For a generation, the idea of two-state solution has been at the core of hopes for Mideast peace. But support is fading, and John Kerry鈥檚 speech Wednesday was a plea to revive it.
The political geography has changed dramatically since the Security Council鈥檚 last such resolution in 1980, and support is growing for the settlers' cause in Netanyahu's Israel.
Nikki Haley, Donald Trump's choice for ambassador to the UN, is a pick that points to inclusion, diversity, and reconciliation.
A key initiative of Obama's climate-change strategy, the Clean Power Plan, has been delayed over concerns that it oversteps the EPA's constitutional boundaries.
President Obama exceeded his goal of admitting 10,000 Syrians by 25 percent. Here's how they're screened 鈥� and why some intelligence officials and congressmen have expressed concern.
Maya DiRado, an American swimmer at her first Olympics, captured gold by a fingertip in the 100-meter backstroke 鈥� and surprised even herself.
The unusually public standoff between Olympic gold medalist Lilly King and runner-up Yulia Efimova may do more for antidoping than years of official pronouncements.
The Mideast conflict is not doomed to stalemate. A wide spectrum of Israelis and Palestinians are implementing their vision for the future without waiting for their leaders 鈥� or a peace deal.
From the Monitor's weekly InPictures section, a look at Jerusalem's divisions and diversity through its markets.
Israel ended its driest year on record with a water surplus. Lessons from a desert nation on how to get more out of the spigot.
With a surplus of water, Israel is in a better position to share supplies with Palestinians or Jordanians.
As the boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement gathers steam 鈥� rattling Israelis 鈥� many Palestinian activists feel empowered. But others see it as counterproductive.
He already had been jailed and shot when an Israeli soldier killed his brother.
A Hamas-affiliated party recently won elections at a university outside Ramallah, the seat of the Palestinian Authority. It's being taken as a sign of rising criticism of Palestinian leaders and institutions.
Homes in Jewish neighborhoods in East Jerusalem, built on land captured in the 1967 Israeli-Arab war, are far less expensive than in the western half of the city, drawing many buyers. But not all.
The percentage of officer cadets who are religious has grown 10-fold since the early 1990s. Among secular Israelis, that鈥檚 being met with a mix of respect, and concern.
A wide spectrum of Israelis described the Lausanne agreement as a naive capitulation to a nation with a track record of deceit and bullying.
More than half a year after a devastating conflict in Gaza, large sections of the Palestinian territory show little sign of a rebuilding effort, leaving tensions to build toward another war.
In a Gaza City neighborhood that saw some of the fiercest fighting in last summer's war, a children's center teaches free thinking, life skills, and ethics.
Even as Netanyahu tried to walk back his campaign vow opposing a Palestinian state, Palestinians said the remarks revealed the Israeli leader's true attitudes and would help their cause.
