published May 21st 2017, 4:28 pm, by Jonathan Ferziger and David Wainer (Bloomberg) —Israel passed a series of measures aimed at bolstering the Palestinian economy as a confidence-building measure before U.S. President Donald Trump arrives and elaborates on his plans for addressing the Middle East conflict. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

published Mar 19th 2017, 5:00 pm, by Jonathan Ferziger and David Wainer (Bloomberg) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s threat to dissolve his government for a fourth time is overshadowing a trade trip to China meant to promote deals with some of the country’s biggest corporations. Netanyahu told ministers from

published Feb 20th 2017, 4:00 pm, by Jonathan Ferziger (Bloomberg) — When U.S. President Donald Trump said Feb. 15 that Israelis and Palestinians could hash out for themselves whether the answer to their decades-old conflict is one state or two, he resuscitated an option previous administrations had buried. Below is

published Dec 26th 2016, 10:17 am, by Jonathan Ferziger and Michael S. Arnold (Bloomberg) —United Nations Security Council 2334, which passed Dec. 23 by a vote of 14-0 with the U.S. abstaining, describes Israel’s settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem as illegal and an obstacle to peace with