Trump, at UN, backs separate states for Israel, Palestinians
For the first time since taking office, President Donald Trump endorsed a two-state solution as the best way to resolve the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians as he met Wednesday at the U.N. with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Palestinians certain to win recognition as a state
The Palestinians are certain to win U.N. recognition as a state today but success could exact a high price: delaying an independent state of Palestine because of Israel’s vehement opposition.
1 killed, 19 wounded in Israeli gunfire near Gaza
Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian man and wounded 19 people as crowds surged toward Gaza’s border fence with Israel today, a health official said, the first violence since a truce between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers took hold a day before.