to block aid

"We pay the Palestinians HUNDRED OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS a year and get no appreciation or respect," Trump tweeted. "With the Palestinians no longer willing to talk peace, why should we make any of these massive future payments to them?"

Palestinian officials rebuke Trump threat to block aid
Israeli emergency personnel carry the body of a victim from the scene of an attack at a Jerusalem synagogue on November 18, 2014.

Palestinians kill Israeli worshippers during prayers at a Jerusalem synagogue

Two Palestinian men armed with meat cleavers and firearms killed four worshippers at a synagogue in West Jersualem on Tuesday. While it was the deadliest attack of its kind in the city since 2008, it was also yet another sign of rising violence between Israelis and Palestinians.

Palestinians kill Israeli worshippers during prayers at a Jerusalem synagogue
Israeli Yasha Marmer protests against his country’s operation in the Gaza Strip, holding a poster that says “stop the war” in Hebrew, Arabic and English.

Anti-war voices in Israel face threats and violence

At demonstrations against Israel's operation in Gaza, angry crowds have attacked protesters. Those who are against the war say they now fear more violence, but still feel an obligation to make their voices heard.

Anti-war voices in Israel face threats and violence
A young Palestinian man chants against Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip as he marches from Ramallah toward the Israeli settlement and military base at Beit El.

Despite the attack on Gaza, West Bank Palestinian police are still working with Israel

While the Israeli military presses its offensive against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, cooperation between Israelis and Palestinians in the West Bank continues. Even on security matters, the Palestinian Security Forces are still cooperating with Israelis.

Despite the attack on Gaza, West Bank Palestinian police are still working with Israel
Israeli soldiers travel atop tanks outside the Gaza Strip July 18, 2014. Israel stepped up its land offensive in Gaza with artillery, tanks and gunboats on Friday and declared it could "significantly widen" an operation Palestinian officials said was kill

Israel presses ahead with ground attack on Gaza Strip

The situation in Gaza is open-ended, with only the Israelis knowing when they will have achieved their objectives and end their ground invasion. But, regardless, the current situation presents the best opportunity in years for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to assert himself.

Israel presses ahead with ground attack on Gaza Strip