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Biden in a crowd

President Biden’s visit to Israel focuses on regional security 

Conflict & Justice

​​​​​​​The top agenda item for Biden is regional security. Scheduled meetings with Israeli officials focus on strengthening the regional relationships that Israel has forged with some of its Muslim neighbors. 

People in athletic clothes warm up together on a sidewalk.

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

Sports
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

Conflict

New documentary goes inside Jewish-Palestinian relations in Jerusalem

The World

Clashes in East Jerusalem as Clinton says US/Israel ties strong

Global Politics
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The Arab view of US-Israeli relations

Conflict & Justice

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has dismissed the idea that US-Israeli relations are in crisis amid a quarrel over Jewish settlers in East Jerusalem. But what’s been the reaction in the Arab world? The World’s Jason Margolis has more.

The World

Obama in the Mideast

Global Politics

Democratic Senator Barack Obama met with Israeli and Palestinian leaders today, and Obama has been at pains to explain his position of the status of Jerusalem to both Israelis and Palestinians, as The World’s Quil Lawrence reports.

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