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An Israeli woman waits to learn if her sister, a Hamas hostage, will be freed in deal

2:37pm November 22, 2023

by Brian Mann

Romi Gonen, 23, was wounded and taken hostage during the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attack. Her sister Yarden and other relatives are awaiting word if Romi will be released as part of a negotiated hostage deal.

The Gaza International Airport was shut down amid Israeli-Palestinian fighting in 2001, barely two years after it opened. Today it lies in ruins. This photo is from 2011.

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The day Gaza got an airport and a presidential visit, fueling dreams of statehood

4:21pm November 20, 2023

by Greg Myre

It seems hard to fathom today, but 25 years ago, a relatively calm Gaza appeared to be progressing toward a Palestinian state — and President Bill Clinton inaugurated the Gaza International Airport.

Yaffa Rubinstein, 75, attended a recent pro-Israel rally in Washington, D.C. She supports President Biden but says she's disappointed with what she calls anti-Israel rhetoric from some Democrats.

As Democrats stay divided on Israel, Jewish voters face politically uncertain future

8:34am November 19, 2023

by Sarah McCammon

A strong majority of Jewish Americans are Democrats, but the Israel-Hamas war is highlighting fault lines in the Democratic Party over U.S. policy toward Israel.

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Map showing damage to southern and middle Gaza since Oct. 7.

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Israel told Palestinians to evacuate to southern Gaza — and stepped up attacks there

6:00pm November 17, 2023

Satellite imagery shows a steady increase in the number of buildings destroyed in middle and southern Gaza. Most damage appeared after Oct. 13, when Israel's military urged evacuation from the north.

Anti-war activists protest outside of the White House during a pro-Palestinian demonstration asking for a cease-fire in Gaza in Washington on Nov. 4.

In a tale of two protests, a stark divide among young voters on the Israel-Hamas war

4:39pm November 17, 2023

by Elena Moore

Young voters lean toward Democrats but amid the U.S. response to the Israel-Hamas war, many Gen Z and millennial Americans are trying to find where they fit in the party - if at all.

A large, pro-Palestinian protest in downtown Detroit called for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war as protesters decried President Biden's response.

In Michigan, where every vote counts, Arab Americans are turning away from Biden

12:48pm November 17, 2023

The community turned out overwhelmingly for Joe Biden, helping him win the swing state. But many now feel betrayed by the president's response to the Israel-Hamas war and it could cost him in 2024.

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Rescued from her studio in Kibbutz Be'eri near Israel's border with Gaza, artist Ziva Jelin's damaged painting Curving Road is currently on special display in the Israeli Art gallery of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.

Artist's work rises from the ashes of a kibbutz attacked by Hamas onto a museum wall

12:39pm November 17, 2023

by Jaclyn Diaz

Ziva Jelin and her family survived Hamas' brutal attack on Kibbutz Be'eri on Oct. 7. So did the 61-year-old artist's painting Curving Road, which now hangs in the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.

Hundreds of mourners gather for the funeral service of Canadian Israeli peace activist Vivian Silver on Thursday in Kibbutz Gezer, Israel.

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Mourners gather in Israel to honor memory of longtime peace activist Vivian Silver

8:36am November 17, 2023

by Maya Levin

Hundreds of mourners gathered at a funeral service for Canadian Israeli peace activist Vivian Silver. She was declared dead this week after her remains were found at her home in Israel.

A makeshift memorial marks the scene of a confrontation on Nov. 5. that led to the death of 69-year-old Pro-Israel demonstrator Paul Kessler.

Suspect arrested in death of Jewish protester in Southern California

3:57pm November 16, 2023

by Jason DeRose

The Ventura County Sheriff's Office has arrested a 50-year-old man on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter.

An internally displaced woman feeds her daughter at their room in a school reconverted as a temporary center for internally displaced people on Oct. 25, in Tyre, Lebanon. The International Organization for Migration reported 19,646 people had been displaced inside Lebanon since Oct. 8, the day after an assault on Israel by Hamas militants.

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Israel-Hezbollah fighting forces people in southern Lebanon to flee violence — again

11:29am November 16, 2023

by Jane Arraf

Thousands of villagers living along the border with Israel have been evacuated to Tyre, 50 miles south of Beirut. Their escape is a reminder of the cost of the war in Gaza, even far from its borders.

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