Conflict & Justice
PRI's The World
August 14, 2014
A couple of years ago, Hamas and Israeli TV news stations happened to be simultaneously showing live feeds from the other's show, when the Israel anchor decided to try talking to the Hamas anchor. That led to a conversation that is still happening, occasionally, today.
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Conflict & Justice
More than 100 Gazans are dead and there's no sign of an end to the killing
PRI's The World
July 11, 2014
Just as in past rounds of violence between Israel and Hamas, it is Palestinian civilians who are paying the highest price. After four days of Israeli bombardment, more than 100 Palestinians are now dead — and many of them are non-combatants.
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Conflict & Justice
Is it time to worry about Israeli-Palestinian violence spinning out of control?
PRI's The World
July 02, 2014
Clashes broke out in Jerusalem on Wednesday after the murder of a Palestinian teenagers. His death came shortly after the bodies of three missing Israeli teens were found near Hebron this week, and the killings have ratcheted up tensions in Israel and Palestine to new heights.
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Conflict & Justice
US citizens of Palestinian descent remain stuck in the Gaza Strip
PRI's The World
July 14, 2014
Dozens of Palestinians with US passports or legal residency in the US have managed to get out of the Gaza Strip since the most recent violence began, but there are dozens more still there. And it's not clear if or when they will be able to leave.
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Conflict & Justice
Children tell their own grim stories from war zones
PRI's The World
July 28, 2014
Children make up a big part of the population in places like Syria and Gaza, where hundreds have been killed in the fighting so far. For many of them, they have barely known a life without death or conflict.
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Conflict & Justice
Israel's operation widens, but its objectives are getting murkier
Analysis
July 30, 2014
Journalist Gregg Carlstrom argues that, after all the briefings and wartime speeches, the Israeli offensive in Gaza is ultimately an open-ended campaign yoked to an impossible political objective.
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Science, Tech & Environment
Camel bones challenge the timing of some Bible stories
PRI's The World
February 12, 2014
New archaeological research on camel bones clarifies when the beasts of burden were domesticated in ancient Israel. The science is cool, but it throws several Bible/Torah stories into doubt. Or does it? PRI's The World's history guy, Chris Woolf, investigates.
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Conflict & Justice
Palestinians and Missourians find common cause amidst the tear gas
PRI's The World
August 19, 2014
In the midst of protests in Ferguson — marked by increasingly militaristic police intervention — Palestinian protestors have offered their support, solidarity and advice to those on the front lines of the St. Louis suburb. An unexpected dialogue has emerged on Twitter between the two groups — protestors who live halfway across the world from each other but face similar battles.
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Conflict & Justice
'We rebuild and then it gets destroyed again,' says a Gaza resident as airstrikes pound his city
PRI's The World
July 09, 2014
One man living in the Gaza Strip describes his family's life as Israeli planes launch airstrikes. Sadly, he says, the return of bombings seems like business as usual for Gazans.
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Conflict & Justice
Civilians in Gaza City say nowhere is safe amidst the Israeli assault on Hamas targets
PRI's The World
July 21, 2014
Updated
Fighting in the the Gaza City neighborhood of Shejaiya has reduced many areas to rubble. The BBC's Lyse Doucet tells PRI's The World that residents can't find shelter, despite Israeli assurances to the contrary.
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Conflict & Justice
Israeli soldiers say they're fighting an improved Hamas — and paying a steep price
PRI's The World
July 21, 2014
The Israel Defense Forces are unmatched in the Middle East. But seven more of its soldiers died in fighting on Monday, bringing the total to 25 Israelis killed since ground operations began last Thursday. That's because Hamas is better on the battlefield than before.