Gaza Cease-Fire Negotiations Hit A New Impasse Over An Old Dispute NYT | Top Stories Patrick Kingsley 3 June 2025 at 01:26 For 18 months, Hamas has pushed for a permanent truce while Israel has held out for a temporary one. That wide gap has stymied efforts to end the war. © Jehad Alshrafi/Associated PressIsraeli military strikes on Gaza have added to the suffering of Palestinian civilians as cease-fire talks have dragged on.
U.S. Says Hamas Response to Gaza Cease-Fire Proposal ‘Only Takes Us Backward’ NYT | Top Stories Aaron Boxerman, Ronen Bergman and Abu Bakr Bashir 1 June 2025 at 06:10 Officials said Hamas was seeking changes on guarantees for a permanent end to war. That has long been the core sticking point with Israel. © Saher Alghorra for The New York TimesDisplaced Palestinians north of Gaza City on Friday.
Israel Bars Arab Foreign Ministers From High-Level West Bank Visit NYT | Top Stories Aaron Boxerman and Fatima AbdulKarim 31 May 2025 at 22:59 The trip had been planned for Sunday ahead of a June conference, backed by France and Saudi Arabia, to urge the creation of a Palestinian state. © Zain Jaafar/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesIsraeli soldiers in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, this week. Israel has barred a delegation of Arab foreign ministers from visiting the city to meet with Palestinian leaders there.
Tom Friedman on Why Life Is Getting Much, Much Harder for Benjamin Netanyahu NYT | Opinion Thomas L. Friedman, Patrick Healy and Vishakha Darbha 30 May 2025 at 05:49 After his latest trip to Israel, the columnist shares how the country has changed in the past six months.
Suddenly Trump Is No Longer Buying What Bibi Has Been Selling NYT | Opinion Mairav Zonszein 21 May 2025 at 17:02 Is the Netanyahu-Trump honeymoon over?
Two Opinion Columnists on Trump’s Era of International Bullying NYT | China Krista Mahr, Nicholas Kristof, Lydia Polgreen and Derek Arthur 15 May 2025 at 17:04 Lydia Polgreen and Nicholas Kristof discuss why other nations are picking up what the president is punching down.
Two Opinion Columnists on Trump’s Era of International Bullying NYT | Opinion Krista Mahr, Nicholas Kristof, Lydia Polgreen and Derek Arthur 15 May 2025 at 17:04 Lydia Polgreen and Nicholas Kristof discuss why other nations are picking up what the president is punching down.
This Israeli Government Is Not Our Ally NYT | Opinion Thomas L. Friedman 9 May 2025 at 13:34 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is behaving in ways that threaten U.S. interests in the region.