Daniel Estrin

After freezing millions of dollars in assistance, the Trump administration may be on the verge of formally cutting off the aid.

Israel passed a law last month that is still causing controversy. The Nation State law defines Israel as the nation state of the Jewish people. The Druze religious minority held a weekend protest.

Israel's Druze citizens held a protest Saturday of a new law stating Israel is the national home of the Jewish people. They're among the religious minorities worried it could lead to discrimination.

Cuts in U.S. aid to Gaza are being felt in poor communities where people are losing food vouchers and some medical services.

Israeli authorities released a 17-year-old Palestinian activist after eight months in prison. She's praised by supporters as an icon of resistance but Israelis accuse her of encouraging violence.

Seventeen-year-old Ahed Tamimi, who has become a symbol of Palestinian defiance, was released after serving an eight month sentence for slapping Israeli soldiers.

The Israeli parliament has passed a law that deals with the country's very identity and has critics worried it could undermine its democracy.

We look at how Republican lawmakers are responding to President Trump's inconsistent statements about Russian election interference. Also, The Washington Post's Lisa Rein discusses purges at the VA.

One small apartment building near the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem is emblematic of Israelis' mixed attitudes about the city.

As many remain injured after weeks of protests on the Gaza border with Israel, Gazans ask what they got for the high price they paid.

Two weeks after the wave of protests and deadly clashes at the Israeli border, many Gazans are wounded and feeling like the demonstrations didn't bring any tangible benefits.

A Palestinian surgeon failed to convince his brother to stay away from the Gaza border protests. Then in the operating room, he failed to save his wounded brother's life.

Protests and violence along the Gaza border have subsided slightly since Monday, when at least 60 people were killed by Israeli forces. Now residents are beginning to bury the dead.

The Palestinian zone erupted in protest Monday. People approached the border fences, and Israel's army killed more than 50. Gaza health officials say more than 1,3000 people suffered gunshot wounds.

In the bloodiest day there in years, Gaza officials say Israeli troops killed more than 50 Palestinians during protests along the border with Israel. Israel says it was defending its border from incursions but Palestinians say the dead include several teenagers and that more than 1,200 people were shot.

On Monday, the U.S. and Israel celebrate the opening of the American embassy in Jerusalem. The move is a blow to Palestinians, who seek part of the city as their capital.

Israel has reshaped Jerusalem in a way that leaves many Palestinians struggling. About 38 percent of the city's residents are Palestinian. Tens of thousands live behind an Israeli-built barrier.

By moving its embassy to Jerusalem, the U.S. endorses Israel's view that the city is its capital. Israeli control of the city has left many Palestinians struggling to remain in a city they call home.

President Trump has embraced Israel's claim over Jerusalem, but Israelis have a love-hate relationship with the city. NPR visits one apartment building where a secular Israeli has moved out and a religious Israeli has moved in, as the city's religious character deepens.

"What's the problem with hundreds of thousands breaking through?" Hamas' Gaza leader Yehiyeh Sinwar told international reporters Thursday. The border fence, he said, was not a "sacred cow."