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The Olympic flag flies at half-staff during a memorial service to the slain Israeli athletes, September 6, 1972.
The Munich Olympic Massacre
Flag of Israel with landscape of Israel in the background
Leaving Zion: Jewish Emigration from Palestine and Israel after World War II
2,000 Israelis in Tel Aviv protest a proposed coalition government led by Benjamin Netanyahu.
Ideology or Ethnicity? The Israeli Political Crisis
A shopkeeper sits outside his store in the Cardo waiting for tourists and residents to stop in.
A Postcard from Jerusalem
Palestinians during the first intifada, 1987. (Photo by Peter Stepan)
The Long Shadow of the June 1967 War
Israeli Prime Minister, Levi Eshkol
Six Days That Shook The World
The Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
A New View of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: From Needs and Narratives to Negotiation
For centuries, baptisms have been performed in the Jordan River, considered holy by many religious communities.
Baptized in the Jordan: Restoring a Holy River
Cover of 1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War by Benny Morris.
The Battle For 1948
An Israeli solider stands guard on the road to Ismailia during the 1973 Arab-Israeli War.
From Gaza to Jerusalem: Is the Two State Solution under Siege?
Map of the Gaza Strip in May 2005, a few months prior to the Israeli withdrawal. The major settlement blocs were the blue-shaded regions of this map.
Threads of Hope Glimmer in the Middle East
Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, United States President George W. Bush, and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon after reading statement to the press during the closing moments of the Red Sea Summit in Aqaba, Jordan, June 4, 2003.
A Flawed Basis for Middle East Peace
The Tower of David in the Old City of Jerusalem.
A Peace Plan That May Be Worse Than War
A 1963 photo of the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem.
In Bethlehem, Persisting Hope
A plume of smoke rising from a neighborhood in Beirut following an Israeli strike in 2006.
Why Israel’s Campaign Will Likely Fail
A view of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
A Dawn of Peace in Bethlehem?
State of Israel Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, pictured during a defense meeting held at the Pentagon in Washington, District of Columbia (DC).
Is Sharon Following in the Steps of Nixon and de Klerk?
Maurycy Gottlieb - Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur.
Yom Kippur: A First Step to Peace
A map showing Israel and Palestine
Palestine and Israel: A Case of Incomplete Decolonization
Palestine & Israel flags
Israeli and Palestinian Fantasies Block the Way to Peace
David Ben-Gurion proclaiming Israel's independence beneath a large portrait of Theodor Herzl.
Zionist Idea of Security Blocks Path to Peace
Egyptian Prime Minister Anwar Sadat, U.S. President Jimmy Carter, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin signing the Camp David Peace Accords on September 17, 1978.
Can Sharon Too Become a Peacemaker?
Fully lit Menorah
Chanukah Candles Shed Light on Mideast Conflict