Nov 20th, 2008 · This year marks the 60th anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel. For most Israelis and for many Jews around the world, it marks a time of celebration. But for many Palestinians, it was the 60th year of Naqbeh, also known as "the catastrophe". A new book, Sixty Years, Sixty Voices: Israeli and Palestinian Women highlights the struggle for peace in the words of women.
Nov 19th, 2008 · The United Nations is warning that hundreds of thousands of people in the Gaza Strip face severe shortages of fuel and food because Israel has sealed the borders. Israel allowed a minimal amount of aid into the coastal territory on Monday before reclosing the borders citing Palestinian rocket and mortar fire. The informal truce between Israel and Hamas, which controls Gaza, has all but collapsed. NPR's Eric Westervelt reports.
Nov 10th, 2008 · The two main Palestinian factions have been bitterly divided since fighting in the streets of the Gaza Strip more than a year ago. Hamas and Fatah, were supposed to meet in Egypt this week for reconciliation talks but Hamas is boycotting them. The breakdown points to the entrenched divisions between Hamas and Fatah.
Nov 5th, 2008 · Palestinians in the West Bank say the election of Barack Obama is an incredible moment, and sends a great message to the world. In West Jerusalem, Israelis reacted with a mix of optimism and caution.
Oct 31st, 2008 · Jewish voters are being heavily courted by both presidential candidates. They mostly voted for Democrats until 2004 when Bush made inroads. Now, some say they're reluctant to support Obama given his stance on Palestinians and given rumors about his faith.
Oct 23rd, 2008 · Violence between Palestinian and Jewish settlers in the West Bank threatens the authority of the Israeli state, says Defense Minister Ehud Barak. Retaliatory skirmishes always peak around the time of the olive harvest, but violence is particularly bad this year.
Aug 12th, 2008 · Crime writer Matt Beynon Rees explores the layers of history and decay that characterize Nablus, a 2,000-year-old Palestinian city in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.
Aug 9th, 2008 · Host Andrea Seabrook remembers the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, who died Saturday at the age of 67. Darwish was known as a critic of Palestinian leadership and of the Israeli occupation of his homeland. His poems addressed the Palestinian experience of exile.