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Joseph Krauss

A woman waves an Iranian flag next to a billboard showing a graphic of a man wearing a shirt showing the face of late Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with words calling upon the avengers of Imam Hussein, in a square in downtown Tehran, Iran, August 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
August 8, 2026, 7:44 pm
In risky gamble, Iran bets control over Strait of Hormuz can force Trump to bend
Tehran believes US munitions shortages and voter discontent over high energy prices give it upper hand, but prolonged war and economic pain could turn its leverage into a liability
By Joseph Krauss and AMIR-HUSSEIN RADJY
An Israeli flag flutters near destroyed buildings inside the Gaza Strip as pictured from the Israeli border, on September 25, 2025. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)
September 25, 2025, 10:38 pm
Israel is speeding toward global pariah status, with Trump as its only shield
In the face of genocide accusations, Palestinian recognition, ICC warrants, cultural boycotts and possible sanctions, Netanyahu has pushed Israel to a ‘tipping point’ of isolation
By Joseph Krauss
In this Sept. 20, 2022, photo taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, a trash bin is burning as anti-riot police arrive during a protest over the death of a young woman who had been detained for allegedly violating the country's conservative dress code, in downtown Tehran, Iran (AP Photo)
September 21, 2022, 10:11 am
Why the death of an Iranian woman is sparking protests and a brutal crackdown
Death of Mahsa Amin, 22, after arrest by ‘morality police’ has angered many, who see it as part of Iran’s heavy-handed policing of dissent and violent treatment of young women
By Joseph Krauss
Secretary General of the Executive Committee of the PLO Hussein al-Sheikh at his office in Ramallah, June 13, 2022. (AP Photo/ Nasser Nasser)
June 14, 2022, 11:24 am
Rumored Abbas successor claims ‘no partner,’ while working closely with Israelis
‘The Palestinian leadership is on the verge of making major and difficult decisions,’ warns Hussein al-Sheikh, the newly appointed secretary general of the PLO Executive Committee
By Joseph Krauss and Josef Federman
American novelist Joshua Cohen, who won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for fiction with his novel, 'The Netanyahus,' poses for a portrait in Jerusalem, May 10, 2022. (AP/Maya Alleruzzo)
May 11, 2022, 6:56 am
In Jerusalem, author of prize-winning ‘Netanyahus’ says Trump real target of novel
Joshua Cohen wanted to illuminate life under rulers forged in ‘reality show’ families, using story about ex-PM’s father to ‘say certain things about liberalism’
By Joseph Krauss
A Palestinian protester throws a Molotov cocktail towards Israeli soldiers during clashes in the West Bank city of Hebron, April 3, 2013. (Nasser Shiyoukhi/AP)
March 29, 2022, 12:35 pm
In Mideast, Western embrace of Ukraine seen as tainted with hypocrisy
Palestinians and Iraqis draw parallels between their conflicts and that of cheered-on Ukrainians; experts say there’s greater moral clarity in opposing Russian invasion of neighbor
By Joseph Krauss
A member of the restoration team removes a stone from the floor of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where many Christians believe Jesus was crucified, buried and rose from the dead, in the Old City of Jerusalem, Thursday, March 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
March 18, 2022, 3:57 pm
Amid centuries of squabbles, Christians unify to restore holiest Jerusalem church
Ties improve among the Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Armenian Apostolic churches as they take on large-scale project at the Holy Sepulchre
By Areej Hazboun and Joseph Krauss
In an undated image from the Free Ramy Shaath Facebook page, Ramy Shaath poses for a photo in Cairo, Egypt. (Free Ramy Shaath Facebook page via AP, File)
February 15, 2022, 11:33 am
Jailed Egypt activist sees wider struggle for rights in Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Released from prison after two and a half years, Ramy Shaath, the son of a top Palestinian negotiator, is part of a new generation placing human rights above territorial disputes
By Joseph Krauss
Ra'am party head, Mansour Abbas (c), grasps the hand of then-prime minister Naftali Bennett in the Knesset in Jerusalem, on October13, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 11, 2022, 3:56 am
Ra’am head Abbas rejects Amnesty’s apartheid label for Israel
Leader of coalition’s Islamist party says he’s focused on bringing people together rather than being judgmental, prefers objective terms to describe ills decried by rights groups
By Joseph Krauss
The Palestinian village of Burqa is seen as an Israeli flag is placed in the Jewish West Bank outpost of Homesh, January 17, 2022. (AP/Ariel Schalit)
January 26, 2022, 8:58 pm
In ‘dismantled’ Homesh, settlers brazenly parade power to stick around
Officially banned from illegal outpost at center of recent tensions, Israelis nonetheless keep returning there, even as the Palestinian owners of the land sue for access
By Joseph Krauss
Palestinians walk past monument to a Kassam rocket in Gaza City, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)
December 21, 2021, 12:38 am
With Israel’s tacit approval, Hamas only grows stronger in Gaza
Experts say terror group derives as much as $30 million a month from taxes on fuel and tobacco entering via Rafah crossing, while international aid covers Gaza’s basic needs
By Joseph Krauss and Fares Akram
Colombia's President Ivan Duque Marquez speaks to The Associated Press in Tel Aviv, Israel, November 9, 2021. (Ariel Schalit/AP)
November 10, 2021, 8:18 am
Colombian leader looks to Israel in push for medical cannabis over cocaine
Iván Duque speaks to Associated Press during his visit to Jewish state, which has a flourishing tech sector exploring marijuana use for health reasons
By Joseph Krauss
Taliban fighters walk at the main entrance gate of Kabul airport, on August 28, 2021. (Wakil Kohsar/AFP)
August 28, 2021, 5:07 pm
Taliban largely seal off Kabul airport as Western withdrawal winds down
Insurgents set up additional layers of checkpoints around airport, empty areas where those seeking to flee have been gathering
By SAYED ZIARMAL HASHEMI, Rahim Faiez and Joseph Krauss
In this image provided by the US Air Force, US Air Force aircrew, assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, prepare to load qualified evacuees aboard a US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in support of the Afghanistan evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, August 21, 2021. (Senior Airman Taylor Crul/U.S. Air Force via AP)
August 23, 2021, 5:28 pm
Afghan soldier killed by gunfire at Kabul airport amid chaotic evacuations
German military says 3 other troops were wounded by ‘unknown attackers’; Taliban reports retaking 3 districts seized by resistance groups
By ahmad seir, Rahim Faiez and Joseph Krauss
Taliban fighters patrol in the Wazir Akbar Khan neighborhood in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, August 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
August 18, 2021, 5:55 pm
Taliban violently quash rare protest, killing 1 and wounding 6
Militants attack demonstrators in Jalalabad for taking down their banner and flying Afghanistan’s national flag; journalists among those beaten
By ahmad seir, Rahim Faiez, KATHY GANNON and Joseph Krauss
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